Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:36:54 GMT, muk wrote:

Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Since you are a B&W fan, try the new 704 or 703. It's a slightly
simplified version of the 800 series, or you may be able to get
something like a CDM 9 at 'closeout' prices, since the 700 series
effectively replaces the CDMs.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Hi Muk,

Wow, that is pretty hard to say, I would look at the Paradigm Studio 100v2's
though, if you like B&W, I think they have a lot in common, but may be a
little more or less this or that, giving you a nice alternative. I tend to
prefer the soft dome sound, assuming a good soft dome tweeter is used, but
that is just a preference. and If you are able to, the best bet it so look
around, and buy with an ability to return if the speakers do not work out in
your system...

--
Best Regards,

Lou
"muk" wrote in message
news:Gh1nb.37944$Fm2.16328@attbi_s04...
Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.

Ref: Speaker recommendations...

Muk...

You have an excellent series of speakers made right there in
your Native land...over on the Eastern side of the Country.

Paradigm..a broad line of excellent speakers with many
many choices. Spend some time looking at them. Most
all critics have indicated that they are equal to many other
lines that cost two to three times the money. Excellent
reviews across the board!

Good Luck..

Leonard...
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:36:54 +0000, muk wrote:

Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.

"muk" wrote in message
news:Gh1nb.37944$Fm2.16328@attbi_s04...
Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.


I'd look for used Thiel 3.6's. Can be had from $2400 down to (if you are
lucky) $1800. Very hard to beat for under $5-7,000.

Just a thought Muk, if you have been reasonably happy with the B&W all these
years, perhaps a mere crossover upgrade is in order? Mills resistors to
replace what every they used, AuriCaps by-passed with RTX Multicaps, or
Black Gates and RTX's where you cannot use a film and foil, and Alpha Core
coils to replace the stock coils?

Best Regards,

Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "muk"
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:36 PM
Subject: Reccomendation for speakers?

Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.

Lou wrote:

Just a thought Muk, if you have been reasonably happy with the B&W all these
years, perhaps a mere crossover upgrade is in order? Mills resistors to
replace what every they used, AuriCaps by-passed with RTX Multicaps, or
Black Gates and RTX's where you cannot use a film and foil, and Alpha Core
coils to replace the stock coils?

Best Regards,

Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "muk"
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:36 PM
Subject: Reccomendation for speakers?


Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

I'd recommend Tannoy and Kef - both make better towers for the money
than B&W. Now - not better towers, but B&W hits $2000 for the same sound
well before the other two.

Another option would be to go used. A pair of sometihng like KEF 104/2s
is mint condition should run you about $1000-$1200. They are going to whomp
on anything new for that price.

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:29:30 GMT, "Lou" wrote:

Just a thought Muk, if you have been reasonably happy with the B&W all these
years, perhaps a mere crossover upgrade is in order? Mills resistors to
replace what every they used, AuriCaps by-passed with RTX Multicaps, or
Black Gates and RTX's where you cannot use a film and foil, and Alpha Core
coils to replace the stock coils?

Absolutely not! Crossovers are *designed* with the known losses of the
components in mind, replacing with 'superior' components will in most
cases *not* provide an improvement. Indeed, B&W state exactly this.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Well Stewart, it is true that you can use lousy parts to cover up other
issues, but with a good design, even with inexpensive drivers, you can get
them to sound pretty good using better components. OTOH, if you really think
B&W is masking issues, then perhaps an upgrade would be the wrong way to go.
I know that there are times that a coils resistance may come into play, or
some such, but generally that is only a ohm and if you hear something amiss,
you can toss in a 1 ohm mills to compensate. I suspect B&W tells folks that
so they do not destroy their speakers, B&W likely suspects, and generally
rightly so, that moders really do not know what they are doing...

--
Best Regards,

Lou
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:29:30 GMT, "Lou" wrote:

Just a thought Muk, if you have been reasonably happy with the B&W all
these
years, perhaps a mere crossover upgrade is in order? Mills resistors to
replace what every they used, AuriCaps by-passed with RTX Multicaps, or
Black Gates and RTX's where you cannot use a film and foil, and Alpha
Core
coils to replace the stock coils?

Absolutely not! Crossovers are *designed* with the known losses of the
components in mind, replacing with 'superior' components will in most
cases *not* provide an improvement. Indeed, B&W state exactly this.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

ATC (SCM50 upwards), PMC (OB1 IB1and MB2) and Dynaudio make good
proper speakers.

Stew


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You can't go wrong with either Paradigm or Energy. Theses are both Canadian
Makers so you will get a better value for the dollar that if you bought
American or British made speakers. Both these companies offer excellent
"bang for your buck" I have speakers from both these companies and I am very
pleased with them.

Larry


"muk" wrote in message
news:Gh1nb.37944$Fm2.16328@attbi_s04...
Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.

Paradigm Reference Studio 60's or check out Mirage, again both Canadian.The
Sound Room on W 4th sells Paradigm. Linn Ninka's might be a good choice,
Sound Plus on West Broadway sells Linn and Mirage. Although you are
creaping over the Cdn $2000.00 a bit for the Ninka's.

"Laurent (Larry) Courcelles" wrote in message
...
You can't go wrong with either Paradigm or Energy. Theses are both
Canadian
Makers so you will get a better value for the dollar that if you bought
American or British made speakers. Both these companies offer excellent
"bang for your buck" I have speakers from both these companies and I am
very
pleased with them.

Larry


"muk" wrote in message
news:Gh1nb.37944$Fm2.16328@attbi_s04...
Hi

Finally found a hi-fi group!

I currently own a NAD C370 amp, NAD 530 CD player and Generation 1 B&W
601's.

I want to upgrade to floorstanding speakers. I have been out of the
speaker loop for a while. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada!) .

Any thoughts on a good floorstanding speaker? I am somewhat limited by
budget, but I assume a couple of grand would be the numbers I would be
looking at.

Thanks!

muk.