Recent content by swayzak

Just an update - the xls 215s are amazing speakers. Fill up the room with high quality sound - and the bass when ramped up is flawless. Ridiculously huge and heavy, and utterly impractical, but will bring me years of joy. Never did upgrade the Yamaha amp in the end.

I emailed them - they recommend an amp that is rated at least 200W. However I suppose I remain curious as to whether the actual sound quality (regardless of volume level) would be better with the CA set up, as it is more "high-end" hifi than the Yamaha.

Thanks I can drive them OK with the Yamaha and don't "need" the upgrade. I am just interested to see if they would sound any better with the CA set up (even at lower volumes). If so this would also give me nearer the amplification power as recommended by C-V.

It would have to be home demo as these speakers are not movable without a crane.

Are there any integrated amps I should consider at this budget then ? They would have to offer similar power (200w + per channel) and sound quality..

Thanks everyone I think what I need to here from the demo is a significant improvement over the sound I get from my Yamaha A-S500 with these speakers. This amp is is great, but I cannot help thinking that it is a little underpowered and a big, quality pre/power amp combo like this would set me...

Maybe they'd throw in some balanced connecting cables & 2 extra speaker cables for bi-wiring ... ;)

OK - a little more searching makes them seem an extremely attractive proposition to me, and should get me on excellent terms with the neighbours when powering my C***** V*** xls 215s :) ... http://andreweverard.com/2014/05/30/review-cambridge-audio-azur-851e851w/...

Hello RE. http://www.whathifi.com/news/cambridge-audio-unveils-851e851w-amps-and-speakers Has anyone got (or heard) the 851e / 851w combination ? From what little I've gleaned from the web they sound good quality / value. Are there any alternatives (providing similar level of power) for this...

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Hello again At the end of my previous thread on these speakers someone recommended a power amp... http://www.whathifi.com/forum/hi-fi/my-amplifier-sufficient-cerwin-vega-xls-215s?page=1 I have never used a pre-amp / power amp combination, but am interested in investigating this as a possible...

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OK - in that case I'm a bit confused by what you said.. "If you can't fit a 4-5mm speaker wire through a single pair of terminals, then bi-wiring with 2x2mm pairs of cables might improve things by lowering resistance. With reasonably priced cables no harm in trying. " Forgive my ignorance but...

Thanks - but ? ..... I mean the 1215s (these and my Yamaha are biwirable). Does this make a significant difference to sound / performance ? I've never used bi-wiring before (AT60s not biwirable). PS When I stated "these speakers" in original post I meant the in-coming 1215s. Can't edit the...

Thanks Mid / tweeter controls still work fine. One thing I did have to do with AT-60s shortly after buying was get shop to deal with speaker buzzing/rattling at higher volumes. Turned out is was those plates on the front. Put a thin rim of putty / bluetack in & reassembled & never buzzed again...