Hi All,
I' am running an Onkyo 818 through 7.1 using MA BX2's at the front, and whilst the sound is reasonable its not really comparable to the Naim 202/200 + Neat Motive's I owned previously, so i would like to take the preout from the Onkyo into another amp and upgrade the front speakers for two channel.
My short list are
Amp - Naim Supernait or Nad C390DD
Speakers - Kef LS50, B&W PM1 or PMC 22
Unfortunately, here in HK i cannot find a dealer that has any combination of the above items or even the NAD on demo.
I'm inclined to go for the Supernait having owned Naim before but I have read a lot of good things about the NAD and it would seem from user opinion that the DAC in the NAD would be better which is great as I intend to stream music from a Mac or use a Bluray player for CD's
My room is around 4,500 cubic feet but the current system seems to cope as i dont listen at high levels and my taste in music goes all the way through from Rap to Rock to Classical although the system will be split 65/35% movies vs music.
I have heard all three speakers, the B&W PM1's i love the High frequency presentation and the great looking cabinet, the issue would be finding a centre speaker to match.
The Kef LS50 have good detail and a really clear mid and top end, but bass heavy tracks make the speaker sound "boxy", would it be easy to mate the LS50 to my subwoofer (Velodyne DD12+) to solve this issue and would it be a good match?
PMC 22's are in the middle, very neutral and articulate, for me not really as exciting as the other options, but i could run it without the sub and there is a centre speaker available.
Many thanks for your help,
Derek.
I' am running an Onkyo 818 through 7.1 using MA BX2's at the front, and whilst the sound is reasonable its not really comparable to the Naim 202/200 + Neat Motive's I owned previously, so i would like to take the preout from the Onkyo into another amp and upgrade the front speakers for two channel.
My short list are
Amp - Naim Supernait or Nad C390DD
Speakers - Kef LS50, B&W PM1 or PMC 22
Unfortunately, here in HK i cannot find a dealer that has any combination of the above items or even the NAD on demo.
I'm inclined to go for the Supernait having owned Naim before but I have read a lot of good things about the NAD and it would seem from user opinion that the DAC in the NAD would be better which is great as I intend to stream music from a Mac or use a Bluray player for CD's
My room is around 4,500 cubic feet but the current system seems to cope as i dont listen at high levels and my taste in music goes all the way through from Rap to Rock to Classical although the system will be split 65/35% movies vs music.
I have heard all three speakers, the B&W PM1's i love the High frequency presentation and the great looking cabinet, the issue would be finding a centre speaker to match.
The Kef LS50 have good detail and a really clear mid and top end, but bass heavy tracks make the speaker sound "boxy", would it be easy to mate the LS50 to my subwoofer (Velodyne DD12+) to solve this issue and would it be a good match?
PMC 22's are in the middle, very neutral and articulate, for me not really as exciting as the other options, but i could run it without the sub and there is a centre speaker available.
Many thanks for your help,
Derek.