b&w 685

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Hi i am thinking of purchasing the b&w 685 speakers,my system consists of Arcam A70 Amp.Arcam cd73T Mourdaunt Short Avant 902i on sound style z2 stands (sand filled) with Qed Xtube bi-wire speaker cable although i am pleased with my system i feel i could do with more bass as good as the 902is speakers sound do you think upgrading to the b&w 685 speakers will make much of an improvment.

any idea's please

cheers jon

 

[shep1968]

I have them with a budget system of the ra-05 and matantz 6002 and they are fine to me.

 

[mattc76]

I have a NAD amp and upgraded my 902i's to B&W 686's which (according to popular opinion) are no where near as good as the 685's, and I thought the upgrade was significant (warmer, lusher, more base, more detailed much nicer to listen to etc) - so I think you'll find the 685's a MASSIVE improvement.

Incidently I auditioned the 685's in the shop with my amp and they have tons of bass (compared to 902i's) and in fact everyone was raving about them. The reason I chose the 686's was I have a small room (and they are much smaller and my wife preferred them) and I thought the 685's would be abit over the top for where I was gonna put them. The 686's also need a lot of power to get them sounding ok unlike the 685's (so i've been told)

I'm certain you wont be disappointed by the 685's - go for it!

 

[biggus_1961]

just my opinion but i didnt think the arcam amp/cdp with bw685/683 worked, it all sounded too dull for me, it all souded much better and thrilling with nad c355bee, but of course everyones ears are different.

 

[plastic penguin]

jonn:

Hi i am thinking of purchasing the b&w 685 speakers,my system consists of Arcam A70 Amp.Arcam cd73T Mourdaunt Short Avant 902i on sound style z2 stands (sand filled) with Qed Xtube bi-wire speaker cable although i am pleased with my system i feel i could do with more bass as good as the 902is speakers sound do you think upgrading to the b&w 685 speakers will make much of an improvment.

any idea's please

cheers jon

I think it would be sterling improvement, although I would plump for the B&W CM range. If you can accommodate floorstanders, Monitor Audio are ideal with Arcam. The Silver range, RS5's or better still, RS6.

 

[d_a_n1979]

I think the B&W 685's would work well but i also agree that the M/A RS5 or RS6 floorstanders would work better

The RS5's are one drive unit as well as the tweeter but they offer excellent bass and can be driven fairly easily

The 685's are great speakers but if i were you and were to go for the 685's then i'd be looking at better, more solid stands like the Partington range etc...

All depends on your budget; if you do go for the 685's but the Partington stands are OTT; try using Atabites to weigh down the stands.

 

[Anonymous]

These are excellent speakers that are not fussy about it's patner components - make sure they are on a solid pair of stands.

 

[Anonymous]

I love my B&W's - truly wonderful speakers.