Todster, I too had a pair of N805 with a Velodyne HGS-12 with a room dimensions just a bit smaller than you. I have always liked the B&W sound. I have recently rebuilt the entire system around a pair of Coincident Elcipse lll with upgraded wiring and spikes. They are driven by a BAT VK 31SE pre and a pair of NuForce 9SE V2 Amps. Front end is a Esoteric SZ-1 feeding a MSB Power DAC. All JPS Superconductor cables. The speakers could use a subwoofer to fill the room but everything about the system is more real and dimensional than the B&W setup. I guess the biggest difference is that the present setup makes me want to listen more often and for longer periods of time. Another speaker not mentioned are the Audio Physics. This was the other brand I was considering (Scorpios).
Next up... new speakers...
For better or worse, my approach to building my system has been to progressively upgrade one component at a time as budget permits, working from the front end to the speakers and then looping back to the front end again.
When I last upgraded speakers some 9-10 years ago, the B&W N805s I chose were the strongest "link" in the chain... now, maybe not so much. :) The current system:
Cary 306 -> BAT VK-30 -> Ayre V5x -> B&W N805 + REL Stadium
Interconnects are Cardas Golden Cross XLR, speaker wires are Cardas Neutral Reference.
Now I have "the bug" again... the N805s have served me well, but its time to move on. Something more full range would be nice.
The room I'm working with is pretty large -- 20x27, a vaulted ceiling (14' at side walls, 17' at center), with one 20' end open to another 14x24 room.
I'm looking for suggestions for speakers to audition that would be synergistic with rest of the system, that can "energize" this large space.
Musical tastes run the gamut from rock to blues to jazz to classical, so one-trick ponies need not apply.
Budget... mid-to-hi 4 figures. What would *you* suggest?
When I last upgraded speakers some 9-10 years ago, the B&W N805s I chose were the strongest "link" in the chain... now, maybe not so much. :) The current system:
Cary 306 -> BAT VK-30 -> Ayre V5x -> B&W N805 + REL Stadium
Interconnects are Cardas Golden Cross XLR, speaker wires are Cardas Neutral Reference.
Now I have "the bug" again... the N805s have served me well, but its time to move on. Something more full range would be nice.
The room I'm working with is pretty large -- 20x27, a vaulted ceiling (14' at side walls, 17' at center), with one 20' end open to another 14x24 room.
I'm looking for suggestions for speakers to audition that would be synergistic with rest of the system, that can "energize" this large space.
Musical tastes run the gamut from rock to blues to jazz to classical, so one-trick ponies need not apply.
Budget... mid-to-hi 4 figures. What would *you* suggest?
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