?Can I use my home stereo receiver to power monitors?

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Is it a good Idea? Why or why not. If I use my receiver I would save a lot of $$$! I have a hundred watts in each channel, and I have 2 channesl.

-If you go up in price, what is the difference? If it's just wattage then I'll just get something low, if you say I shouldn't use my receiveer.
 
Yo First of FRANK:

As Rat Tracker says, it'll work fine. There are some exceptions though.

I use a Yamaha integrated amplifier in my home studio and it is great because I can plug in ALL the other stuff and run it from one control box.

The Yamaha has plugs for two sets of speakers; one set has the banana type plug in; so, I have one set of speakers hooked up this way which is a tight fit thus a good connection.

The other plug for the second set of speakers will only accept the "straight wire" connections; this is all right but I wish it would accept the banana connection.

Now when you get into powered speakers, I'm not sure exactly what types of plugs you can use. For example, I have no means to connect with 1/4 inch cable plugs or XLR.

I'm sure there must be an adapter out there but the more plugs you plug in, the less quality signal you get, sometimes.

At any rate, your stereo should do until you want to make a significant change.

Green Hornet
 
Yes you can use a consumer receiver to monitor.

I'm guessing almost anyone who starts out in home recording monitors useing a home system (for a while). Obviously dedicated monitoring systems that provide flat response, etc would be ideal - but we all have budget limits.

Just make sure you play commercial recordings,in particular the style of music you intend to record, thru the system to use as a reference. Learn how your monitor system "should sound" and trust your ears. It never hurts to use other play back systems (boombox, car stereo) as a secondary reference.
 
Just out of curiosity, what kind of stereo do you have?
 
My Sansui has a blown channel, my Yamaha has a fried pre,
I donated the old marantz to charity, so now I am utilizing an AWIA
 
No matter what you use for monitor power, just make sure it's quality power and make sure you set the tone controls to flat. Your Sony will work fine. Just set it flat for monitoring. If you don't, you will color your mix with the amps settings and you don't want to do that. You want to hear what your really mixing. Once you've got your mix the way you want it, then you might set your amp up just to see if your mix works.
 
Yo Man of the Board:

The nice thing about the Yamaha integrated amp I use is that it has a "straight through" button. When engaged, the signal comes through without any amp coloration.

The other great thing about this amp is that is has a knob to adjust the "flat" to as flat as you want it. And, if you want, you can fiddle with the other standard controls that come with most integrated amps. If not, push the button, and no amp coloration. Great stuff.

Green Hornet
 
Green Hornet,

That's cool. Yamaha makes great stuff. I use a lot of it in my studio. You can't go wrong with most of their stuff. Their instruments and stereo equipment is top shelf.

As far as recording goes, flat is where it's at when laying down tracks and listening to the play backs.

Boardman
 
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