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B&W N804


On one of my posts I mentioned that earlier this week I went to audition several speakers. The LINN ESPEK,PMC OB1,and the B&W 804's. The amp used for all three speakers was the LINN 2250. I know that the PMC's are well matched with Bryston amps and LINN matches their amps to their speakers but what about B&W. Aside from the Bryston and LINN amps my dealer also carries Anthem. I did at an earlier time hear the PMC/Bryston combo and found it quite good.

I'm new to the 2 channel audio world so my question is which of the three amps would best suit the B&W's. In the next few weeks I plan to revist and this time I'll bring my CDP(JoLida JD100a). Should I keep the amp/speaker combo's the same or should I insist that different speakers be connected to different amps.

Cheers
freakygreek

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freakygreek OP
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Thanks for the inputs. Is there anyway way to tell what rating my Level-2 modded JoLIda JD100 from underwood hi-fi is. Of course I myself like to think that it is an A+ player.

As for the amps I'm looking into the Plinius 9200 and the Krell 300iL/400xi. I can't listen to the Plinius as I have yet to find a Canadian dealer. I am though able to listen to KRELL but not with B&W speakers.

Which ever I go with it will be based upon reviews and recommidations from both the Audiogon and Audio Asylum members. So the Krell was already mentioned how about the Plinius.

I do like the fact that the Krell has a Home Theater Throughput operated from the remote compared to the Plinius which has a switch on the back of the unit.

Cheers

freakygreek OP
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I know that this might not be the best way for 2-channel playback but due to space limitations my system is HT/2 Channel. This is why I'm considering intergrateds that incorporate a HT passthrough.

The other route is to get a HT pre amp that does 2-channel well. My choices would be the Brytson SP1.7 and the Anthem D1 that's all that my budget will allow. I would have to get amps first as I'm using a reciever.
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