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What speakers for amp and Receiver

Hello, new member here. I just want to start with saying I'm just getting started with my first big sound purchase. With that said, I just bought and had installed my new speakers, receiver and secondary amp. I feel like the installer did not install this correctly as my new system does not sound much better than my last. My question is what speakers should they have put on the second amp and which go to the receiver? I bought all this at a steep discount and still went over my budget. I know it does not all match perfectly but they said it should still sound great. This is the setup i have and it's going to stay this way for a while. this is my new equipment. (Receiver) Integra 9.2 DRX5.4, (Secondary amp) Bowers & Wilkins Amplifier CDA-4D 4-Channel Compact Distribution, (FL&R) Focal Omada N3 3-Way Floor standing Loudspeakers, (Center) Focal Omada Center 2-Way Center Channel Speaker, (Surrounds) Focal 300IW6 White 2-Way In-Wall Loudspeaker, (Rears)  Focal 100IW6 White In-Wall 2-Way Loudspeaker, (Atmos) 4- Focal 100ICW6 White In-Wall/In-Ceiling 2-Way Coaxial Loudspeaker, and 1 SVS PB-2000 Pro Premium Black Ash Subwoofer. Any advice is apricated. :)

audiojoe123
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jasonbourne71
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It's tricky enough getting a pair of speakers to sound the best in a room. Setting up a dozen speakers in a room is a headache! 

parkergetdean
1,036 posts
 

2 speakers, left and right. That's what most of us are capable of answering here.

audiojoe123 OP
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Thanks for your responses. They are sending another installer on Saturday to finish fine tuning the room. As of now, they have the side and rear surrounds on the separate B&W amp and the rest on the Integra. I've had a couple people tell me to have them put the front right and left and the side surrounds on the separate amp. I will definitely have them do another room correction either way because I believe I saw them do only 3-4 measurements and the little research I've done says to do 9. Thanks again and if anyone has any other advice before Saturday morning it would be apricated. 

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br3
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They sold you a lot of stuff. What were you wanting to achieve? 

audiojoe123 OP
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Yes, it was more than I was expecting. I was looking to upgrade my old surround sound system that is mostly used for movies. My old system was 5 tiny old Bose speakers that were installed on wall before I bought the house and an old Denon receiver and an 8" sub. It was a 5.1 system that sounded terrible when the volume was turned up for movies. After I picked out my new receiver and front speakers they told me how cool 4 atmos speakers would sound and after I agreed with that, I talked myself into 2 more surround speakers to finish the new 7.1.4 setup. 

 

After looking around this site yesterday I noticed that it's geared more towards premium products. There's probably a different forum somewhere that would be more for my mid-level system. 

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