B & W cdm7nt vs. Linn Ninka

The B & W's wont arrive for another couple of weeks. In the end I chose the B & W's because of the price difference, they were more than $1000 Canadian cheaper than the Ninkas. Had they been the same price I would have gone with the Ninkas. Still I thought they both sounded great so for now I am happy.

I live in Japan so that may be why the prices are different still it is pretty odd. I got the B & W's for about Canadian $2200. The Ninkas were $3300 with the Ninka stands being an additional $500. THe explanation was that Linn Japan dealers are not allowed to negotiate any discounts in price whereas B & W are able to. The retail price for the B & W was $2900 but they reduced it 25% to make the sale. You can also get the same price for the B & W and Ninka speakers on Japanese internet sites. If you are interested try doing a search on Yahoo Japan shopping. I am finding that the different countries have pretty different prices and if they will ship there are some pretty good deals. I have decided to go with Linn K400 speaker cable and it is half the price in England (10 pounds per meter)that it is in Japan.