Power setup for 803D's Family Room


While it may sound a bit nuts, i have a set of 803 Diamond speakers which i use for left and right front channel.  I will be adding a matching center and have in ceiling Triad Silver Sealed speakers.  This is an open family room environment, not a theater room.   I have a separate theater room for the serious movie watching.  

My question is what AV Reciever or pre-amp combination should i get.  I was looking at a Sony STR-ZA1000ES but feel it may not power the B&W's well.  I could output the signal for front 2 channel to another stand alone amplifier i have from the Sony. I wanted to ask the question is there is a truly more powerful AV Receiver that would work with the B&W's.  If not then i will have to entertain a pre-amp or outputting the front stage signal to an amplifier. 
titannero
Impedance reaches a minimum of 3.65 ohms at 99 Hz and a phase angle of –56.23 degrees at 50 Hz.
Read more at http://www.soundandvision.com/content/bw-803d-speaker-system-ht-labs-measures#M4GiYesABpc1cULl.99
With these sort of impedances and -phase angles in the bass, you'll need an AV receiver that's special with good current. Not your mainstream ones. Look to Krell and such for an AV receiver that will get the best out of your 803's

Cheers George 
If your not worried about Dolby atmos or DTS X check out the Primare SPA23 4KVM AV. The Anthem MRX 1120, Marantz SR 7011 or Arcam AV 860 would be A/V Rec to check out.

titannero,

803D's are amazing speakers.  This may sound crazy but have you consider SONOS? I switched from receiver based 5.1 system in my family and living rooms to SONOS. This is by far the best 2K investment I'hv made based on sound and convenience.  Plus you get the streaming capabilities of great sounding music. I love the clutter free / decor friendly wireless setup and the system sounds amazing on 2-ch music and movies alike.  

My SONOS system in each of these rooms consist of,
PLAYBAR, SUB and a pair of PLAY:1.  

The cost of each room setup was $2100 including Optical digital cable and mounting brackets.   

Happy Holidays!!!

I seriously doubt there is any A/V receiver that can power the 803D adequately. They need a very stable high current amp.
Not true at all the Arcam is a very high current receiver, we use these in the shop I work at Audio Doctor, Jersey City, and the Arcam has the ability to drive any load we throw at at and sounds great in the process, the only caveat is it is a $6,000.00 receiver, it can deliver the power no problem.

Class G and Class H employ dual power rails so they can alternate between a high bias class A for low wattage and switch to very high current Class A/B  for demanding passages and they can handle low impedance loads. 

Audio Control's new line of Receivers made in the same factory as the Arcam employs an even more sophisticated Class H amplifying stage and we prefer it even over the Arcam, either way two of the best receivers on the market. 

We sell quite a number of high end surround receivers, give my friend and boss Dave a call at the shop 877 428 2873, we sell more brands of high end surround receivers then most dealers including: Nad, Cambridge Audio, Primare, Arcam, Audio Control, and Anthem. Ask for the owner Dave