Rotel and B&W FPM Series

[Nolan B]

I rarely see information from owners of these speakers, but I recently got some and have a small question. They were being power by a denon 1803, and I recently bought a Rotel RSX 1055 and was amazed! Is like I have new speakers.

I went with the RSX 1055 over the RSX 1056 becuase i have no need for video switching/upconversion, and got a deal i couldnt refuse on a demo. My question is becuase my speakers are rated at 150 watts and the 1055 can output 75 would there be any sound inprovement by going to a 1068/1075 comdo if I oonly plan on listening to the speakers at low to med levels?

I know most of you will say go audition, but the problem is there is no place to do a comparison with my specifc speakers, so I would be buying blind.

If anyone out there has B&W FPM powered by Rotel I would be very interested in hearing from you.

[stewfoo]

I ran the FPM as a center channel underneath my Plasma wall mount. It was awesome for what it was. I also had ccm80 as mains and ccm65 (?) as ceiling mount surrounds. I know that it was not the greatest setup, but it was my first. They were all powered by a yamaha receiver. At the time, all of my neighbors were amazed by the sound (especially of the center fpm). I now switched the fpm for Htm3s and the ccm80s for the 803s.... Since i have the fpm laying around in a closet, I will switch it out with the htm3s and let you know how it sounds as center channel with my rotel 1068/1095 combo.
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[Nolan B]

wow that would be great!

Myself and friends are amazed with the quality of these speakers. I bought them 50% for quality and 50% for looks and my expectations for sound were far surpased.

[stewfoo]

I would just say that they require a subwoofer that has the ability to extended into the midbass region tightly.. i.e. 8 inch or 10 in...... definitely they are not well matched for REL subs which are meant to be crossed over at 28hz or so...
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