Cambridge Audio 540R / B&W 704

I had been to the CA website but hadn't noticed the forum. Thanks for the tip, I'll try it. Yes, my dealer will let me take one home, so that will be the ultimate test. But there's actually a debate raging now in my living room about whether or not the HK is really underpowering the B&Ws. Some of my friends feel that the output is fine, and that the sonic differences between the old center channel that I'm using and the B&W fronts are merely giving the illusion that the B&Ws are underpowered. It's hard to say. I'd been planning to get the matching B&W center speaker eventually but now I'm thinking that I should audtion that first.

Michael,

Thanks for the tip. A friend of mine recently suggested that same solution, which I'd never thought of before. But unfortunately, the HK 110 doesn't have pre-amp outputs. Nevertheless, it is a good solution and frees me from having to worry too much about the current capacity of my next receiver. In fact, I've just about decided to go with another HK, the 230, instead of the CA. I like HK and the 230 pumps 35 amps of current. That should be enough even without routing the fronts through the Rotel (because I just don't have enough outlets to run everything at once).

Incidentally, my friends were right about the center channel. I auditioned it at home and the system seemed to come up to speed. Could still use a little more power though.