I saved every little christmas and b-day check this year and along with my previous budget, I have $900, probably stretchable to a grand.
I currently have a Pioneer VSX-D510 (I am pretty sure that's the model, it's just a basic 5.1 receiver). I also have two Paradigm Titan's.
Feeding that is a mac mini using the optical output, also an Xbox360 with optical output. I also have a Nintendo Wii, but that's kind of irrelevant here.
Since I heard B&W's over a decade ago, I've wanted them. I wanted floorstanders. I don't know why, but I just want to get away from bookshelf's.
I was looking at getting the DM603's. Am I dumb?
I would like to upgrade the receiver within a year, so it's not like I am stopping with that setup. But I'll be honest when i say I don't ever plan on buying a dedicated CD Player. 95% of my music is on my mac mini. But I am going through it slowly replacing older MP3's with hi bit-rate MP4's. I used to have a decent CD collection, but I lost most of it during a move.
I use my Xbox 360 to watch movies, I might buy the HD-DVD add on depending on which way the format war goes.
My question is, pending a receiver upgrade: Are my sources good enough to justify a speaker upgrade? I like my Titan's, but I have heard them compared to 601's and even my mother-in-law heard the difference.
Thanks.
I currently have a Pioneer VSX-D510 (I am pretty sure that's the model, it's just a basic 5.1 receiver). I also have two Paradigm Titan's.
Feeding that is a mac mini using the optical output, also an Xbox360 with optical output. I also have a Nintendo Wii, but that's kind of irrelevant here.
Since I heard B&W's over a decade ago, I've wanted them. I wanted floorstanders. I don't know why, but I just want to get away from bookshelf's.
I was looking at getting the DM603's. Am I dumb?
I would like to upgrade the receiver within a year, so it's not like I am stopping with that setup. But I'll be honest when i say I don't ever plan on buying a dedicated CD Player. 95% of my music is on my mac mini. But I am going through it slowly replacing older MP3's with hi bit-rate MP4's. I used to have a decent CD collection, but I lost most of it during a move.
I use my Xbox 360 to watch movies, I might buy the HD-DVD add on depending on which way the format war goes.
My question is, pending a receiver upgrade: Are my sources good enough to justify a speaker upgrade? I like my Titan's, but I have heard them compared to 601's and even my mother-in-law heard the difference.
Thanks.
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