Hey guys, I'm setting up a "non-dedicated" Home Theater Room. It's a rather large Rec Room (15'x30' or so) with lots of windows and good blinds. I'm putting up a 120" screen with a front projector. I've listened to a Totem Tribe III and II surround setup and no matter what else I listen to in the same price bracket (4-5K) I keep flavoring the Totems. So I think I'm set on the speakers. The dilemma I have is in picking a Receiver. Ive listened to a Pioneer Elite VSX-32 with different speakers and I quite like it for the price. Unfortunately the dealer that sells the Totems doesn't sell the Pioneer so I couldn't listen to them together. That being said they had an inferior (I think) Denon driving the Totems and they still sounded awesome. I think most people using Totem speaker would go higher-end on the receiver but I seem to always upgrade receivers in 1-2 years for new features and I hate to spend a fortune and throw it away in 2 years. Most of my listening is movies and sometimes the odd concert DVD.
It would be ideal if someone had this setup to get an opinion but that's quite unlikely. Best i can hope for is some advise on pairing these up. Am I "wasting" these speakers with the Pio or do you think they'll manage to shine. I don't think the Pio is a bad amp it's just that I've been reading about a lot of setups with Totems and Higher End amps.
A future option is to add an actual amp on the Pio's pre-outs but not just yet. See I don't mind investing in speakers as I keep them for a long time.
Oh, and I haven't picked a sub yet but I was considering the Velodyne Optimum series (maybe the 10") or Def-tec Super Cube.
Hope someone can comment. Am I making sense or should I just splurge and get a 2k amp that will be obsolete in 2 years.
It would be ideal if someone had this setup to get an opinion but that's quite unlikely. Best i can hope for is some advise on pairing these up. Am I "wasting" these speakers with the Pio or do you think they'll manage to shine. I don't think the Pio is a bad amp it's just that I've been reading about a lot of setups with Totems and Higher End amps.
A future option is to add an actual amp on the Pio's pre-outs but not just yet. See I don't mind investing in speakers as I keep them for a long time.
Oh, and I haven't picked a sub yet but I was considering the Velodyne Optimum series (maybe the 10") or Def-tec Super Cube.
Hope someone can comment. Am I making sense or should I just splurge and get a 2k amp that will be obsolete in 2 years.
