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post #1 of 12
3/21/05 at 3:36pm
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Well, since getting married, I'm going to move my current technics receiver into the family room. This means the office gets a new one...

I'm down to the Onkyo 8511 or the Pioneer Elite A35R. What do you think?

I'm currently using it for 2 things...from the output of my AV710 and output of my marantz cd player to power a pair of Paradigm Titans (v3) as well as using the headphone jack for my Grado sr80s.

Thoughts?
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post #2 of 12
3/21/05 at 6:19pm
I'm using the Pioneer amp pretty much the same way you are wanting too. It is an awesome amp for the price. I use it as my headphone amp too for my beyer dt880's and they pair very nicely. Although my beyers have a higher impendence than your Grados and I don't know if the Pioneer would be a great match with them. Who knows, they might but I have never tried.
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post #3 of 12
3/22/05 at 3:09am
a35r not a receiver, only audio intake and no subwoofer out. it doesnt sound great with low impedance headphones from my experience. otherwize it will sound good with the speakers.
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post #4 of 12
3/22/05 at 4:31am
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Originally Posted by terrymx
a35r not a receiver, only audio intake and no subwoofer out. it doesnt sound great with low impedance headphones from my experience. otherwize it will sound good with the speakers.
True, the Pioneer A-35R is not a receiver. But it's not because it only has audio inputs and no subwoofer output....it doesn't have a tuner. The Onkyo TX-8511 doesn't have subwoofer output neither, but it's a stereo receiver due to it having a tuner. I used to own the TX-8511.....very smooth sound. If you can get one under $200.00, it's great buy. Crappy spring clips though.
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post #5 of 12
3/22/05 at 9:47am
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Thanks for the replies guys. Yea, I don't need a tuner...but subwoofer outs might be nice if I decide to ever hook up a set (w/ external plate amp).

Any thoughts on what other direction I should look? I'm kinda confused now...

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post #6 of 12
3/22/05 at 10:48am
Have you looked at the current NAD components? They have a couple of receivers and some integrated amps that have good current supplies. I've had good luck with them for over twenty years.
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post #7 of 12
3/22/05 at 12:58pm
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Yea, the one that I caught my eye on was the C320BEE

Thought not a receiver...but I'm trying to keep it (pref) under $200...I know it's dumb and you get what you pay for...
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post #8 of 12
3/22/05 at 7:43pm
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Anyone else have any thoughts?
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post #9 of 12
3/22/05 at 7:51pm
You can hook up a subwofer with the high level input, that's what I am using in my setup.
The A-35R headphone out sounds very nice with DT880 or HD580/600 (the ones I tried), so you might as well upgrade your sr-80 and give those a try.

Wodgy had the A-35R and C320BEE once I think, and he had good things to say about A-35R while not so good about the C320BEE.
You should try to search his post.
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post #10 of 12
3/22/05 at 10:40pm
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Originally Posted by phoenix808
Anyone else have any thoughts?
Get the best one you can('t) afford. Bryston has a couple of integrated amps to die for.
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post #11 of 12
3/22/05 at 10:47pm
What you want is not a receiver, but an integrated amplifier. Just about every major audio company makes one. Marantz, rotel, rega, exposure, NAD, creek, naim, cambridge, harmon-kardon, arcam, and so on. Figure out how much power you need and how much you can spend and see whats out there.
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post #12 of 12
3/23/05 at 12:16am
Well...the NAD had a pre-out (which you can connect the sub's line-level inputs to)...and the A-35R does not

Hey TMX, how does the A-35 sound, I mean...what's its sound signature like...laid back, bright, etc.??
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