Hello All,
Hoping to take a possible advantage of Black Friday deals and upgrade my front speakers. I'm currently using B&W M1 (MT-50) all round In 5.1 with a Marantz NR 1606 AVR. For TV, I'm happy enough with the sound but feel I could improve the sound when streaming music.
Due to room limitations, I have to go with bookshelf speakers, so far I have listened to B&W 707 S2's and was very impressed at the depth and range for such a small speaker. I do also plan to listen to KEF LS50's and Q350's but hear they are more difficult to drive? I might even stretch to B&W 706 S2's. Whatever I buy I plan to add a matching centre. Does anyone have any experience with any of these, or able to recommend other bookshelf speakers worth listening to? It's worth noting that they will have to be placed quite close to the rear wall.
I realise that my AVR is limited on power so, would it be worth adding a power amp to drive the fronts? I do plan in the future to upgrade my AVR but am thinking that adding a power amp now is something I can keep to boost whatever AVR I upgrade to in the future.
Any help and advise will be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Hoping to take a possible advantage of Black Friday deals and upgrade my front speakers. I'm currently using B&W M1 (MT-50) all round In 5.1 with a Marantz NR 1606 AVR. For TV, I'm happy enough with the sound but feel I could improve the sound when streaming music.
Due to room limitations, I have to go with bookshelf speakers, so far I have listened to B&W 707 S2's and was very impressed at the depth and range for such a small speaker. I do also plan to listen to KEF LS50's and Q350's but hear they are more difficult to drive? I might even stretch to B&W 706 S2's. Whatever I buy I plan to add a matching centre. Does anyone have any experience with any of these, or able to recommend other bookshelf speakers worth listening to? It's worth noting that they will have to be placed quite close to the rear wall.
I realise that my AVR is limited on power so, would it be worth adding a power amp to drive the fronts? I do plan in the future to upgrade my AVR but am thinking that adding a power amp now is something I can keep to boost whatever AVR I upgrade to in the future.
Any help and advise will be greatly appreciated.
TIA