Hi-Fi system question!

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Hey guys! I am trying to build my own HiFi system at home. I am new to speaker systems so some of what I am about to say may seems obvious and even dumb. But any suggestion is valuable to me!

My plan is:

Marantz CD6005 + PM5005

B&W 685 S2

I am wondering if these are good pairs, and if I need an individual amplifier for 685 S2 since it's not a very expensive & high-end speaker. Any thoughts?

 

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Hi,

if money permits, stretching to the PM6005 would probably benefit, but otherwise it would be a nicely balanced setup. Not sure what you mean by individual amplifier. Obviously you need an amp, but an integrated like the PM6005 is fine for the 685s.

 

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The pm5005 is the individual amplifier you need to drive the speakers,but I think as suggested maybe get the better pm6005 and instead of the b&w's try and dem the dali ikon 1 mk2 to even up the budget,they are a steal at richer sounds at £299,they were released at close to £500 and I don't rate the b&w 685s2 as much as the hype suggests,I'd save the extra cash for the cm 1 s2's for a much better rounded speaker,but they really need a bit more amp than the pm6005 don't know quite what you mean by the b&w not being expensive or high end for the pm5005,it's a budget amp designed to drive budget speakers.the 685s2's are probably as much as you'd want on a amp of that level.

 

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Thanks for the reply. I am just wondering what is the difference between B&W 685 S2 and 686. They all seems pretty close but the 685 S2 is almost 20% more expensive than 686.

 

[rainsoothe]

Thanks for the reply. I am just wondering what is the difference between B&W 685 S2 and 686. They all seems pretty close but the 685 S2 is almost 20% more expensive than 686.

The 686 is smaller, and will have poorer bass response then the 685. But if you go for a Marantz setup, Dali Zensor 3 is a perfect match for the PM6005 (imo), so you can save some cash in the process. Also, if you don't need the USB slot for memory sticks, you can get a cheap Sony bluray player with digital out (otpical or coaxial) and connect it with that to the optical/coax input in the PM6005 and save even more money that way. But it will look uglier, of course.