Stay W/B&W 805's or goto a bigger speaker

My B&W 805's paired with a REL Strata III sub sound awesome, and compete favorably with the best of the large speakers I have heard. Most speakers I have heard that really don't need a sub are in the $10,000 plus price range such as the Avalon Eidelon's and the B&W 800's. No matter how good the speaker is, after long and careful listening you will not get the bass right until you get up to the level of those speakers, so why not keep the 805's and be happy. Rhyno, with all due respect, Paradigm just doesn't cut it on so many levels, and Maggies with good bass, without sub? I don't think so. Haven't heard the Vandy. Gretchen, don't skimp on the cables. They made my nice sounding system become a superb sounding system after careful and tedious experimentaion. Acoustic Zen and Harmonic Tech blend really well with the 805's, but Cardas makes a particularly good match with Classe` amps, so I suggest you try auditioning some of these manufacturers first, given your present gear. If you have to keep the budget lower, try Tributaries and XLO, but you have very nice gear, and they will only give you their best if you use a very good cable. Better to buy one good cable at a time, than many so-so cables at the same time.

Jim, M Rowlands is on the money with his advice. It does take patience and perserverence to break in cables, as they don't usually sound very good for 85-200 hours, although of course some can occasionally sound good right away. Try to optimize speaker position first. Monster 2.4's are a very nice introduction to the improvements good cables can bring, but your ability to discern details in sound reproduction will keep evolving and you will definitely hear significant improvements when you upgrade. Recently I added two 5X3 pieces of acoustic foam($80) to the spot where the first reflections of sound hits my wall, and now all dialogue and vocals are much easier to decipher, best $80 I ever spent on audio.