mkozlows;143115 Wrote: > The speakers will completely overwhelm any other differences you might > have. I say, find a pair of speakers you like, get them, and then find > stuff that works well with those speakers.
I agree that the speakers have the most character, in most systems, but still reiterate my main post: find a system that you really like. Please ignore totally what you currently have and how sane any upgrade path may seem before you start - that's just a detail. Get to a dealer, and I recommend you to try several, as a SET-loving dealer is unlikely to stock heavyweight Krells, and vice versa. Play music you like and settle on a system that you would really like to own and listen to daily. Once you know your true path (Grasshopper), you can start to work out the detail of how you're actually going to get there with the system you currently have and the spare cash you can hide from the wife. But make sure you have a goal, or all you'll do is upgrade for ever. In terms of your specific dilemma, I suspect you may be proposing a slightly mismatched system. A $2k multichannel amp is unlikely to be an ideal match with a $5k serious speaker, and the fact that you can't audition it also gives me cause for concern. I know the B&Ws and know that they respond well to very serious amps - I last heard them with huge Chords, and they sounded great (although the system was not the way I'd spend that much cash!) - so be careful. However, I am not familiar with these amps. Given how much you seem willing to spend, you should be able to get a really wonderful system. The last thing you want to do is buy an amp then spend loads on huge speakers and then be unhappy until you've spent several times that on the amp you need to drive them to your satisfaction! HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28256 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
