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Hi Rick
I have a pioneer kuro 60" plasma 6090, speakers are old bose, which also need upgrading. I'm thinking of Monitor Audio Apex with possibly a B&W PV1 and buying the pioneer lx83 to drive them.
Nick
Hi Nick
I am going to be tied up now until at least 7pm so i hope you don't mind but i'll respond to you later on tonight. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
All the best
Rick @ Musicraft
Hi Nick
I am sorry for the delay.
Funnily enough i compared LX91 and the BDP5000ES using three Kuro displays (508XD, 5090 and the 600A) with Yamaha's DSP-Z11 and Chord Electronics DSP8000/SPM3005. As i said in my initial post as good as the LX91 is i don't feel its performance warrants the premium over the 5000ES. Therefore i'll recommend you save your money and seriously consider the 5000ES instead.
As for speakers Monitor Audio's Apex speakers are fantastic. Although the PV1 is a good sub i genuinely feel the icing on the cake will come in the form of the matching Apex AW-12 sub woofer. However if you ultimatey prefer the house sound of B&W sub woofers and if you are happy to consider buying used then i'll highly recommend the ASW675 and ASW700. Both of these models (around £650 and £900 RRP's respectively) were around when the PV1 was released and frankly i always thought their overall performance (particularly the ASW700's) much better then the PV1's. You should find a good used ASW675 for around £250 and the ASW700 around £350.
As impressive as Pioneer's LX83 is overall i don't feel the amp is an ideal match for Monitor Audio speakers. Tonally a far superior match for the Apex speakers comes in the form of Yamaha's RX-V3067. The RX-V3067 and Apex speakers together produce (amongst their other qualities) a sound which is highly detailed, potent, rich with timbre, dynamic, fast (without being in the face) and has an overall 'feel' which can be listened to for hours without fatigue with movie or music soundtracks.
All the best
Rick @ Musicraft