Revel Performa Series Can be driven by a Receiver?


I've heard conflicting advice about Revel Performa Series Speakers.
Is it "practical" to drive this class of speaker with a receiver?
In all the specs I can find on this series - only a nominal impedance of 6 ohms is listed.
I can not find a nominal power/watt rating?
My receiver is a Pioneer VSX-49TX. It's rated at 160 watts continuous at 6 ohms.
(Note: the receiver weighs ~63 lbs...so it's not amazingly heavy but not exactly a light weight either)...Questions:
1) Am I dreaming to have this type of Speaker/Receiver match up?
2) If it is practical - can I drive the F30's or am I best to stay with the M20 bookshelf?
Either way - I will still us the B15 sub, C30 Center, and S30 rears...
Any responses (and or help hints for proper setup)would be greatly appreciated?
Tuned In & Turned On...
ceme

Showing 1 response by celtic66

Mostly agree with chilidog about separates. This Pioneer is NOT a high current piece. Throw the watts thing out the door. If you want to stay with a receiver you have few choices. Dynalab, Luxman R 1120A, Yamaha 2020 (I believe that's the designation), a real battleship. These are all high current and sound very good, even against many separates. Trick with the Luxman is to hardwire upgrade the PC and either patch with IC the pre-out/power-in OR internally solder the connections. Then this unit is quite impressive.