Hi guys,
A friend of mine is taking over my Klipsch RB-5II away from the surround left/right spots of my 5.1 system, I finally get a chance to enter the B&W world and start looking into those magnificent pieces! Being really excited that I am confused in the same time. After some review of preferences on myself and giving some thought, here's what I am really looking for:
A pair of surround speakers that replaces RB-5II
Most of the time(85% or even more) I will be watching movies, I do enjoy music but not priority anymore.
Moving the RF-3II to the surround and buying new floor standers is not an option: the apartment is set up so that the surround speaker spots can only take dipole surround speakers or bookshelves, the whole apartment would look weird if I place floor stander at surround even it's tempting to get B&W to be the front
Under 1000 or 1500 if possible(most likely 1000): since as the upgrade starts I will be spending around less than 1500-1800 on front and less than 1000 for the center. Spending around 1400 seems to be too much compared to how much I will be spending on the front and center speakers.
Used gears preferred: I am still a dental student that money is pretty big issue even I am kinda obsessed with this audio disease already :B . I definitely don't mind getting used speakers for better equipment with spending the same money as long as the speakers stayed in nonsmoking environment previously
I have been looking at audiogon for a while and they come up with various old models from time to time. I do understand the parts of 600/700/800 step ups but when other series kicks in I would have no idea what they are. On top of that even within 800 there are nautilus, matrix and D? Will they match if I am using different series for front/surround/center? I understand Diamond(Di?) is the current series in 800 but rest of them just confuses me.
With that much line up out there, any recommendation that I could get from expertise everyone has would be greatly appreciated.
A friend of mine is taking over my Klipsch RB-5II away from the surround left/right spots of my 5.1 system, I finally get a chance to enter the B&W world and start looking into those magnificent pieces! Being really excited that I am confused in the same time. After some review of preferences on myself and giving some thought, here's what I am really looking for:
A pair of surround speakers that replaces RB-5II
Most of the time(85% or even more) I will be watching movies, I do enjoy music but not priority anymore.
Moving the RF-3II to the surround and buying new floor standers is not an option: the apartment is set up so that the surround speaker spots can only take dipole surround speakers or bookshelves, the whole apartment would look weird if I place floor stander at surround even it's tempting to get B&W to be the front
Under 1000 or 1500 if possible(most likely 1000): since as the upgrade starts I will be spending around less than 1500-1800 on front and less than 1000 for the center. Spending around 1400 seems to be too much compared to how much I will be spending on the front and center speakers.
Used gears preferred: I am still a dental student that money is pretty big issue even I am kinda obsessed with this audio disease already :B . I definitely don't mind getting used speakers for better equipment with spending the same money as long as the speakers stayed in nonsmoking environment previously
I have been looking at audiogon for a while and they come up with various old models from time to time. I do understand the parts of 600/700/800 step ups but when other series kicks in I would have no idea what they are. On top of that even within 800 there are nautilus, matrix and D? Will they match if I am using different series for front/surround/center? I understand Diamond(Di?) is the current series in 800 but rest of them just confuses me.
With that much line up out there, any recommendation that I could get from expertise everyone has would be greatly appreciated.
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