what do you use to power passive monitors

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what exactly would be used? my home theater reciever?

 

[DigitMus]

Stereo power amplifiers. Bryston, Hafler, Crest, Crown, Mackie, Peavey etc. all make a bunch of models at different power (wattage) levels. They take a line level signal, and raise it to speaker level.
Your home theatre reciever probably (in fact, certainly - if you connect speakers to it) has a power amplifier stage. It also has a lot of extra circuitry that you don't need, and isn't really the best tool for the job.

Scott

 

[distortedrumble]

wouldnt be the best tool but....

but it could still be done though right? what would the extra circuitry hurt? like if i dont use any of the dsp effects or something

 

[DDev]

You can use one but the main problem with using a home theater receiver is that you don't know exactly how much the tone/eq controls are affecting your sound. With a basic amplifier there are no tone or eq controls so you tend to get a sound that is much closer to what is actually coming out of your mixer than with a home stereo.

At this point in time, I have moved away from the home stereo receiver I began with and am now using a "vintage" (ie at least 25 year old) Dynaco power amp.

Darryl.....