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I have what is probably a common dilemma.. I used to not care that much about my AV gear or sound it produced as long as it was "good".. That is until I got a great set of headphones. Then all of the sudden my world and ears opened up to the possibilities of what's out there. It made me realize the my old system...Pioneer VSX 1020 with a cheap Polk Audio sub and my Paradigm bookshelves (I've had since'95)..all sounded weak and unbalanced to me... I had to change that.....
I started with my speakers... The headphones that changed me were the PSB M4U2's and so I figured I'd look into their speakers since the headphones had led me this far... I found a used pair of image B5's for a good deal .. I got them home and hooked them up.. Then I did my first Bi-Amp set up with speakers... It definitely made a difference..But now everything was so revealing on the speakers I found myself constantly changing the sound field settings to match whatever I was watching or listening to.. I came to the conclusion a new receiver maybe was in order.
I got the chance to listen to the NAD 748 and WOW I was in another league altogether... So I went for it
My wife and I listen to a lot of music of all styles and watch a lot of TV/Movies... Right now I'm running a 3.1 configuration with PSB Image B5(Bi-Amped), PSB Image C5 center channel and a BIC PL 200 subwoofer. My goal is to have a WARM, RICH, FULL sound at reasonable listening levels. Our room is18 X 30 with 9' ceilings.... We don't sit that far away from the system when we are watching TV but we do move around the space quite a bit. The B5's are just too thin sounding no matter what I do setup adjustment wise.
I am so confused with all of the options out there it is making it difficult to decide...
Through a lot of online research I have narrowed the candidates to:
KEF Q series not sure to go with the new Q700 or Q900 or Q300 on a stand with Q600 center....OR on Ebay there are earlier models of the Q and the C series out there. I've also seen the "CODA" and "CRESTON"... It all looks good and they are cheaper for sure.. I'm just not sure what will best match my NAD.
PSB.. T6's and keep the C5 center
TEKTON.. The M-LORE or The LORE... These speakers sound like they'd be exactly what I am looking for given the efficiency and performance that everyone talks about.. I would more than likely get the matching center to go with it.
GOLDEN EAR... Triton 7 and matching center channel
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I have what is probably a common dilemma.. I used to not care that much about my AV gear or sound it produced as long as it was "good".. That is until I got a great set of headphones. Then all of the sudden my world and ears opened up to the possibilities of what's out there. It made me realize the my old system...Pioneer VSX 1020 with a cheap Polk Audio sub and my Paradigm bookshelves (I've had since'95)..all sounded weak and unbalanced to me... I had to change that.....
I started with my speakers... The headphones that changed me were the PSB M4U2's and so I figured I'd look into their speakers since the headphones had led me this far... I found a used pair of image B5's for a good deal .. I got them home and hooked them up.. Then I did my first Bi-Amp set up with speakers... It definitely made a difference..But now everything was so revealing on the speakers I found myself constantly changing the sound field settings to match whatever I was watching or listening to.. I came to the conclusion a new receiver maybe was in order.
I got the chance to listen to the NAD 748 and WOW I was in another league altogether... So I went for it
My wife and I listen to a lot of music of all styles and watch a lot of TV/Movies... Right now I'm running a 3.1 configuration with PSB Image B5(Bi-Amped), PSB Image C5 center channel and a BIC PL 200 subwoofer. My goal is to have a WARM, RICH, FULL sound at reasonable listening levels. Our room is18 X 30 with 9' ceilings.... We don't sit that far away from the system when we are watching TV but we do move around the space quite a bit. The B5's are just too thin sounding no matter what I do setup adjustment wise.
I am so confused with all of the options out there it is making it difficult to decide...
Through a lot of online research I have narrowed the candidates to:
KEF Q series not sure to go with the new Q700 or Q900 or Q300 on a stand with Q600 center....OR on Ebay there are earlier models of the Q and the C series out there. I've also seen the "CODA" and "CRESTON"... It all looks good and they are cheaper for sure.. I'm just not sure what will best match my NAD.
PSB.. T6's and keep the C5 center
TEKTON.. The M-LORE or The LORE... These speakers sound like they'd be exactly what I am looking for given the efficiency and performance that everyone talks about.. I would more than likely get the matching center to go with it.
GOLDEN EAR... Triton 7 and matching center channel
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!