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B&W CDM 9 / ML Aeons

I am losing sleep over my inability to make up my mind -- I keep on wafering back and forth. Now I am finding great deals on audiogon for Aeons:-(, which makes things even worse:-) I am building a hometheater/listening area in my basement and for my budget have decided to either go with B&W CDM 9NT L/R or the Martin Logan Aeons L/R, my Theater/Music ratio is 50/50. What am I to do? I thought the B&W's sounded great with Jazz (which is what I most listen to) as did the Martin Logans. The only thing is that I am concerned that if I purchase a mint set of Aeons at a great price I will not receive the warranty. This is my first big audio purchase (big for me). I have a Cinema Grand and AVM20 pre/pro. I am a bit discouraged to buy the B&W due to lack of info on this site, this site is a vast wealth of info and I believe if no one is talking about them there might be a reason. Anyone offer any suggestions -- also, my third choice was DynAudio Audience but I really couldn't get over the laminate finish.

Thanks,

Jplenhart
jplenhart

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s7horton
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I've got the CDM 1NT's and they do sound really nice. The 9's will add bass of course. However, I find them a little congested in the midrange at times. Personally I like the nautilus tweeter, but not everyone does.

The Logans are nice also from the little time I spent listening to them. I'm still not sure if they got the whole integtration of the electrostat with the dynamic driver right. If i had to make a choice, I would choose the logans.
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