“Is Marantz 1710 powerful enough for 525 sq ft room with 3 openings to other areas of the house and 10 ft ceilings?”
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Although the AV Receiver is packed with the latest audio and visual features I would not recommend for the size of space you are describing. The receiver provides 70 watts per channel to 7.1 surround speakers rated at 6 ohms. If you have the more common 8 ohms speakers it's rated at 50 watts per surround sound speakers. In order to enjoy and appreciate the louder surround sound effects in a home theater setting of a space that size without struggling to hear the sound and maxing the volume continuously I would recommend at least two to three times the output of this receiver..and of course the larger the space the larger the speakers will need to be rated for...that's just my opinion.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I did purchase the Marantz NR1710 for my 525 sq ft room and paired it with Kllpsch Reference Theater pack 5.1 speakers and they work fine in my room. As different sources and TV shows have different volume levels, I have been setting the volume on the NR1710 anywhere from 40 to 60. However I have another question or issue. There are several sound modes. Voice is distinct with Dolby Surround but muffled with DTS Neural X or DTS Virtual X. I only did Audessey once and don't know what setting the sound mode was. Would running Audessey with each sound mode make an improvement? Or is there some other was to make voice distinct with the DTS sound modes? Other than this issue, I am very satisfied with this setup.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I own a ten year old version (nr1501) of this receiver and I’m shopping for its replacement, not because it failed, but because I want Bluetooth and a phono input. In general, I agree with the first answer. I will say it could be done if you base all your decisions around this receiver. If you have to go with this because of a space restriction where the gear is going, you’d want to look for really efficient speakers with decent sized drivers to help you move some air (create sound), set the speaker size to small in the receiver and get a really nice powered subwoofer (or two or three, they have their own amplification) to handle the bass response. Bass is what requires the most power to recreate, so by making sure your receiver isn’t wasting its limited resources on bass, you should be able to get where you need to be. A more powerful amp will have better control over your speakers, be tighter, cleaner etc, but in order to create the minimum perceivable increase in volume, you have to double your amplifier power which can get expensive very quickly.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Oh yeah. Not to worry. This babe loses nothing in its signal transmission. My room is 19.5' by 17, and the sound is full.
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