Rex81
Well-Known Member
Yes, I like your idea of saving up for a vintage receiver and Bluetooth receiver and running your Sanyo floorstanders with that. Then you can upgrade the speakers when you have more funds. I’m sure they’re decent for $40, but $200 will buy some vintage speakers that will blow them away. And if you still need more bass, you can add a powered sub later. In fact, if you really like crazy thunderous bass, I would advise getting that sub sooner than later.
Running vintage receivers with the bass control all the way up even at half volume is asking for trouble. It taxes the amp heavily, and believe it or not, those old dogs aren’t as robust as you might think. It’ll be smoking before you know it and the repairs will cost more than what you bought it for. With a dedicated powered subwoofer, you can run the eq on the receiver flat and just turn up the sub to get the bass you desire. A good quality subwoofer is designed to take that kind of abuse.
Running vintage receivers with the bass control all the way up even at half volume is asking for trouble. It taxes the amp heavily, and believe it or not, those old dogs aren’t as robust as you might think. It’ll be smoking before you know it and the repairs will cost more than what you bought it for. With a dedicated powered subwoofer, you can run the eq on the receiver flat and just turn up the sub to get the bass you desire. A good quality subwoofer is designed to take that kind of abuse.