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Upgrading front 3 speakers to GoldenEar Triton Reference or B&W Nautilus 800?



I am an avid home theater guy and am looking to upgrade from my Triton Ones. Love movies and concert Blu-rays.

I have the XXL center channel and find it to be not as clean as I would like.

I have 2 choices, one to go from the Ones to the Reference

or

found some used B&W so wish to

Upgrade Mains from Golden Ear Triton One to B&W Nautilus 800

Upgrade Centre from Golden Ear Supercenter XXL to B&W HTM1D


The challenge, in my eyes, with the 2nd choice is that I am using the Classé 5300 and would bi-amp my front L & R but only have 1 channel left to bi-amp the centre, so would have to get another 3-channel amp to run my lower part of the centre + my 2 rears, as I did not bi-amp the GE Ones, but feel that I should do for the Reference.


The B&W may be a little large for my room (14.5' x 23'x8') but I will have front speakers that will be much more clean than the Ones that I have now.


Hope to hear from a few GE or B&W fans very soon so I can make a decision


Steve


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hoboboston
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Hi Steve,

Which speakers did you end up going with and what do you think?

I'm currently trying to decide b/w Goldenears, B&Ws, or Martin Logan ESLs.  I'm thinkin going with Goldenears (T1 / T1+) for the L/R and possibly the Goldenear XXL (or Ref) or something else for the center (maybe the B&W, or maybe a ML ESL -- haven't decided which models)...   

Which speakers did you get and what do you think of your setup?
auxinput
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@hoboboston - your front three speakers (left/center/right) should all be the exact same manufacturer / series.  Otherwise, you will have noticable sonic signature difference across the front stage during movies.  This is not a good thing.  The surrounds are not as critical and can be different, as long as they are close in sonic signature.
soix
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Is this mainly a HT system or is 2-channel important as well?  What speakers/subs and electronics do you have currently?
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