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Looking for bookshelf upgrade from B&W DM302s

Currently hooked to a Rega Brio-R w/ Dac Magic. I play mostly lossless files from a NAS, but occasionally vinyl. Unfortunately, I have pretty eclectic listening: led zeppelin to liszt, so to speak. I love the DM 302s, but it just seems like something is missing. Some "oomph." (...and I dont want a sub.)

I have been eyeing: B&W 685, Dali Ikon I MkII, Epos Epic 2, Rega RS1, and Vienna Accoustics Haydn Grand.

I would like to spend less than $1k.

Would anyone 1) steer me away from any of these, or 2) have any other suggestions?

As always I will try before I buy if I can...ideally at home, but we'll see how good the dealers are (especially unlikely for under $1k speakers?). Also, if I audition them elsewhere, they will likely be on a different system and/or not broken in.

Thus my post looking for experience. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
dcowen1234
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jedinite24
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Hi Dcowen1234

Here is another set of speakers that I really enjoyed more than the DM302 but for certain music a subwoofer would be needed. They are easy to drive and sounded sweet to me when I heard them.

TANNOY Mercury m1 - Cherry (Made in UK)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TANNOY-Mercury-m1-Cherry-Made-UK-/280812833023?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item4161bfc8ff

I have no affiliation with this seller btw.
dcowen1234 OP
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Those Tannoys look great...I have certainly heard great things about the brand. My brother has a pair similar so maybe I will borrow and check them out.

I am beginning to wonder if I should just get a subwoofer? I guess I've never really used one. What are the drawbacks to that? Ill search around on the forum, so if there has already been a thread on this, disregard my question...!
Thanks
dcowen1234 OP
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Actually, I think I cant plug a sub into the Brio-R. Nevermind.
Thanks again for all the replies.
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Hi Dcowen1234

I think you can add a subwoofer to your set-up. You would just need another set of speaker cables. Some of the subwoofers I have/had (Velodyne/Polk) had speaker terminal inputs and outputs.

You connect the speaker wire from the outputs from the Rega Brio-R to the subwoofer's speaker inputs. You then connect speaker wire from the subwoofer's speaker outputs to your DM302 speaker inputs. I believe this way you are using the subwoofer's crossover to get the appropriate signals to the speakers and subs.

I haven't tried this in awhile though since my gear now has subwoofer outputs.
dcowen1234 OP
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gotcha...thanks. looks like I have a lot of auditioning/listening to do.
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