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I can sympathise. My wife and I replaced our system because she didn't like
wires. We got something smaller. We have now gone back to a similar arrangement
with BMW speakers because it sounds so good. Paul
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> On 4 Oct 2016, at 16:40, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> You have my deepest sympathy’s I can assure you <smile>.
> I’ll be going down to have a listen to a few Bowers And Wilkins floor
> standing models in a few days, the floor standing units I’m after range in
> price from around $1600 for the basic to $3500 for the top model though
> secretly I’m hoping the basic model will sound good enough for my ears and
> even that will take a bit of time to get.
> Floor standing speakers in my lounge are going to be put exactly where they
> were intended to be put, they will stand on the floor.
> The “Old Man” has his speakers in the ceiling believe it or not which is an
> eye opener to me - pardon the terrible pun <smile> - didn’t know that some
> people were born with ears on the top of their heads.
>
>> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 10:58 pm, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dane
>> Yes, I've had the following set up for about ten years.
>> B&W CWM8180 left right and centre speakers
>> B&W MT1 rear speakers
>> Linn Sizmik sub-woofer
>>
>> Sadly, all the above are now obsolete so it's not much help to you. The fact
>> I have kept them so long shows I have been very happy with the products.
>> Mind you, it could also show I couldn't afford to replace them either! I am
>> still very happy with the sound. The centre speaker blew a driver a couple
>> of years ago and I was lucky to get a part to replace it as I was warned
>> there weren't many left.
>>
>> The mistake I made at the time I bought them was having the 3 front speakers
>> built into a purpose built media cabinet. We were having the living room
>> completely renovated at the time and my wife has always hated my previous
>> floor standing speakers with a passion because of their size and the
>> trailing cables. She hates wires. She says when I die she will wrap me in
>> all the wire I have around the house and bury me in them! So the cabinet was
>> a way of hiding the cables. I even had the cables leading to the rear
>> speakers plastered into the wall. The problem I have now is that when I have
>> to replace the front speakers I will either have to find something the same
>> size that will fit the cabinet or get rid of a very expensive and elaborate
>> piece of furniture. Secretly I would like to go back to floor standing
>> speakers one day but she will kill me!
>>
>> John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: 03 October 2016 00:43
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Bowers And Wilkins Speakers
>>
>> Hi John!
>> You mention you have some Bowers And Wilkins speakers as part of your system
>> so which models do you have? I m looking at their range of floor standing
>> models for the lounge, a bit of saving to do to own a pair of those but - if
>> the B&W A5, A7 and Z2 active speaker systems which I ve owned are anything
>> to go by - then a year s saving will be well worth the wait, any additional
>> comments?
>>
>>> On 3 Oct. 2016, at 5:12 am, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jim
>>> I just saw your enquiry. I don't have the Sonos Conect:Amp, but I do have
>>> the Sonos Connect. So I don't know how good the Connect Amp is at powering
>>> Speakers and How they would sound. I got the Connect which feeds my Arcam
>>> AVR750 receiver with a digital signal which in turn powers a 5.1 set of B&W
>>> speakers. I use the Connect with Wi-Fi and listen to streaming media from
>>> Apple Music and Amazon. There is never any buffering or dropout. It sounds
>>> surprisingly excellent with these music sources. I expected it to sound
>>> inferior to my old Logitech Transporter but it doesn't. I never got around
>>> to listening to uncompressed music on it yet which I hope should sound even
>>> better. The only drawback may be that it can't play HD audio sources by
>>> which I mean anything sampled above 48000 or 24bit. But anything at CD
>>> quality is very good.
>>>
>>> As the Connect:Amp has its own amplification stage I can't comment on that
>>> side of things from a personal experience. I will say that my other Sonos
>>> equipment i.e.: a stereo pair of the small Sonos Play 1 speakers sound very
>>> good for their size.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: 29 September 2016 19:21
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: SonosConnectAmp.
>>>
>>> I don t own one though I certainly will be looking at one in the coming
>>> days.
>>> The Songs connect gets good write-ups and I m looking forward to using one
>>> for two reasons, I m looking forward to having a play with the Songs App
>>> and I m looking forward to using the digital output on my system with my
>>> DAC.
>>>
>>>> On 30 Sep. 2016, at 4:16 am, Jim Noseworthy
>>>> <jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> HiGang:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone on this list comment about the quality of the Sonos
>>>> Connect Amp":?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all over the place.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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