GlassWolf
Member
I have a carpeted living room of 16'x20', and would like to replace my aging KEF reference 104/2 mains with a pair of either Vista or Vantage MLs.
I will be powering them with 4 channels of my Onkyo NR5007 AVR (bi-amped)
Would the onkyo be sufficient to drive the woofer portion of the Vistas or will I need to go to the Vantage to get a decent response from them for both HT and pure audio use?
Are these speakers the appropriate choice for this sized room? here is a pic of the room itself where they will go, although the RPTV in the pic is replaced by a wall mounted 58" plasma now.
http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu47/Glass_Wolf/house/1461830.png
Thanks for any suggestions and help. I'd prefer the Vista simply due to the lower price if they will work, but if the resluts will be less than ideal I understand, and will save up for the Vantages.
The forum is saying I have to increase the length of this post so here is the equipment I am using at present:
TV/Monitor
Samsung PN58C8000 - 58" plasma 1080P F3DHD HDTV (May 2010) (1) (2)
AV Receiver
Onkyo TX-NR5007 THX™ Ultra2 Plus™ Certified 9.2 Channel Network Receiver (1) (2) (3)
Onkyo UWL-1 - Wireless USB Audio Transport
Onkyo UP-HT1 - HD Radio Tuner
DVD
Panasonic DMP-BD55K High Definition Blu-Ray DVD Player
DVR
HR23/700 DirecTV HD DVR with S3 Slimline 5LNB dish & eSATA ext. HDD 1.5TB
includes Multi-room and On Demand via 802.11n wifi
LDP
Panasonic LX-H670U multi-beam laserdisc player
VCR
Toshiba W808 6-head HiFi S-VHS recorder
Turntable
Ion USB belt-drive turntable
Tape deck
Nakamichi DR-1 Discrete 3-head tape deck
Control
Logitech Harmony 900 Universal RF Advanced Remote
Power
APC Line-R 600VA Line Conditioners
APC Back-UPS 600 UPS
Speakers
7.1 A/V speaker setup
KEF Reference Series 104/2 Raymond Cooke Limited Edition mains, bi-amp
(type SP3128 matched pair, bi-wire, rosewood finish)
Pinnacle P-5.5 center-channel
Polk Audio FXi3 dipole surrounds
Polk Audio FXi3 bipole rear surrounds
Energy e:XL-S12 powered subwoofer
Iinterconnects
KnuKonceptz Karma SS speaker cables, 12AWG bi-wire, eKs BFA banana plugs (mains)
KnuKonceptz Karma SS speaker cables, 12AWG, eKs BFA banana plugs (center, surrounds, room 2)
KnuKonceptz eKs interconnects (subwoofer, RCA, optical, digital coax, s-video, HDMI)
Furniture
Dayton LCD60-TM Tilting TV Wall Mount
Illuminaire main speaker and Plasma TV backlighting PLX318 and PLX318-LB x2
I will be powering them with 4 channels of my Onkyo NR5007 AVR (bi-amped)
Would the onkyo be sufficient to drive the woofer portion of the Vistas or will I need to go to the Vantage to get a decent response from them for both HT and pure audio use?
Are these speakers the appropriate choice for this sized room? here is a pic of the room itself where they will go, although the RPTV in the pic is replaced by a wall mounted 58" plasma now.
http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu47/Glass_Wolf/house/1461830.png
Thanks for any suggestions and help. I'd prefer the Vista simply due to the lower price if they will work, but if the resluts will be less than ideal I understand, and will save up for the Vantages.
The forum is saying I have to increase the length of this post so here is the equipment I am using at present:
TV/Monitor
Samsung PN58C8000 - 58" plasma 1080P F3DHD HDTV (May 2010) (1) (2)
AV Receiver
Onkyo TX-NR5007 THX™ Ultra2 Plus™ Certified 9.2 Channel Network Receiver (1) (2) (3)
Onkyo UWL-1 - Wireless USB Audio Transport
Onkyo UP-HT1 - HD Radio Tuner
DVD
Panasonic DMP-BD55K High Definition Blu-Ray DVD Player
DVR
HR23/700 DirecTV HD DVR with S3 Slimline 5LNB dish & eSATA ext. HDD 1.5TB
includes Multi-room and On Demand via 802.11n wifi
LDP
Panasonic LX-H670U multi-beam laserdisc player
VCR
Toshiba W808 6-head HiFi S-VHS recorder
Turntable
Ion USB belt-drive turntable
Tape deck
Nakamichi DR-1 Discrete 3-head tape deck
Control
Logitech Harmony 900 Universal RF Advanced Remote
Power
APC Line-R 600VA Line Conditioners
APC Back-UPS 600 UPS
Speakers
7.1 A/V speaker setup
KEF Reference Series 104/2 Raymond Cooke Limited Edition mains, bi-amp
(type SP3128 matched pair, bi-wire, rosewood finish)
Pinnacle P-5.5 center-channel
Polk Audio FXi3 dipole surrounds
Polk Audio FXi3 bipole rear surrounds
Energy e:XL-S12 powered subwoofer
Iinterconnects
KnuKonceptz Karma SS speaker cables, 12AWG bi-wire, eKs BFA banana plugs (mains)
KnuKonceptz Karma SS speaker cables, 12AWG, eKs BFA banana plugs (center, surrounds, room 2)
KnuKonceptz eKs interconnects (subwoofer, RCA, optical, digital coax, s-video, HDMI)
Furniture
Dayton LCD60-TM Tilting TV Wall Mount
Illuminaire main speaker and Plasma TV backlighting PLX318 and PLX318-LB x2