Hi all.
Spent today auditioning speakers in a few shops in Nottingham. I had my budget in mind, and wanted to stick to it.
I used my Marantz pm6004/cd6004.
The demo CDs I used were:
The Cure - Disentegration
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
First up was B&W CM1
Lovely, room filling sound, that to me was very smooth, but lacked high end sparkle. I felt that the bass lost its detail at points too.
Next up was Monitor Audio BX5
Wow, amazing detail, bass was punchy and clear, trebles just how I liked it, has a sparkle. They actually made the cm1s sound very sorry for themselves (in my opinion of course)
Next was b&w 684
Holy midrange batman! Nice and detailed, but the bass got muddy and actually overpowered one of the demo tracks to the point where I wasn't enjoying it at all.
Then we tried the Monitor audio bx2
Very nice sounding, not as detailed as I thought they'd be however. Bass was nice and controlled, but they just didn't have that 'thing' that their bigger brothers has.
We finished with the Kef Q300
I was expecting a harsh high end, but never got it. Infant they had a lot more bass than I expected.
They were a very deep speaker however, and I thought they'd look out of place in a smaller living room.
So I ended up with the MA BX5s in the end. Very very happy with my purchase
Spent today auditioning speakers in a few shops in Nottingham. I had my budget in mind, and wanted to stick to it.
I used my Marantz pm6004/cd6004.
The demo CDs I used were:
The Cure - Disentegration
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
First up was B&W CM1
Lovely, room filling sound, that to me was very smooth, but lacked high end sparkle. I felt that the bass lost its detail at points too.
Next up was Monitor Audio BX5
Wow, amazing detail, bass was punchy and clear, trebles just how I liked it, has a sparkle. They actually made the cm1s sound very sorry for themselves (in my opinion of course)
Next was b&w 684
Holy midrange batman! Nice and detailed, but the bass got muddy and actually overpowered one of the demo tracks to the point where I wasn't enjoying it at all.
Then we tried the Monitor audio bx2
Very nice sounding, not as detailed as I thought they'd be however. Bass was nice and controlled, but they just didn't have that 'thing' that their bigger brothers has.
We finished with the Kef Q300
I was expecting a harsh high end, but never got it. Infant they had a lot more bass than I expected.
They were a very deep speaker however, and I thought they'd look out of place in a smaller living room.
So I ended up with the MA BX5s in the end. Very very happy with my purchase