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To my ears there was quite a difference between the CM5 and CM6. The CM6's were a discernable level up in terms of clarity; they found a whole load more detail and brought it forward compared to the CM5's. I'd go as far as to say the CM5's sounded a little muddy by comparison. There probably...

Thanks for the alternatives. Looking into them now...

No, I have not bought it yet. In terms of a little more background, I am looking for a system that delivers very high convenience and usability for the benefit of the people who will use it at least 50% of the time (i.e. my son and wife). It needs to play from NAS (mostly ALAC at CD or master...

Thanks for the good advice. I've taken time out to think this through and committed to nothing at this stage, so anything is an option regarding source/amp and speakers. I wouldn't say that the dealer was not pushing to sell, but he certainly didn't go into the depth of questioning that you...

Very good point. First and foremost this system needs to play classical, especially solo piano and orchestral with piano (my son is a pianist-in-training and this system will be in the piano room). Other strong preferences (in this order of preference) are guitar/vocal (think Damien Rice, Lisa...

The ATC SCM11s are proving hard to ignore because they keep coming up (Best Standmounter £800-1500 2014...) and are priced well. The 'trouble' is that I'd have to buy them online to try them at home as they don't seem to be around too many places, which means it's not a true A/B comparison as...

Thanks all for the good pointers. Regarding my ears meaning more than ratings: I know, I know. But we've all had that niggling feeling that we've missed something, right?! The store (SSAV in Sevenoaks) had the KEF R300s, but I rashly dimissed them out of hand as 'aesthetically incompatible'...

I have today auditioned the NaimUniti 2 with 3 speaker choices: 1. B&W CM5 S2 2. KEF LS50 3. B&W CM6 S2 I liked the CM5s; I found the LS50s too harsh and tiring at volume with the lightest low end; the CM6s were the best of the trio with increased sensitivity (at least I'm assuming that is...