Which floor standers are you thinking about? CM9, CM10 or are you going to splash out for the 800 series? Walter.
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 04 October 2016 18:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins Speakers Thanks for that. I really relish the difference in the way systems sound in my house, makes music all the more worth the while listening to in my view if you have a couple of different sources. I have the Bowers And Wilkins A7 by my bed, the system based around the Hotel RA10 Amp I built 3 years ago in the Den and the Denon AVR2113 receiver in the lounge, that’s where I want to put the Bowers and Wilkins floor standing speakers. I’m using some Polk Audio bookshelf speakers with my Hotel which will do for now but the speakers for my Denon are cheap and nasty, they need replacing so I’ll tackle them first. I’m quite surprised at just how many people on this list are using Bowers And Wilkins gear, that says quite a lot, people love their music ,smile> > On 5 Oct. 2016, at 4:39 am, Walter <w...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi. I have a system upstairs and one downstairs. Down stairs are the B & W > CM9 and they are big but great speakers. I was toying with the idea of > upgrading to the CM10 but haven't done so thus far. My upstairs system has > the B & W CM5 which are stand mount speakers and are really wonderful > speakers. They don't have the solid bass that the CM9 do but very respectful > nonetheless. I did though add the B & W C2 Subwoofer and that makes a world > of a difference. It is hard to decide which is the better system because the > set up is different. The speakers downstairs are 15 feet apart while the > CM5s are 8 Feet apart. A friend though reckons that the system upstairs is > much more superior in sound reproduction and thinks I should sell my > downstairs system. At this point I'll keep both although if truth is told, > the downstairs system has rarely been played and I'm not even sure the CM9s > have been fully run in. After the CM series you are talking about the 800 > series but then, you are also talking funny money. Walter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: 04 October 2016 16:40 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins Speakers > > 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ********** >>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >>> halfwits in this world behind. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> >> > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
