Guest Posted May 7, 2002 Report Share Posted May 7, 2002 I somehow got involved in setting up a Marantz based big bedroom system (5226B)+ Cassette & Onkyo CD. I like the look/feel of the old stuff. Now the question....What speakers? I have a line on a set of AR 93,s. Will the Marantz (30 watt) equipment drive the black towers? Or what alternatives should I look for? Open to all suggestions.Thanks & great forumRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nigel Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 In two words, not likely.The classic ARs are not easy to drive, the 93 and 94 especially, which have very nasty impedance curves, dropping down close to 2 ohms. If the Marntz has a pre-out, I would just get a seperate power amp, and hide it somewhere. An Adcom 545, 545 II or 5400 are good choices. Alternately, you need to find a classic receiver that works well with 2 ohm loads: HK430 HK630, Onkyo TX-2500 -4500 -8500 (not II versions) are some.Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 This is wierd.I have 1 pair of AR93,s that I hooked up to: You guessed it newly redone Marantz 2226B Bedroom system. Did not sound good at all.Since then I have purchased Axiom m22ti (high efficiency speaker , sounds great). Anyway, since you can,t use the AR93,s are they still availiable? I have Onkyo equipment that drives them very well and have been looking for another set of AR93,3 for backRoom.Thanks Rick More weirdnessI own 1965 Pontiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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