Has anyone used this in parallel with Atrium 4, 6, or 8 speakers? All the manual talks about is the smaller satellite speakers.
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i am using the 8's having set up the receiver to identify them as "small speakers" reducing the bass signal to them and allowing the sub to do it's job. The 8's are hung from a soffit and when played alone did not carry the bass i had hoped for yet they sound great with the sub
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They pair it with the sat speakers because any other speakers will drown it out. The sub cannot be heard when paired with atrium 8s. I kept the 8s and returned the sub.
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I have two of these with Atrium 6's. The sub can be paired with any speakers, including those that are not manufactured by polk.
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Well I have it pushing four 6.5 component speakers which is four tweeters and four mid range woofers and two 6x9s and it still seems like it has power to spare. I wired the back two doors with the 6x9s making the ohm rating 2. All of my speakers have 4 ohm ratings. That's the important part. This amp can be wired down to two ohms. Basically if you put two 4 ohm speakers on one channel it becomes 2 ohms. I would say you wont have a problem with this thing. I would say wire the 3.5 and tweeters with your front 2 doors and wire the rear doors with the 6x9s. That is basically my setup minus the 3.5
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The cheapest, easy fix would be to just wire your surround back speaker (which is what the one directly behind you is designated in a 6.1 system, not sure why it's not just called 'rear center') into both of the outputs in the receiver marked 'left rear and right rear'.The alternative would be to use the S-Air wireless feature and add the extra speakers that way.
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I use a standard receiver (amplified) and 4 work fine. I added an amplifier/speaker switch to run 4 pairs or 8 speakers from the one receiver. But just for 2 pair any receiver (amplified) should work fine.
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I am running two rears off of one of these systems and it has worked really well. Looking at wireless receiver for the speaker system it only has hookups for two speakers...I guess you could double up and run four speakers but they would all just be the rears...if you wanted separate zones you would probably have to have more than one system...I don't know if they would interfere with each other of both systems were run from the same receiver. Hope this helps.
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I tried it when initially setting up my system and it worked. I had the two long front speakers hooked up as the back and the sound was fine. I've since changed it back as I found two older speaker stands for the designated back speakers.
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It depends on definition of good. I would not use any satellite system in a 20x20 room. I would recommend a floor standing speakers paired with bookshelf speakers as the ideal solution.
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I have a 24x16 room and I have 2-RC85I's, 2-RCI80's, a Pioneer Elite SIW571L 5 1/4" In-Wall CST LCR Speaker and a PSW505 12-Inch Powered Subwoofer and a pioneer amp and they sound really good. good luck with your system.
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I am not familiar with the other two systems. The speakers supplied are adequate for a small desktop/bookshelf system. I eventually used this as my internet radio input for a much larger home theater sound system. if you go to a different speaker make sure they are powered or you use an auxilary amp, as the Grace unit does not have that much power.
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i would think yoou would be able to use it with any speakers. It would probably work best when it is calibrated to surround system so it doesn't overpower the satellite speakers.
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Yes, you do. The wiring is from the source (amp) to the Atrium Sub10 to two sat speakers (L and R), that generally supplies the higher ranges (but could also provide bass as well).
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SimonYour setup should work the only problem I see is that the speakers you have may not get enough power but they should sound good, when I setup this speaker it was a pain trying to understand what type of series should they be installed in, but the polk audio has 4 leads red, black green, and white please follow the instructions very carefully and try only one speaker at a time. When this unit is connect correctly it sounds great.
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My set up is currently only running 5.1 and has no problems. The layout of my living room makes it difficult to use all 7 speakers. If you choose this system and hook in the Audessy michrophone, it will realize only 5.1 are connected.
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I'm running 6 similar sized wall speakers -- 3 on each side. It pushes them just fine, with half volume to spare. I'm certain I'm decreasing the amps lifespan, but after 2 years or so, I've had no problems at all.
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Hi,Am in the same boat. Other differences I see are receiver is 6ohm for 6200 vs. 8ohm for 5300 with speakers being 6 ohms...somewhere read that 6 ohm driving 8ohm is not that good..(I am not a techy)Any of you decided yet?Also does anyone like the sexy Energy 5.1 speaker set (will have to buy receiver separately)...any comparisons?
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How many tower speakers do you have? I have this amp running 4 tower 6.5" polk's in bullets. They are hooked up on each channel 1-4. On channel 5 I have a single 12" Kicker Sub. Channel 6 is either broken or just useless on my amp but I don't really need it. I have the same set up but with a 10" kicker and the 4 in boat speakers. So two amps total. For you it would depend I guess on where you want the power focused. If you want it more out of the tower or the boat itself. And whether or not you have a sub to power with it. Possible suggestions: 2 tower speakers and 4 boat speakers. Hook up tower speakers to channels 5 and 6 and the in-boat speakers to channels 1-4 4 tower speakers and 4 boat speakers. Hook up the 4 tower speakers to channels 1-4 and the in-boat speakers wired in parallel to channels 5 and 6 (two speakers to each) Watch the ohms on the speakers and Amp to see if you need to wire them in series for this set up. Google will tell you tons of info about series and parallel wiring.
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I have a similar system to yours although all my components are mostly Sony. My primary speakers are Athena 125 watts per speaker, each containing a woofer, subwoofer & tweeter. I have had these Cerwin Vega VE5M speakers for about six months now, and am very pleased with the quality & sound. Although they sound great alone, I use them in conjunction with my Athenas & the increase in sound range is incredible. Although I'd highly recommend the Cerwins alone, with systems like ours, they are designed to increase the sound range, and they do the job! your system will sound twice as good if you add these to your existing speakers (although you might find they out-class your Yamahas!) -Good listening-Will I have a similar system to yours although all my components are mostly Sony. My primary speakers are Athena 125 watts per speaker, each containing a woofer, subwoofer & tweeter. I have had these Cerwin Vega VE5M speakers for about six months now, and am very pleased with the quality & sound. Although they sound great alone, I use them in conjunction with my Athenas & the increase in sound range is incredible. Although I'd highly recommend the Cerwins alone, with systems like ours, they are designed to increase the sound range, and they do the job! your system will sound twice as good if you... » Read More I have a similar system to yours although all my components are mostly Sony. My primary speakers are Athena 125 watts per speaker, each containing a woofer, subwoofer & tweeter. I have had these Cerwin Vega VE5M speakers for about six months now, and am very pleased with the quality & sound. Although they sound great alone, I use them in conjunction with my Athenas & the increase in sound range is incredible. Although I'd highly recommend the Cerwins alone, with systems like ours, they are designed to increase the sound range, and they do the job! your system will sound twice as good if you add these to your existing speakers (although you might find they out-class your Yamahas!) -Good listening-Will « Show Less