AV Receiver for very limited space / cabinet

jeromeof

Hi,

I am looking for a AV receiver for a small room (a converted garage) - I have a pair of Q Acoustics 3020i already (and small rear speakers and a centre) + a powered subwoofer. But because of the very limited size and the placement of the TV, the couch is more/less 2M from the TV and the main speakers.

So, basically I was looking at the sub-small AV receivers but a bit worried that they would not have the power to drive the Q Acoustics. I was looking at your Uk website (which I understand has different stock) but this is more a question for now rather than a purchase decision. So this specific AV receiver had all the networking, Dolby Atmos decoders but seemed very limited in its power specification:

https://www.richersounds.com/pioneer-vsxs520d-black.html

I see there are Onkyo and even Integra with exactly the same internals but my worry is that 80 x 6 (4 ohms) with 1% THD seems very poor - probably in reality with low distortion this is giving maybe 10-20W (with 6 Ohms with < 0.1 THD) - so would this drive the Q Acoustics?

Thanks

Richersounds.ie: Kenny

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229695/av-receiver-for-very-limited-space-cabinet

Hi Jeromeof.

Thanks for the post.

At the moment there are no Onkyo or Pioneer receivers available unfortunately. There is a component shortage and it is causing havoc with product for most manufacturers.

The Pioneer 520 is not a true Dolby Atmos receiver as it is only 5.1. For Dolby Atmos it outputs in 3.1.2. So you lose your rear speakers this way.

Dolby Atmos should really at a minimum be 5.1.2

The entry level receivers are far a few between. Starting point would be the Yamaha 2071 priced at 369 Euro. This is only 70 Watts per channel.

https://euro.richersounds.ie/p-203764-yamaha-htr2071-black-av-receiver.aspx

For Dolby Atmos the starting point would be the excellent Denon AVRX2700 coming in at 799 Euro. Run at 95 Watts per Channel.

https://euro.richersounds.ie/p-14159-denon-avrx2700-black-dolby-atmos-and-dts-x-av-receiver.aspx

The lower wattage unit will drive the Q Acoustics with no issue but the volume scale will just need to be turned higher than the more power units.

Let me know your thoughts.