805s to 805 Diamond:Should I upgrade?

[Fabio Stief]

Hi,
My name is Fabio and I'm from Brazil. That's the first time thai I post something and I must apologize for my poor english...
My system set-up is: 1 pair of B&W805s,1 HTM4, 1 ASW 825, 1 pair of CWM6160, 1 Rotel RMB -1075, 1 Rotel RSP 1069 and 1 Rotel RCD - 06. I use the Playstation 3 as my blu-ray player.
They are placed in a small room (12m2).
I'd like to know if is it worthy to change my front speakers for the diamond series.If so, will I have to buya new power and processor? I ask that because these equipments are very expensive in my country. For example: one pair of 805 diamond cost about $14.000 (fourteen thousand dolars).
I'd appreciate any help.

[miner]

Fabio,
Hello and welcome. The 805 is a wonderful speaker and with your 825 to supplement the lows it is a good combination. personally, I do not feel the 805Di, as good as theya re, are worth the cost in your country. If you ae wanting to upgrade, keep/save your dollars and upgrade your front end; Rotel is great mid-fi equipment but I think you will get so much more enjoyment (music) out of upgrading your electronics first. JMHO, worth about 2 cents.

[Fabio Stief]

Miner,
Thank you for your reply! I understood your opinion but I didn't get the meaning of the sentence "JMHO, worth about 2 cents". Could you explain to me? So, in my country, these equipments are imported and we have to pay a huge amount of taxes. And we don't have so many choices as you do, unfortunatelly. For example, you can't buy a MacIntosh or a Krell here. You have Marantz, Dennon,Yamaha etc. The best brand that I saw here was Classè. Can you give any tip (if it's permited in this forum).

[Antus]

for the price difference, perhaps u can buy a plane ticket to US and carry them back.

i like bryston, moon, ayre, classe amp for b&w. Check the price difference between ur country and US, if the differenct is too big, Marantz, Denon, Pioneer are just as good.

[dan87951]

The 805S is a very good speaker and for the price the 805D is not worth the upgrade. Yes the 805D's are better -- better imaging and bass but are almost double the cost! If you can get a used set of 805D's at a better price than new than definitely upgrade if you want improved bass and highs. The 805D is a phenomenal speaker but B&W should have priced it at $4k pair IMO.

[Fabio Stief]

Antus and Dan,
Thank you for yours insights. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking about traveling to the US (Miami probably) and buy a new equipment. When I come back, I' ll have to pay an import tax that costs about 50% of the equipment's price. I think it is still worthy. I'm curious about one thing: how do you buy such products?Through the internet or in a specialized store?

[scanido]

I wouldn't do it.

Then if HT is important to you, then you'll want to upgrade the HTM4 and surrounds.

I would look at upgrading your rears to match your front/center speakers. Also you may want to upgrade from Rotel to something like McIntosh, Classe, bryston, Athem. The electronics will have a tangible difference! You may also want to add a second 825 sub and run your subs in stereo with both doing the LFE.

[stuofsci02]

I am with everyone else. Based on the pricing you are posting it wouldn't be a worthwhile upgrade in my opinion. You could still likely squeeze more performance out of what you have with upgrades to other areas (electronics, room treatments etc.).

Cheers

Stuart

[Pio]

Fabio

Welcome!! For that amount of money, could you buy a used pair of 802Ds and have them shipped with insurance? The tax has to be less on used equipment, right?

Anyways, I agree with what they guys have written, $14k just seems like too much money for 805Di's.

[Fabio Stief]

I thank you all for your help. Nevertheless, I must confess that I'm a little skeptic about buying an used 802d. I don't know, I guess that i'd have to put a lot of trust in a seller that I never met. So I'd rather buy a newone, when I get enough money. Just for you to know: a pair of new 802d cost almos $40.000 (forty thousand dolars) in Brazil. That's why not many people, in my country, know much about hi-end systems. Thank God that there is internet!