The Marantz should be able to power any 6 or 8 ohm speakers reasonably well although for specific speaker questions you would be better served posting in the Speakers forum.
Money spent on better quality speakers is generally always going to serve you much better than upgrading to a higher level AVR. That said, as noted in post #2 of the "2012 Denon AVR-XX13 Models" thread linked in my sig, the 2113CI is...
Quote:Originally Posted by jlpowell84 Just trying to visualize this. I have a scenario where I would like to run just front left/right and wides. Would there be a PLIIX listening preset for this or just all channel stereo?
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Quote:Originally Posted by MeelaPo I just bought the Denon 2313CI to replace a great, in my opinion, Pioneer receiver. So far it seems really good. I ran Audyssey and took four measurements and started watching TV. I found that...
Right ... although the general rule of thumb is to spend roughly 2-3x the cost of the AVR on the 5.1 speaker setup, at a minimum you need to select an AVR that offers the features, inputs, outputs that you require. The 2113CI offers the...
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Unless you are in a very large room and want to play the audio at reference level volume, a larger amp isn't likely going to buy you better audio fidelity regardless of the rating of the speakers, and certainly...