Partner speakers for Cyrus 6?

Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

"kevcam" wrote in message ...
Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

I have the cd8 and amp8. I bought the Dynaudio Audience 52's.
Fantastic. Brillant, superb... I like them :-)

"kevcam" wrote in message ...
Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

I have the cd8 and amp8. I bought the Dynaudio Audience 52's.
Fantastic. Brillant, superb... I like them :-)

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:31:11 +0100, "kevcam"
wrote:

Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

You don't buy speakers to partner equipment (other than the obvious
question of power rating) but to partner your room. THat is the
interaction that determines the sound.

d

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Don

Surely the equipment is a factor? The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?

Kev


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:31:11 +0100, "kevcam"
wrote:

Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop
is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

You don't buy speakers to partner equipment (other than the obvious
question of power rating) but to partner your room. THat is the
interaction that determines the sound.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com

Don

Surely the equipment is a factor? The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?

Kev


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:31:11 +0100, "kevcam"
wrote:

Has anyone got any thoughts/experience on a shortlist of speakers
(floorstanders or bookshelf) to partner
a Cyrus 6 CD and Cyrus 6 amp?

So far I've heard the Monitor Audio S6 and B&W CM6. Not sure if the shop
is
steering me in the right direction (trying to avail themselves of stock
items maybe).

Cheers

Kev

You don't buy speakers to partner equipment (other than the obvious
question of power rating) but to partner your room. THat is the
interaction that determines the sound.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com

"kevcam" wrote in message
...
Don

Surely the equipment is a factor?


Of course it is.


The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?


Some of us are doing *exactly* that........

;-)

"kevcam" wrote in message
...
Don

Surely the equipment is a factor?


Of course it is.


The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?


Some of us are doing *exactly* that........

;-)

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:21:32 +0100, "kevcam"
wrote:

Don

Surely the equipment is a factor? The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?

Kev

Sure it is a factor. But it is a factor pretty much lost in the noise
compared to the room/speaker interaction factor. If you move a speaker
a millimetre sideways, that will have more effect than swapping from
one competent amplifier to another (note the word competent - there
certainly are amps out there that will make a real difference, but it
will always be a degradation caused by incompetent design).

Provided the rest of your equipment is at least adequate and suitable,
then the only big differences you will hear are due to room - speaker
interactions.

So there really is no option here than to talk nicely to your local Hi
Fi shop and arrange some sale-or-return demos. If the salesman knows
his job, you can describe your room to him and he may have some useful
suggestions to make. It is 99% probable though that they will have a
remarkable correlation to what he has in stock.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:21:32 +0100, "kevcam"
wrote:

Don

Surely the equipment is a factor? The source/amp will have an effect on the
sound coming from the speakers which in turn (I agree) be affected by the
room's characteristics.

Otherwise we'd all be auditioning speakers with any old equipment?

Kev

Sure it is a factor. But it is a factor pretty much lost in the noise
compared to the room/speaker interaction factor. If you move a speaker
a millimetre sideways, that will have more effect than swapping from
one competent amplifier to another (note the word competent - there
certainly are amps out there that will make a real difference, but it
will always be a degradation caused by incompetent design).

Provided the rest of your equipment is at least adequate and suitable,
then the only big differences you will hear are due to room - speaker
interactions.

So there really is no option here than to talk nicely to your local Hi
Fi shop and arrange some sale-or-return demos. If the salesman knows
his job, you can describe your room to him and he may have some useful
suggestions to make. It is 99% probable though that they will have a
remarkable correlation to what he has in stock.

d

_____________________________

http://www.pearce.uk.com