I have some speakers from an old Panasonic SC-BT200 Home Theatre System. I'm wondering if I was to purchase a receiver such as this could I re-use the speakers with it?
Home Theatre n00b question.
Lbennythejet on 16/08/2016 - 12:18
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Cant see why not. But they are designed to be optimised with your current system - i.e., what you paid for that system (which is an entry/middle of the road "home theatre in a box").
As they are rated in total 1000W they should be able to be used with your new receiver (but check the wattage per channel as suggested above). However, you are unlikely to get much gain from them with the new receiver if they are not quality speakers at the end of the day.
All audio visual systems are going to ever only be as good as their weakest link in the chain: i.e,, The source, the processor, the cables that carry the signal and the physical hardware (speakers/TV screens etc).
If you were unhappy with your current system (are are just wanting to upgrade), assuming source (Blurays/streaming) is good, processing is good (pretty much most consumer Home theatre systems are similar if you're just watching DVDS and Free to air and Blurays etc) then its going to come down to the speakers you are using which is going to make the difference so using the same speakers is not going to change your experience in a significant way generally (even if the processor in the new receiver will be better).
In short you would just be wasting your money with the new receiver unless you upgrade the speakers to higher end ones too.
In terms of damage, the Wattage of the speakers is irrelevant (as long as you don't turn up the volume obviously too loud for the speakers). It's the Ohms of the speakers that matter.
If the speakers are rated at 6-8Ohms then they'll be fine… If only 4 Ohm, then you might overdrive your Amp causing damage to it.In terms of sound quality, agreed with the above point. You may even find WORSE sound quality with a decent amp driving those tinny speakers… cause the amp is going to be tuned to expect to be driving proper speakers, and therefore more bass and mids through those speakers when they're really just designed for higher frequencies and for the Bass Unit (it's not a Subwoofer) to take all the lower Mids and Bass..
Appreciate the comments and advice. Basically the speakers are sitting in my garage unused as the bluray unit broke (blown capacitors). I’m looking at some low budget (<$1000) surround sound options and the thought was to repurpose the speakers with a receiver with the intent to upgrade to something better in time.
My current setup only includes a 50” plasma TV and an NUC running Kodi - streaming music/video from my NAS. I’d like to have a surround sound system with bluetooth functionality (play music from iPhone) hence my interest in the receiver.
I’m also open to any suggestions on some entry level 5.1 speaker systems.
Cheers.
Have you considered replacing the capacitors?
If that's the only problem, pretty easy job and probably only cost you $20 in replacements and an hour of time (assuming you own a soldering iron and solder)Keep your eye out on Gumtree for an Amp+Speaker Package…
Can usually grab some reasonable speaker sets for $200-300 with an old amp.Flip the amp for $50 (or upgrade your shed system) and you have a nice starter set of speakers for
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/191940896921
How bout this? Home theatre in a box for your budget :) (just no Bluetooth, but does have a replacement bluray player for you!)
The speakers in that Panasonic system are 3 ohm so may cause some issues with the receiver, also the subwoofer is passive, av receivers require an active subwoofer with it's amp built into the subwoofer
3 ohm so may cause some issues with the receiver
3Ohm speakers WILL cause issues for a consumer grade receiver!
av receivers require an active subwoofer with it's amp built into the subwoofer
This is not even close to being even a "guideline".. Many, many receivers have an amplified output for Passive Subs
3Ohm speakers WILL cause issues for a consumer grade receiver!
I know a couple of people that did what the op has described without issue, these speakers will have little or no bass which is where the impedance curve causes most issues, as long as only kept at moderate levels likely to be ok
This is not even close to being even a "guideline".. Many, many receivers have an amplified output for Passive Subs
All in one systems yes, I'm not aware of any decent stand alone receivers that have amplified output, all decent receivers have pre-out for subwoofer
Should be just don't turn in to high volume.
Check how much watts can speaker take, then check how much power receiver delivers.