You did the right thing by ordering both sets. Now you can compare them both and see what YOU like best. I'd say they are pretty comparable as far as SQ is concerned. They both have different characteristics though. One is brighter sounding and the other is more laid back/warm sounding.
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Guys, what do my onkyo receiver sound signature fall into? warm or bright? sorry for hijacking.
Ahhhh nvm, a google brought me back to avs and saying that Onkyo receivers has a brighter sound. So I guess since I have some Polk's R30's and thier warmness= nicely balanced sound
Maybe I should forget about the Athena B2.2's I was thinking about... bu I do like a nice and bright sound..... hmmmmm
Ahhhh nvm, a google brought me back to avs and saying that Onkyo receivers has a brighter sound. So I guess since I have some Polk's R30's and thier warmness= nicely balanced sound
Maybe I should forget about the Athena B2.2's I was thinking about... bu I do like a nice and bright sound..... hmmmmmQuote:
anyone who says Onkyos are "bright" have obviously mismatched them with speakers that they cannot adequately power and therefore are hearing "thin" as a classic result of underpowering which they are confusing with "bright." Onkyo like Sony often inflates their receivers' RMS numbers:
http://audio.erobinson.net/
(Note the flagship Onkyo 901's numbers.)
Onkyos are "warm"---kind of dead and hollow-sounding for music to my ears, but ok for HT, and that's why I'd use Athenas with them. This was my experience with an Onkyo 601 running a very small pair of Mordaunt Short 8 ohm bookshelves which are usually classified as neutral to bright. My guess is, the Polk R15s which already have a lackluster 3/4" tweeter would sound buried alive with an entry-level Onkyo 503.
| Originally Posted by AzN_plyR Ahhhh nvm, a google brought me back to avs and saying that Onkyo receivers has a brighter sound. So I guess since I have some Polk's R30's and thier warmness= nicely balanced sound Maybe I should forget about the Athena B2.2's I was thinking about... bu I do like a nice and bright sound..... hmmmmm |
http://audio.erobinson.net/
(Note the flagship Onkyo 901's numbers.)
Onkyos are "warm"---kind of dead and hollow-sounding for music to my ears, but ok for HT, and that's why I'd use Athenas with them. This was my experience with an Onkyo 601 running a very small pair of Mordaunt Short 8 ohm bookshelves which are usually classified as neutral to bright. My guess is, the Polk R15s which already have a lackluster 3/4" tweeter would sound buried alive with an entry-level Onkyo 503.
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