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B&W vs Martin Logan

I currently have Martin Logan Odessey/Theater/Aerius in my system with Krell amplification and processing. I'm considering a change. I've heard many good things about B&W. Could someone with experience with both tell me the pros and cons of each. If I go with the B&W it will be the nautilus 802's or the 800's for my main speakers, and 805's for the rear of our theater. My listening is about 60% theater and 40% 2 channel. Thanks for the advice.
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frank1952e27
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B&W CM4's above..sorry
frank1952e27
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The only thing I can tell you is that I have B&W CN4's with a yamaha RX-v3000 intergrated amp. I had heard alot of good things about Krell amps and went to audition them... the 250, 300, and 500 Krell amps were hooked up to 2500/pr Martin logans and another pair of Martin Logans which were a much more expensive (don't remember the price but I remember the electrostatic panels)...2 channel through a switchboard. The krell 500watts/channel was $5000.00 It blew me away when I realized (or felt) that my system sounded alot better... I let it slip to the salesman, not realizing I was talking to myself out loud... but it didn't matter, I had bought my system there anyway. My system was $2500.00... the price of any one component. I'm sure there is a price range where the Martin Logans will start to sound better but there are higher priced B&W's also.
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