Me and the Mrs heard the 683s when we went into Sight And Sound a couple of weeks ago for our new system, and was really impressed with the sound of them, but we also heard the B&W CM7 and that was even better. Tight bass, better imaging, and a much sweeter treble,and the wife reckoned they looked nicer! so we ended up buying the complete CM surround package with a Yam RXV3800 and a PV1 sub. The guys in the shop were really helpful when we were choosing the system, and gave great service to us, which we needed as we havent bought an A/V set up before and were a bit out of touch with whats out there, as I've always been a 2 channel guy until now.
One of the guys came out and installed and set-up the system for free and even calibrated our Samsung LCD, even though we hadnt bought it from them, and now the whole system looks and sounds fantastic. The beach landing on Private Ryan now makes our lounge sound like a war zone
While he was fitting the system the guy from sight and sound was telling me about their new website which I found here
www.sightandsounduk.com and very nice it looks.
Next purchase a Blu-ray player of some kind, either the one of the new Pioneers, or Yamaha to match the amp.