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WOW!! Beautiful work, Trey! If I wasn't goilng all active w/my system I'd be more than a little envious.

A side note: do I see a pair of one "model" XOs plus the 'A6 "beer keg" XO? Or am I missing...

+1 to the OP's 'A7 musical sentiments & welcome to CP!

Hope this post finds you b4 your CC upgrade: per cr136, get the A6! Follow that w/FXi a6 sides. Mix into your plan a 2/3 channel separate to...

You will have 150 AVAILABLE for the top. Again, depending upon XO frequency and slopes, as you move up the frequency spectrum power requirements go down.

"Sounds" like selling your Parasound would be a downgrade.

Sell what you're certain you won't miss but DON'T down grade your electronics - you'll regret it!

My $.02 worth of experience. Tony

IMHO you don't hafta replace your amp. To Bi-amp correctly the passive filtering hasta go. Active stereo XOs w/adjustable outputs for the HP & LP can be had. Try Behringer's CX2310 - under $100 on...

+1 on the larger CC if space allows. Same for matching surrounds

if your AVR struggles w/4 ohm loads, that may get some improvement as each channel will see 8 ohms. Full range the A7s are 4 ohms below 125 hz.

Can't hurt to try it. Either way take easy w/ the...

Quoting F1nut's toe in suggestion:
"You want the toe-in adjusted so that you can just see the inside panel of each A7 from your sweet spot." ...is spot on for my 'A7s. Maybe this will help: the...

If you have a sub "carrying" the bottom, below 50-60hz, & your Emo amp is robust, handle 4 ohms, you may be OK.

On the hand if that Pio AVR can deliver better SQ as someone suggested earlier...
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Since the OP has...

I reccommend which ever amp provides higher SQ. I can't answer that because I haven't heard either amp driving the 'A7s nor do I know how much "heavy lifting" the OP's SW does....

I'm tempted but wallet's a little thin.

More importantly: would this be "enough" of an upgrade from either a rewired XL280 or Rotel 985 (currently used as a 3 chnl)?

Thnx, tony

Joisey?! What exit? I grew up in Warren Twsp. You near there?

Polkdirect on eBay. You'll save 20-30% on Polk refurbed speakers. Bought all mine there, no regrets.

PSW-202 is powered, right? If the hum is present regardless of settings and connections, or lack there of, it's not the driver. And that "cheater" won't fix hum in a device w/a 2 prong power...

+1. To add to Tony's panning scenario, the sound should "float" between front & rear as it pans from same much the same way a singer's voice is centered in a 2 channel system. In a mixed system the...

very!!

Some Circa '80s suggestions: Hafler XL-280 or Belles 1. Others have chimed in w/other brands I'd suggest.

DOP: attention deficit Oooo pretty!

Yup. Otherwise cross them @ right angles.

Here's one for all on both sides of this argument:

I had 2 dual driver DIY subs* each connected w/a single run 10' of 10 ga, XO'd @ 80hz. Later, just for fun, I bi-wired them w/a double 5' run of...

I agree w/Z man, Drummer, & that Falcon dude! I'll chime in w/a paraphrase of part of Z's post as it was the mantra where I worked*worked back in the mid '80s for all products: if you can't here the...

"RTi A" series is the Advanced RTi series. Don't confuse 'em. Though they use the same tweeter & similar driver arays, "for best results," stay all "A" series. Do not mix 'n match 'em.

BTW: how...

IMHO this want in your wallet.

If you hafta have new, Onk-Emo (either) -2 or -3 should work well. Consider used 2/3 channel for LCR. You can get a more robust amp for the same or less $: Rotel,...

Like mono blocks, a vertical configuration wont have cross talk between the LR. In theory you should experience better channel separation. DC offset and bias settings could affect the results. Either...

Which brands & series do you prefer for different applications, HP, LP, mids, tweet, etc?