Best Matching Amps for B&Ws?

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?

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..

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.

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.

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.

Thanks Krell1 for your suggestion. However, Krell is incredibly expensive, 3 times you would pay(even after the currency conversion) for when you are in United States. You guys are very fortunate. Therefore, I am stuck with the Rotels(RMB1095) or the Anthem MCA5 or the Marantz MM9000. What do you think? Thise B&Ws have a sensitivity of obly 86db.. Cheers. Therefore, I think

Krell will kick those B&W's into gear. Try a 300i or KAV pre/amp combonation. It all depends on the type of sound you are looking for. I like the dynamics, impact and immediacey that Krell has with B&W's. I use a KRC-HR, 300S & 801's III. Remember that you are the one that has to be happy after the purchase.