Quote Originally Posted by muzz View Post
I already answered this, but...not sure what happened to that post.... whatever...
The AVR/PREAMP IS A DENON AVR 988, Same as a Denon AVR2808, this pairing is the SAME ONE my nephew burnt up my Sierra 1's we discussed years ago(while we were partying outside, that was in my basement at the time).
Is the preamp poor/distortion riddled?
The amp is solid, it's a Boston Acoustics A7200, a SHERWOOD NEWCASTLE A965 with a different cover, Curtis had one, he knows.
The 1st time I was worried it was the AVR, that's why I grabbed the amp...Then I blew up the other 2...they WERE punished, but this AVR(ALONE) punished bigger Speakers for years before it got retired due to HDMI PORTS.
Not sure what's up, I wish I did, because the 2EX Sound MINT.
BTW, this same AVR Beat these 170's for AWHILE before I even got the Sierra's, and still sound fine except pretty high volume due to the 170SE Tweeters getting raspy.