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I decided upon buying the CM8 S2 and getting a second hand receiver that is strong enough. I already got the receiver, a Marantz SR7005. it's supposed to be strong enough. I also get Spendor BC1's (30 years old!) to test - I tested them on my yamaha receiver first. However the results...

I might check them out indeed. Where did you see them?

So I got a chance to listen to about 10 different speakers in the same price range (<1000€/speaker). The B&W CM8 stood out - the 683 that i was originally looking at really didnt sound good anymore. He's willing to bring the price of the cm8 to 1660€/set. He also has a CM9 for 1000€/speaker...

Thanks! The receivers look interesting, but I was thinking, I might upgrade to an OLED tv next year. By then 4K will probably be the standard, so that means I should probably buy a 4K receiver :/ I'm going to http://www.audiotvcentrum.nl/merkenpakket.html in an hour, any last tips on what to...

I thought about getting the 685,which should be driveable by the amp, but the 683 just sounded so much better. I do wonder however, I read in reviews for the 683 s2 that they require a large/spatious room - maybe I'm underestimating my room, but I don't think its large, especially considering...

I went and tested the B&W 683/684/685 S2 on my Yamaha RX-S600. As expected it couldn't drive them really well - certainly better than expected, but this was in stereo - as soon as I would switch to 5.1 it would be over. The 683 did sound alot better than the 684, so I'll probably be going for...

Hello grumpy old man ;-) Thanks very much for your personal experience. One point I have to address is my living room. Its 30 sq.mt totally , but the listening position is just half of it. The other part of the room is dining table etc - i dont actively listen to music there. So the...

Oh, I didn't realize you were a fellow vlaming! Limburg :-) Now I'm hoping you aren't from Limburg since I just called it shitty. I went to a small shop in Hasselt last, visiting http://www.audiotvcentrum.nl/ next week.

I understood, I was just being a drama queen ;). I will definitely still try them out with my amp - I just won't have my hopes up as high ;) I tried finding info on poweramps but couldn't find much concrete - so thanks for the advice on those. I see the hypex UCD can be bought for 70€, which...

I see. Thanks. I will keep this into consideration, but it does make me a sad panda because I really didn't like how the QAs sounded compared to the B&W 684. But I will see what happens when I audition them with my Yamaha. Would the 685 be an option (since I already have a HTS-subwoofer) or...

Thanks for your response. The room: side walls aren't an issue, back wall is about 30cm. You're saying the Yamaha will struggle to control the B&W's - are you talking about the 683 (which I kind of expected), or also the 684? Take in consideration I'm planning on having 5.1, not just...

Thanks, I will keep it into consideration! I've been reading review about the 684 S2, and the general consensus seems to be that they are good but going the extra mile for the 683 S2 is very worth it. I might actually go for that, but I wonder if they might be too big for my room...

So I got a chance to listen to the QA 3050, compared to B&W 684 S2. They were connected to a hotel amplifier (not sure how good that is). I have to say I didn't expect the difference in sound quality to be so big between these two. The B&W blew the QA out of the water. In price they...

In the shitty part ;-) - but I meant a hifi shop that has the speakers I'm looking for demoable, there were others near but they still have the QA 2050i on demo for full price.... However I just got off the phone with a hifi shop thats just 1 hour drive, and I can listen to the QA 3050 & B&W...

Heh, I know - can't have it all. But the speakers I'm naming (especially QA/Dali) would fit perfectly in a surround setup, so I think it could be a decent compromise. I don't think I have reached full audiophile level yet ;). I think that if I really want to get serious about music, I'd need...