My friend has a pair of the JM Electra 936's. These are a very nice speaker. I really enjoy listening to them when I make the 14 hour drive out to his place once or twice a year. They in my opinion blow the CDM 9NT out of the water. I auditioned the B&W and bought the Paradigm Studio 100's a few years ago. The Nautilus tweeter in the B&W's is certainly nice but I preferred the overall sound of the 100's in no small part due to better bass handling. The non Be JM's use a very nice inverted dome tweeter which make lovely sound I enjoy very much. I've read that the Be tweeter which is basically the same design but with the lighter metal is a fair bit better still. I would audition the JM Lab speakers at your dealer including with the ones you mentioned a couple from the Electra line. Your Classe amp should drive these speakers wonderfully. My friend is using a pair of Meridian 505 monoblocks to power his 936's and the combo sounds great. Good hunting.
JM Labs Beryllium
Have anybody heard of the Alto Utopia Be or Nova Utopia Be? Are they any better than the superseded range of Mezzo Utopia and Utopia speakers?
Any idea whether any of these JM Labs speakers will sound good with Classe CAM-200? Actually I've got B&W CDM 9NT on my mind as they are cheap, but after 2nd thought I might stretch my budget further by getting one of these classy French speakers. The Utopia is definitely out of my budget but I would like to hear some opinions on how do the above speakers compare.
Thank you.
Any idea whether any of these JM Labs speakers will sound good with Classe CAM-200? Actually I've got B&W CDM 9NT on my mind as they are cheap, but after 2nd thought I might stretch my budget further by getting one of these classy French speakers. The Utopia is definitely out of my budget but I would like to hear some opinions on how do the above speakers compare.
Thank you.