Speaker Suggestions


Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my front speakers (part of my home theater) from Bowers & Wilkins CM8 to the next level. I have narrowed it down to:

Revel C206
Focal 926 
B&W 804 S

Can you please provide some recommendations? I am looking for New/Used in the $2K to $3K range. Thanks
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Is this for 2-channel as well as HT?  If so, what are you looking to improve upon over the B&Ws?  Most importantly, what aspects of speaker performance and sound reproduction are most important to you?  What electronics are you driving the speakers with?  What are you using for a center speaker if any?  Sorry for all the questions, but the more info you give here, the better and more useful the rcommendations will be. 
No worries. Sorry for the late reply.

I am slowly building a HT system step by step. I listen to multi channel music more than 2 channel. I am looking at Monolith 7 channel amp to drive these speakers. For Center, I currently have B&W HT62 and I am looking to upgrade as well. 
Hope this answers.
Revel’s have pretty much no fault other than limited bass, but if using a sub it’s a non-issue.

Focal is solid, not the best usually but still worth their price point, and they look nice.

B&W speakers image well, and that’s the only good thing I can say about them.

Another user recommended Monitor Audio, they are solid as well, Stereophile reviewed/measured the Silver 300.

I personally would not use dipole speakers for home theater, especially as they won’t have a matching center (unless you are doing an acoustically transparent projection screen and use the same speaker as the center), but then the nature of dipole would make being put behind a screen utterly terrible.
I tested a Revel F208 and while it sounds good, the bass is limited for a pair of $5000 speakers. 

I will check out the Monitors as well. How is the bass performance with the Monitor Silver?
I use a pair of Silver 300s for my 2-channel setup.  Bass goes pretty deep, clear and fast.  I have no need for a sub, but that's just my taste.

The midrange is crystal clear, non-fatiguing.  I love them!

Try calling Parts Connexion.  That's where I bought mine, and they usually have discounted prices.