Most of the dealers who carry B&W also carry McIntosh, Classe, and Rotel. See if one will loan you a set to try on your speakers in your home. I owned B&W CDM1NT monitors several years ago and for home theater, the Rotel was my favorite for sound and cost-effectiveness. My dealer also carried Denon and a Rotel 5-channel amp mated with the matching Rotel processor was far superior to Denon's flagship 7-channel receiver. I bought the dealer's demo models.
Home Theater Separates for B&W - Advice
Folks - -
I have decided to enter the 21st century - before its over. I have recently upgraded speakers to B&W 804S, HTM3S and SCMS - with a REL sub, and am happy with them. However, the rest my home theater need some major updating (I currently have a Denon AVR that is pushing 10yrs old). I'm also still using a 40' Sony XBR tube TV - and it will be going away sometime soon - so while I am "HDMI free" now - that won't last for much longer.
I'm pretty sure I want to go to separates and it seems like a lot of people like Rotel, Classe and McIntosh with B&Ws.
I would like to stay in the below $5K range (less would be better) - and I'm very open to used.
I would greatly appreciate your thoughts and advice.
thanks
I have decided to enter the 21st century - before its over. I have recently upgraded speakers to B&W 804S, HTM3S and SCMS - with a REL sub, and am happy with them. However, the rest my home theater need some major updating (I currently have a Denon AVR that is pushing 10yrs old). I'm also still using a 40' Sony XBR tube TV - and it will be going away sometime soon - so while I am "HDMI free" now - that won't last for much longer.
I'm pretty sure I want to go to separates and it seems like a lot of people like Rotel, Classe and McIntosh with B&Ws.
I would like to stay in the below $5K range (less would be better) - and I'm very open to used.
I would greatly appreciate your thoughts and advice.
thanks