B&W 685 Speaker Package Against B&W MT30

[professorhat]

I use Atacama Nexus 6 stands.

 

[Big Chris]

Back to the OP.

It's like this.... You want a piano in your house. You know a grand piano is the best you can buy, but you live in a 2 up, 2 down, so that rules out the grand piano. Next best is an upright tucked into a corner somewhere.

Speaker packages are the same. Yes, big burly boxes will sound better, but the style system was created because many people (or their Wives) just can't justify or accomodate 5 or 7 big, brutish boxes in their home.

Comparing the 2 isn't really helping. Ask yourself one question. Can I happily get larger speakers into my home? If so, I wouldn't be looking at style speakers.

And this is from someone who is 110% happy with their MT-30s and probably wouldn't get the 685 HT even if I had the space and an approving Wife.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Thanks Professorhat,

Just did a quick search on them, do you use them for your centre as well?

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

gel:
what kind of stand are you guy's using for the B&W 685? Because they look quite big for example an average alphason stand?

Thanks

Partington Super Dreadnoughts.

 

[Anonymous]

I have B&W 685s on fronts and rears and also use Atacama Nexus 6 stands which i think do a great job. I know its all down to personal opionion but i was not to impressed with the ASW610 sub, i didnt think it was a good as my old sub although to be fair my old sub was much bigger. In my opinion if its in the budget go for a better sub.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Big Chris:

Back to the OP.

It's like this.... You want a piano in your house. You know a grand piano is the best you can buy, but you live in a 2 up, 2 down, so that rules out the grand piano. Next best is an upright tucked into a corner somewhere.

Speaker packages are the same. Yes, big burly boxes will sound better, but the style system was created because many people (or their Wives) just can't justify or accomodate 5 or 7 big, brutish boxes in their home.

Comparing the 2 isn't really helping. Ask yourself one question. Can I happily get larger speakers into my home? If so, I wouldn't be looking at style speakers.

And this is from someone who is 110% happy with their MT-30s and probably wouldn't get the 685 HT even if I had the space and an approving Wife.

Good Call, Big Chris

 

[Anonymous]

gel:
Thanks Professorhat,

Just did a quick search on them, do you use them for your centre as well?

Thanks

Why would you need speaker stands for your centre channel? This should be placed in your AV Rack.

 

[Anonymous]

Gel, i use another pair of atacamas for the centre which again works great

 

[Deleted member 2457]

EvilWolf:gel:

Thanks Professorhat,

Just did a quick search on them, do you use them for your centre as well?

Thanks

Why would you need speaker stands for your centre channel? This should be placed in your AV Rack.

Which is what for you, because they look big for an average av stand? Yes, No?

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 2457]

j_fowler:Gel, i use another pair of atacamas for the centre which again works great

Hi, thanks your tv must be up quite high then?

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

yep, its on the wall above a disused fireplace

 

[Anonymous]

A slightly bigger than average AV stand

 

[Deleted member 2457]

EvilWolf:A slightly bigger than average AV stand

Could you tell me the name of your AV Stand please?

Thanks

 

[professorhat]

gel:Thanks Professorhat,

Just did a quick search on them, do you use them for your centre as well?

Thanks

Nope, as EvilWolf says, centre is on my AV rack. At the moment I just have a cheapie Techlink rack I got off ebay as had to rearrange everything quickly when I get the new Pioneer TV last month. Will be looking to replace this at some point, possibly with a bespoke wooden one from hifiracks.co.uk which I quite like the look of.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Thanks for that, and congratulations on your new tv, what size is it?

See when I brought my current speaker's I had to buy a new stand because my centre speaker was too big for my old alphason stand.

I am wondering how much space you need for that centre on a av stand?

Thanks

 

[colin563]

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/

they got the manual on these diemensions are in the back

colin

 

[professorhat]

gel:Thanks for that, and congratulations on your new tv, what size is it?

It's the PDP-LX5090 - got one before they disappeared forever!

gel:I am wondering how much space you need for that centre on a av stand?

Specs on the website as indicated, but these are the HTM62 centre dimensions:

Height: 170mm (6.7 in)
Width: 438mm (17.3 in)
Depth: 308mm (12.2 in) including grille and terminals

 

[Anonymous]

gel:
EvilWolf:A slightly bigger than average AV stand

Could you tell me the name of your AV Stand please?

Thanks

Atacama Equinox AV Equipment Rack.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Very nice tv Professorhat and thanks for the measurements, I am sitting here with my metre stick from texas homecare working out the size of these.

Nice Stand Evilwolf, I have never seen one of them before.

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

I got mine from Superfi. You will see it on their website.

 

[Sorreltiger]

I also have the Atacama rack (with an extra shelf) : TV on top, centre and Wii on middle, Sky box and amp on bottom. The rest of my kit is on my old hi-fi rack.

Mine came from Audio Affair - great service - who still under-cut the Superfi price.

 

[Dalesman]

gel:
Anyone know which one is better for sound?

Thanks

Has anyone done a side by side comparison on both these packages? I've heard them separately but would like to know 'exactly which sounds better'. Not the size,not the style but the 'sound' .

 

[Anonymous]

for speakers the 685 wins but the for the sub the pv10 wins

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Hi, the people with the B&W 685 speaker package have you ever thought or considered adding these to your front left and right speakers?

http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=2354&sc=ht

Is it possible to do?

Do you ever feel the need?

What do you think?

I know in the B&W MT30 speaker package you do feel like you are missing something at the front.

Thanks

 

[colin563]

i ended up with b&w 684 at the front and its an excellent soundinding speaker

the 683 was just a but to much for the size of my room

colin