Best Matching Amps for B&Ws?

My question is why did you buy a surround speaker system if you are interested in 90% music? You've got about $2400 of speakers there. For that you could have built a 2.1 system. (2 Fronts & Sub). There is really nothing wrong with this for movies if your interest is only 10%. Anyway I guess it is too late for that. Rotel, NAD, Higher end Marantz & Yamaha are fine for the B&W 600 series speakers. Higher up the chain from there and you would be better off with better speakers in my opinion; for B&W at least the CDM series. Happy listening.

You may want to try and just go with a nice surround reciever for around $1,000 and spend the other 4k on a small intergrated, maybe even tube , set of monitors, and cd player. I am sure if you create a post you would get some help putting it together.

Why not try Arcam gear? The smooth, easy going multichannel amps will suite your B&W's to a tee, also, its well withing budget. The DAVE modules allow easily upgradability as well. with the remaining cash, try hooking everything up with some Audioquest interconnects (this will inject a little pace to the sound), and hook the speakers up with some midline Van Den Hul cable to get the best from the Arcams.

I would try a Marantz SR19 or SR18. OR go used. You could get many different combo's.. like mono block Marantz 500, 700, I think a McCormack DNA 1 for the mains .. there are many possiblilties..

If I were you, i wouldnt spend all that money on Krell or Mccormack stuff. Good though the B&W's are, I dont think it would justify that sort of equipment behind it. Now if you were planning on a speaker upgrade soon, it would be a different story.... Have you seen the new range from Mryad yet?