B&W 800 MATRIX

I found them on ebay a few days ago for $7000 and are in mint condition. My room size in 30 ft x 18 ft. And the speakers have to be about 6 ft. apart because of my sloped ceiling . Hard wood floors also. I saw your pics and the wiring looks so complicated i might need a professional .lol.. Also I am reading alot of good things from the Krell ksa 250 .Could that amp run these speakers ? Do i need mono blocks? I do want to go with a solid sate amp and pre amp as i do not want to deal with tubes.  What do u think ? I will be taking my time though i do not want to rush into anything . The main thing was to acquire these speakers. 

Also the speakers will be back a few inches from wall and we will be sitting at the far end of the room approx 25 ft away . 

I bought them but have to pick them up this week . Good thing they are only about 15 miles away from me in NJ . So i do not have to get them shipped. 

Also the owner said to get a moving company and have them moved in one piece instead of taking them apart. 

The main thing was to acquire these speakers.

You got that right. You may have just bought your last speaker.
They only come available by divorce or the owner moving to retirement/small condo and being forced to sell.
I wish you were close. lol. I would come over and give you a hand.

Also the owner said to get a moving company and have them moved in one piece instead of taking them apart.

Does the owner no longer own the 6 factory wood crates ?
They are 240 lbs. This is not happening - moving them in one piece. The speakers are about 77 inches high. A regular door is about 75. Not sure what kind of door entrances you would be dealing with but any angling down would be putting stress on the steel plates/bolts that join the cabinets together. Plus two guys carrying all that weight in a tall awkward shape ? I can not imagine shipping them in one piece.

So you will have a sloped ceiling sort of like this ?

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/15186212809_0cc69971d3_o.jpg

and u want to set them up like this when you say close to the wall ?

http://bilder.hifi-forum.de/medium/772924/matrix-800-jazzer0_341631.jpg

This being mostly audiophiles here - saying they will be a few inches from the (front?) wall is not really a good thing. But you can get away with it with these 800 matrix due to the front ports and the double woofers. Still recognize that the depth and other aspects of the music image will suffer. Then again I am just a crazy audio fool and like to "see" a 8-10 foot depth by habit because in listening to bands - this is what the stage resembled.

Krell is a very good choice to start and easy to resell later. just make sure the amp checks out with a tech. As you may know Dan D’Agostino when with Krell used at one time Matrix 800 as his personal reference speakers.
He was also responsible for having the KRELL BAF developed.

http://hansvt.home.xs4all.nl/pdf/brochures/baf.pdf

some more pics

http://www.hifi.nl/markt/images/18839_2015042217304017.JPG

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