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| B&W CDM-1 original ............... opinions wanted At the time, these were one step below the 805 Matrix. I had these when they first came out(1997, I think). I did a direct comparison at the time and noted that the Matrix sounded a bit less muddled at higher volume. This was due to the Matrix cab... | |
| Nautilus & S series The cabinets are identical(on the outside), but the tweeter housing is slightly different. The label near the speaker terminals will say 803S. Hope this helps. | |
| B&W CDM 1 SE or CDM 1 NT The CDM 1SE has the matrix style tweeter and the NT has the Nautilus style tweeter. I would say that the NT would be the better choice. The Nautilus tweeter is a bit more airy and open. I hope that this helps. | |
| B&W Nautilus SCM1 They should work fine. Consider a good sub to augment the low end. I would keep them mounted to the wall because they tip easily because of their shape. | |
| DVI-HDMI... Cobalt Cable | |
| Sunday morning music...what's spinning? Acousic jazz, Brazillian jazz, Fado(Portuguese blues), really, anything with an acoustic flavor. | |
| Rel sub question? You are less likely to get any grounding hum when you ground to the amp. There is no sound difference between the two grounding connections. | |
| 5 channel interconnects? ac zen Cobalt cables. | |
| Preamp with theater passthrough. Option? Blue Circle BC 21. You may be able to find a used one with the HT pass through. This would be way below you're $4000 budget. You could also get the latest(I don't remember the new model name) BC preamp w/ a HT passthrough option for a bit less tha... | |
| Subwoofer for 2 channel high resolution system Bob is right. You need to test drive some of the subs you listed. I tried Velodyne and B&W before a ended up with a Rel. The Rel just blended with my room/system better(even though I run B&W speakers). Good luck! | |
| Subwoofer for 2 channel high resolution system I would go for either a Rel Studio or Stentor. A Stadium(no longer made) may work also, depending on you're system and room size. | |
| Subwoofer reccomendations Try a Rel Storm III. You should be able to pick up a used one here on Audiogon for about a grand or less. | |
| Looking for new universal player/Arcam DV137? How about a Denon 5910? You should be able to pick up a non "Ci" version for less than $1500. | |
| Ukulele, anyone? I saw him in Honolulu a few years back. He is a huge star over there. I bought all his music after the show. | |
| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? I have a Sony business plasma monitor that runs at 1080i. I think that it still way better than any 1080p LCD out there! Plasma is much easier on the eyes than LCD, especially if you stare at a computer monitor all day! I'm sure that it is much ch... |