just purchased the 7125 , the sale was too good to pass.

First time going with seperates.

how would be a pioneer elite vsx-32 (as a pre) or should I stick with my 7 year old yamaha rxv-2500 as the pre for the 7125 and was thinking to upgrade to infinity classia 336 speakers or what other speakers would be good in the sub $800 range for the pair. primarily for HT use.

any advice greatly appericiated.

thanks.

Congrats on your 7125, I was very close to getting one of them at that killer price as well, but ended up splurging and getting the 7700 at its great sale price. Hope the wife doesn't notice the credit card statement.

Not sure I can give you a lot of acvice on your other questions as I'm not familiar with those models. Many reputable brand name AVR's work very well as pres, I have used both my Denon 2805 and currently my 3808ci and they work just fine and have all the bells and whistles. I am anxious to see the 978 Outlaw when it is introduced and may part with my Denons...

I would say if your pioneer is newer, it probably has better processing for movies than your yammy, so that probably would be a better choice. Randy

Thanks Randy for the comments. I have decided to go with the pioneer elite vsx-32 as the pre. Also I noticed that you have the Axiom speakers, how do you like them?, I am thinking to get the M50 V3 or M60 V3 as i have a decent sub, the M80 are currently out of my reach or I read a lot about the crystalaudio TX-T2SE floor standing speakers.

any body have experience with the crystalaudio speakers - http://www.crystalaudiovideo.com


Roger

I haven't heard to M50's, but on the Axiom forum there are a few members that have owned them and seem to have good feedback. The m60's and m80's sound very similar, with the 80's having a slight edge in the low end because of the larger cabinet. In regards to the highs/mid frequencies, they are also very similar. The 80's might have a little more detail in larger rooms, and they can handle lots of power with no issues. I've owned both through the years and do miss my m60's at times. I think you would like the m60's over the m50's, as some have mentioned they m50's have a bit of a more layed back sound, and the m60's have more detail and true to the recording your listening to..

Also, something like the m22 bookshelfs along with a sub, sound very similar to M60's with no sub. All of the Axiom speakers are very efficient and require little power to play very loud in most rooms.

Folks I am leaning towards the purchase of the Mirage OMD-15 speakers to run with the 7125. The Mirage are rated at 6 Ohms, do i need to do setup the 7125 at 6 ohms. The 7125 just came in yesterday. I will be opening it up over the weekend.

Is any body in the outlaw family have the mirage omd-15?, as on vanns.com i see 73 5 star reviews.

Thanks.

The 7125 will drive pretty much any speaker, I would not worry about the ohm rating as that varies across the frequency range and is not fixed. There is nothing to setup other than hooking it up to your receiver pre outs.

You are fine with the Mirages and the 7125. It is rated at 4 ohms and can easily handle somewhat less than that without question.

so finally pulled the trigger and ordered the mirage omd-15s , omd-c1 and the omd-5 rears. vanns.com was very good. Heard them at a friends's friend house, absolutely amazing. Even my 7 year old infinity referece 5 speakers have a new life in them when powered by the outlaw.

question , do i really need to order the super expensive RCA connects or my current "acoustic research" 4 feet RCA gold tipped are good enough from PREAMP to the outlaw.

now the task remains of selling all of my old equipment on ebay. If anybody interested for an spare system I have.

Yamaha Rx-v2500 AVR
2 Infinity RS-5 tower
1 Infinity Center Channel
1 HK-8390 5 CD changer - almost new (used may be 10 hours)

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Outlaw 7125
Pioneer Elite VSX-32 (used as PRE)
Mirage OMD-15
MIrage OMD-C1
Mirage OMD-5
polk in cieling - for surround backs
polk DSW PRO subwoofer
sony PS3 bluray
Panny PT-AX200U projector

The cables you have should be fine.

thanks gonk.