What To Add To Lsi

[jparker82]

I Am Currently Running Lsi 25's With Lsi Center. Powered By Yamaha Rxv-2600 With Nad T973 7 Chn Amp. My Rears Are High Dollar Bostons ( Don't Know Number). My Problem Is That The Rears Are In 14ft Tall Ceilings. My Lsi's Rock But My Rear Sound Stinks. I Am Still New To This. My Yamaha Pushes At 8 Or 6 And The Lsi's Need 4 Ohms Of Power. I Added The Nad Amp--- Not Much Of A Change. I Had A Yamaha Z-9 And It Rocked But I Returned It(floor Model In Poor Shape)

My Question Is Should I Add Lsi9's For Rears??? Or Just Step Up And Buy A High Dollar Amp Or Maybe A New Yamaha Z-11 Or Onkyo Flagship. Thanks Jason

[G-2]

Hi jparker82, welcome to the forums. I'm not familiar with the Yami stuff but if you're going to add rears, you'll probably do well to get yourself a 5 channel 200wpc+ amp to run all your LSi's. You can also go with LSi-7's in the back, which will leave some extra $$'s for your amp. Not sure what you mean by 'High Dollar Amp', but you could add an Outlaw amp at a reasonable price ($1679.00 delivered for an Outlaw-7500 which will provide you 300wpc @ 4 ohm). Just food for thought but one things for sure; LSi's like power. You'll get some great other feedback here, so welcome and enjoy yourself!

[cfrizz]

Welcome JP.

Start looking to get at least a 200wpc 5-7 channel amplifier to run your LSI's. You can get more for your buck shopping on Audiogon. Some popular amps around here are...

Sunfire
Outlaw
Rotel
Parasound
Carver
NAD
Adcom

[jparker82]

G-2
Thanks For The Info. I Was Thinking Of Adding A Krell Tas 7 Channel. Maybe Adding 4 More Speakers. 2 Current Bostons And Two New Lsi-9's. I Am Starting To Hear That I Should Try To Keep All Speakers The Same.????? I Did Not Get Much Of A Diff With The Nad Amp 7 X 140wpc. I Know That I Need 200wpc. The Yamaha Z-9 Was A Beast At 170wpc And They Are Around New Left Over For Under 2000. (org 5500)i Like The Hdmi In My Current Receiver And The Z-9 Does Not Have This And The New Z-11 Is Around 5000. I Know That The Polk Site Says That To Push The Lsi's With A High End Amp To Get Full Sound. It Look Like That You Are Running A Cinenova Grande--- How Is That???
Thanks Jason