I now have one of the Advents as the center channel. They impressed me enough to push the Advents out of the mains spot. This was all an issue until a few days ago when I built some DIY speakers from which I was not expecting really amazing sound. The bass is weak and the dynamic range simply isn't as broad running off this receiver. It is rated at '100w' per channel but I doubt it pushes anywhere near that, especially when running three other speakers. My receiver (which I regret buying) is an inexpensive Panasonic SA-HE100. They sounded great on that thing with plenty of bass and clear mids and highs.įor the past few years they have been the mains in my home theater setup. el cheapo) which, I'm guessing, pumped about 30w per channel. I used to run them off an old Quadraflexx 777 (yeah, I know. They are quite inefficient and need quite a bit of power to make them sound good. Click to expand.It sounds like you have the Smaller Advents? I have a pair myself and have been using them for a very long time.