Mike209288
Standard Member
Hi everyone
I was looking for some second opinions. My situation is this: I bought a reasonably low end Hifi a few years ago, some Q Acoustics 3050's and a Cambridge audio CXA60. I use these with a Chrome cast audio and tidal (although for the life of me I cannot hear any difference between that and Youtube music!)
This works well, the speakers are positioned in a good spot from my old mans chair and overall it's been a good purchase. The issue is I use this for about 30 minutes a day, 45 max - and the rest of my life I'm working at, or otherwise sat at my computer desk using a 15 year old Denon HiFi amp and some old Celestion 305 speakers for music. This seems like a waste, the CXA60 is not a bad amp and has 2 speaker outputs - so I can hook up a second pair for daily listening.
My requirements are:
Looking around the B&W 607 are £259.99 at the moment and generally get good reviews around the £500 mark, the 606 are £329 which may be worth the upgrade. The top end would be the KEF ls-50's which have a good rep and are £550 at the moment. The issue with these (other than double the price!) is that I feel they would be a waste in such a position and my floor standing 3050's would not like going against the wall - plus the stands are like £200 for the Kefs so I would soon be on £750. I'm used to going over budget (as I'm sure most people on AV forums are!) but that seems a bit OTT even for me.
Has anyone got any suggestions at all on this issue like:
Many thanks in Advance
Mike
I was looking for some second opinions. My situation is this: I bought a reasonably low end Hifi a few years ago, some Q Acoustics 3050's and a Cambridge audio CXA60. I use these with a Chrome cast audio and tidal (although for the life of me I cannot hear any difference between that and Youtube music!)
This works well, the speakers are positioned in a good spot from my old mans chair and overall it's been a good purchase. The issue is I use this for about 30 minutes a day, 45 max - and the rest of my life I'm working at, or otherwise sat at my computer desk using a 15 year old Denon HiFi amp and some old Celestion 305 speakers for music. This seems like a waste, the CXA60 is not a bad amp and has 2 speaker outputs - so I can hook up a second pair for daily listening.
My requirements are:
- Something that will play nicely with the CXA60
- Something that will go very close to the wall (where my desk is) and preferably just sit on the desk so I don't have to worry about stands
- Something that sounds nice, although I appreciate where I am sitting means nothing will sound premium
- Less than £500, the less the merrier!
- Good at low volumes as they will be very close to my face.
Looking around the B&W 607 are £259.99 at the moment and generally get good reviews around the £500 mark, the 606 are £329 which may be worth the upgrade. The top end would be the KEF ls-50's which have a good rep and are £550 at the moment. The issue with these (other than double the price!) is that I feel they would be a waste in such a position and my floor standing 3050's would not like going against the wall - plus the stands are like £200 for the Kefs so I would soon be on £750. I'm used to going over budget (as I'm sure most people on AV forums are!) but that seems a bit OTT even for me.
Has anyone got any suggestions at all on this issue like:
- Any suggestion for the setup at all?
- How well the 606/607's would work in this setup - and are the bigger one's so worth it?
- Alternative speakers for this job?
- Anything else I have not thought of!?
Many thanks in Advance
Mike