Upgrade my B&W 684

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Hi,

I currently listen to a pair of B&W 684 on an old Onkyo stereo amp+cd. I know I could upgrade my B&W's with a Rotel 1520 or Yamaha As 1000. But I want to look at something else, because I get a bit bored by the B&W sound.

My wife allow me to place the speakers only 20-30 cm from the back of the wall, and sometimes the B&W bass becomes too heavy and not very thight.

My room is only 20 m2 but I prefer floorstanders cause I do not like the looks of standmounters. I listened to Dali Lektor 6, Monitor Audio rx8 and Focal 816w. The rx8 was the best speaker but I think the rx serie will not allow only 30cm from backwall placement.

I want to get a new amp+cd too, so the whole package will be renewed. Can anyone advice me? I want to spend about 3,000 pounds for speaker+amp+cd+interlink+speakercable

 

[batonwielder]

What kind of music do you listen to?

 

[Anonymous]

I listend rock, metal and some pop music.

 

[d_a_n1979]

IMO the speakers arent the problem; it's your amp and source!

The B&W 684 speakers are superb and probably some of the best you can buy for under £1k that suit your music well.

I think looking at NAR, Rotel or Cyrus amplification with a decent CD player such as the Rega Apollo or Cyrus 6SE CDP would work very well.

You need to arrange some demos with your speakers and different amps and CDP's; I think you'll soon see what can be improved

 

[Tonestar1]

I've always liked the look of the neat motive floorstanders. May be worth an audition.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi , thank you for your reaction,

I did listen to the rotel 1520 and the yamaha as1000 on the B&W 684, i did improved the sound, but still I didn't like the B&W's.

The Monitor audio rx serie was far superior, also the Dali Lektor performed better on a cheap Marantz amp.

The Monitor audio was brilliant on a naim 5i and a marantz pm 8003. But I don't know if the Dali, Monitor Audio and B&W 684 are too big for my room?

It is only 20 m2 and 30cm space from speaker to concrete back wall.

 

[Anonymous]

Maybe slim floorstanders are the best solution?

Like the Totem Arro, Audiovector K3 Super or Neat Motive 2?