Bit of an odd one. As I've said in a few posts now I'm looking at upgrading my speakers, have been around to a few shops and been offered demo's, which is all well and good, however I'm not sure I want to part with most of £2k on speakers I have not heard in what would be the actual system and room. My concern is that while I am fairly sure I will be impressed with the speakers, will they actually give me enough of an improvement over what I've currently got, where they are actually going to be used. If I give an example, my Dad's current speakers, Epos ES14's, sound worse than my Mission M71's.
If I'm going to change the speakers, I intend to make absolutely sure these will be the correct speakers for the next 10 or so years, and should be a perfect match for my received, a Yammy RX-V3900. They also need to be good in potentially difficult positions, close to a wall, possibly on wall mounts, or if I can create some space, standmounted, or at least on an AV rack further from a wall, at most about a foot. From reading up and different recommendations, I'm currently looking at the following -
B&W CM5
Monitor Audio GX50/100
Kef R300
PMC Twenty.21
Still umming and ahhing over the XTZ's, as I know I can home demo these which is a big plus point, but I'm not 100% convinced the 95.24 are the same level as the speakers above.
So around the £1000 mark for two standmount/bookshelf type speakers, plus the matching centre. Initially I plan on having a demo in store, and once decided on a set, I would like to be able to have a home demo or trial just to make sure this is money well spent - however, I have no idea how to go about arranging this, or if this is something the shop would agree with? Is it just a case of asking and seeing what they say or am I going to be wasting my time?
If I'm going to change the speakers, I intend to make absolutely sure these will be the correct speakers for the next 10 or so years, and should be a perfect match for my received, a Yammy RX-V3900. They also need to be good in potentially difficult positions, close to a wall, possibly on wall mounts, or if I can create some space, standmounted, or at least on an AV rack further from a wall, at most about a foot. From reading up and different recommendations, I'm currently looking at the following -
B&W CM5
Monitor Audio GX50/100
Kef R300
PMC Twenty.21
Still umming and ahhing over the XTZ's, as I know I can home demo these which is a big plus point, but I'm not 100% convinced the 95.24 are the same level as the speakers above.
So around the £1000 mark for two standmount/bookshelf type speakers, plus the matching centre. Initially I plan on having a demo in store, and once decided on a set, I would like to be able to have a home demo or trial just to make sure this is money well spent - however, I have no idea how to go about arranging this, or if this is something the shop would agree with? Is it just a case of asking and seeing what they say or am I going to be wasting my time?
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