HK owners

[Willow]

I have been looking everywhere for this answer. Left it alone for a while and now it's back and buggin the crap out of me.

I am not using 6&7chs on my 335. Can that be used to assist in my mains or is this just a big waste of time. I think it would be of a bi-amp from AVR.

thanks

[AndyGwis]

My 635 doesn't offer biamping off the Surround Back channels. I thought it would, but it doesn't.

They are for 6 and 7 channels or remote / multi-room only, from what I can tell. Anyway, peeps here don't think bi-amping off the same powersource does much, so doesn't seem like it would be that great even if HK's were set up for biamping off the unused SBRs.

[Willow]

that's what I thought as well. it's ok if I can't another reason to buy an amp.

[AndyGwis]

BUY AN AMP!!!

There are good, cheap ones out there. Get yourself something. If you don't like it, sell it for same price.

I bought some small TFM-6s (65WPC stereo, 200WPC bridged) and really liked them. So much that I upgraded to a bigger amp within a few weeks. I've found use for all three of them (B&K powering fronts, one TFM for center, the second for some outdoor speakers.)

[Willow]

I am saving up for a 3 or 5 ch amp right now. By the end of this yr I will own one.

[AndyGwis]

Good thinking, get one that will power at least all your fronts the same. B&K makes some good three channel amps (any of their amps that ends in 30 or .3) and I think they are very well made, good sounding amps. They, and just about everyone else, make some good 5-channel amps as well. Everyone here seems to like Rotel and Outlaw, but my B&K has treated me well.

[Willow]

Not sure who I will end up with but at min a 3 ch amp will soon be sitting on my shelf. I am not going to buy an amp @80wpc if I'm doing this I'm doing it right. I'll be looking at 125wpc+. Ohhh I can't wait.

[AndyGwis]

what kind of gear you rocking anyway? Don't see a sig or anything with speakers and electronics.

[Willow]

I don't bother posting it in my sig. it's in the showcase.

LG 32"LCD
HK335
marantz dvd4200 (currently used as CDP only)
toshiba upconverting DVDplayer 4980sd
panamax 1000+
SA HD cable box
Rti 8
csi3
rti4
energy s10.2 sub.
Cables:
AQ Gsnake and sidewinder
kimber 4pr
AR proseries II
XLO jumpers

ohh and my moded Xbox

All taken care of by my Harmony 659

[AndyGwis]

Very nice. Yeah, if my Monitor 60s benefited from the separate amplification, your Rti8s surely will as well.

Check out Audiogon and ebay, chose a few models you are interested in, search the completed auctions to see what they had gone for recently, then wait for a great deal to come along.

Don't do what I did when purchasing an amp, which was: get in fight with gf, drink a few beers, see that tax return had been deposited, and buy impulsively off ebay at 1am :)

[Willow]

That is the reason why I am waiting, 1-for the right amp and 2- most important the available $$. Xmas is less than 6mths away...I can wait !:D ;)