Irek Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hi , Friend of mine is planning to buy HT system, so far he picked two options of speakers. He asked me for advice regarding AVR so I recommended NAD 757 v3 to go with Focal Chorus. When it comes to aria series I am not sure what would be the best option for a reasonable money. What do you guys think about Cambridge Audio CXR200? One box solution is preferable. System 1. FOCAL CHORUS 726 Focal Chorus CC700 Centre Speaker FOCAL CHORUS SR700 SURROUNDs FOCAL CHORUS Subwoofer System 2. FOCAL ARIA 926 FLOORSTANDING SPEAKERS Focal Aria CC900 Center Speaker Focal Aria SR 900 Surround Speakers Focal Aria subwoofer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy8 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 34 minutes ago, Irek said: He asked me for advice regarding AVR so I recommended NAD 757 v3 to go with Focal Chorus. When it comes to aria series I am not sure what would be the best option for a reasonable money. What do you guys think about Cambridge Audio CXR200? Minor correction: NAD 758V3. The CXR200 has a higher power output (and good that both CA and NAD quote all channels driven numbers!). But I think both the Chorus and Aria speakers have similar sensitivity at 8 ohms, so if the 758V3 can drive the Chrous, it can certainly drive the Aria. I would argue that Dirac Live (for NAD Version 2.0 just came out) would provide more benefit than the higher power output of the CXR200. If more power is desired, then go the T777V3 or if budget permits, the Arcam AVR850 (which also has Dirac Live). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vagabond Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Both the Aria and Chorus have an impedence dip around 100Hz, to 2.5Ohms. With a phase shift of nearly 90° IIRC. Bear that in mind when looking at AVRs, not all of them will cope with that at high volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, vagabond said: Both the Aria and Chorus have an impedence dip around 100Hz, to 2.5Ohms. With a phase shift of nearly 90° IIRC. Bear that in mind when looking at AVRs, not all of them will cope with that at high volumes. Thanks for the info, so which one would you go with? Cambridge audio or Nad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vagabond Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Irek said: Thanks for the info, so which one would you go with? Cambridge audio or Nad? Don't know sorry, I have Focals but use a power amp for them rather than an AVR. I'd suggest avoid anything that doesn't rate itself down to 4Ω but I've got not much clue apart from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwt Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, Irek said: Thanks for the info, so which one would you go with? Cambridge audio or Nad? With an impedance suckout like that [ and if you like to turn up the db;s ] consider using either models pre outs . That said the CA has the better power amp specs although the NAD's 60w are more honestly quoted with a THD limit Quote ca-120 watts RMS per channel, 8 ohms (all 7 channels driven) nad - 7 x 60W (0.05% THD, 20-20kHz) If you listen at reasonable levels the NAD has 3 factors the CA doesn't ' dirac live room eq vs none[ basic speaker distance /volume ] ; full object surround capability with a separate power amp or even 5.1.2 without one and a full set of pre outs vs l/r only for the CA .. Its apparent the NAD has a good power supply as it doubles down when driving a harder 4 ohm load although this spec isn't w/rms with freq response and thd limits for accuracy.. IHF standard instead. Hope this has helped ; dirac as good as it is now will only improve as dirac 2.0 is only early stages atm .. Quote 8 Ohms 137W 4 Ohms 243W Edited November 28, 2018 by cwt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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