New home cinema speakers - which is my best option?

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Unfortunately a burst water pipe has seen the demise of my much loved B&W DM603's that I was using as my front speakers, the centre and rears were due for replacement anyway as they did not match. My problem now is finding the best way forward, the fronts will be replaced by insurance but should I go for the logical replacemements for the 603's, (presumably the 684's), and pair them up with the HTM62 centre and use 686's as the rears?. However space for the rears is limited, so could I use a pair of M1's as the rears?. Alternatively should I just go in a different direction and replace the whole lot with either the MT25 or MT30 cinema packages?. The amp is an Onkyo TSXR608 and the Blu-ray a Sony BDP-S570. All reasonable suggestions gratefully received.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes 684s/HTM62 would be fine for the fronts, and I think you could get away with the M1s on the rear if space is tight. Do you have rear speakers at the moment? If so, you might be able to carry on using those for the moment.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that, I should of added that the water also destroyed the sub, (which was an old Sony unit), so recommendations on an appropriate replacement for that are also welcome.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Obvious choice is the B&W ASW608, but if that's a bit rich for you there are several less expensive options.

 

[Anonymous]

Ooops, I originally posted this in the wrong section, (many thanks to Andrew Everard for his responses)

 

[Andrew Everard]

No problems - thread now moved to appropriate section

 

[Anonymous]

You would want to listen the the 684s first I was disappointed with them and the 683s which was a surprise as I love my existing B&Ws.

The MTs sounded too bright for me so switched to the new KEF Q series instead. Worth a listen despite WHF having a downer on the 700s.