Marantz M-CR 603 with B&W 685

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Good evening all!

I recently baptised myself with my first hi-fi system Marantz M-CR 603 bi-wired B&W 685 with QED Silver Anniversary XT cables on Auralex pads.

I am completely blown away by the mid-range clarity and the timing... but then again I can only compare it to my Bose Soundock II...

What's your opinion on this set-up? Do I have good reason to be so pleased and excited? Or is it a matter of... "oh if you're impressed by that wait till you listen to..."?? In all the system cost me under 900 pounds. Could I have gotten more for my money?

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Carl
 
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You've got a lovely set-up there Carl
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Having owned all the above seperates and still loving the CR603 (see my systems below) the only 'advice' I'd offer is single wire the speakers as to me they sound a lot better when single wired over bi-wired (but sound hell of a lot better when properly bi-amped (i.e. a seperate power amp etc...).

'Maybe' look to change the speaker cable to either Chord Carnival Silverscreen or Chord Odysasey 2; the QED cable is good but for the B&W's, the Chord is a much better matched speaker cable
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The MCR603 is a superb system and drives my M/A BX5's superbly; it drove the M/A RX2's I had really well as well and the B&W 685's I demo'd too but the sppeakers all sounded better when single wired (i.e. using channel A instead of A+B). The soundstage was a lot fuller and detailed. A little cohesion was lost when the MCR603 was 'bi-amped' IMO
 

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Hi Gary

Not sure about the bi-amp bit yet, but...

I was hugely impressed by the Marantz system, even when compared against the new Marantz PM6004 kit, Arcam dac and A18 and Rega dac and amp.

As I was ideally looking for a long term 1 box solution, I have bought a Pioneer VSX-LX55, but up to about about 60%, i dont think there is much in it, if at all. The Marantz is a stunning piece of kit. Just can't do 5.1, and loses a bit at higher volumes
 

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When you say bi-wiring are you using both output stages on the marantz or just running 2 sets from one stage?

I wouldn't recommend the former to be honest as it just wastes power
 

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