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13yr old speaker upgrade

Okay I have a pair of dm604 s3 towers. My first big boy speakers. Incredibly happy with them. But I don't know any better cause I haven't owned anything else. I have the smaller of the two center channel speakers of that B&W series. I have moved into a bigger home. And now have them in 21'x17' room that opens up into a kitchen. I have in cieling surrounds that do the job. And a JLf112 subwoofer. I'm using a onkyo 818 av reciever. Now one of my towers have failed. (Suspected crossover). I want to purchase three similar front stage speakers. Three similar towers. I kinda want to keep my budget around $3000. I am also open to maybe going cheaper on the towers and purchasing an Emotiva amplifier to really drive the speakers to pick them up in performance. Any suggestions??
cisko213
cisko213 OP
9 posts
 
I wish I could find a dm604 S3. And guys I had a failure with my math. I don't know why I stated 13yo speaker. They were made in 2005. Sorry for the mistake.
courant
119 posts
 
If you like the sound of the DM604, include the B&W CM9 and CM10 on your shortlist. A pair of CM9s is right at your $3K price point, with the CM10s (as yet not released) ball-parking at $4K a pair. If you have the room to let them breathe, the CM9s will be a nice "new and improved" extension of the DM604s.
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knownothing
1,574 posts
 
Sounds like a good solution .
telescope_trade
555 posts
 
I am going to suggest the new B&W CM 10's as well. I just took delivery of a pair two day's ago, and am breaking them in now. So far they sound awesome but BN tight, so will only get better with time. I bought them based on my owning & loving the CM 9's in the past. Yes they are $4k, but I got a deal on mine and suspect you can as well.
cisko213 OP
9 posts
 
Remember i actually want to buy three similar speakers. I don't really like the look of the CM10. I actually do think they forgot to add a tweeter in the box and made a quick fix and just added that nub of a tweeter on top. I've actually looked at Ken Kriesel speakers. I can't justify the cost for the difference of sound for the 600 series and the CM series. I would rather save up and buy serious upgraded speakers for the front stage. For the future, I'm gonna start researching mixing studios and mastering studios here in Los Angeles. I want something professionals use not just speakers sold in a store.
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