Recent content by James_N_H

Chu Gai, It looked like plastic, it felt like plastic and from what I could tell it was definately plastic. Basically I would expect better build quality on a pair of £9grand speakers.

The Marantz SR-7200 does actually decode EX and ES.

The 205's I heard and are still in the window of my local store are also in the dark finish, however I think it is still plastic, just black plastic that doesnt stand out. The part that gets me about the 207's is the drive unit that is housed in the circular bit that is stuck on top, which...

Martice, Plastic doesnt have anything to do with the sound of the speaker aslong as you say its not affecting the sonics of it. Just personally if I spent £9grand on a pair of speakers I would obviously want them to sound that amount but also at least look like they where worth the money. I...

I wasnt saying choose speakers on the basis of looks and not sound I would never advise anyone to do that, but the sound of the 207's and also the 205's I heard didnt seem anything special to me. The 205's I saw where in the darker finish and it did not look like plastic on them but on the 207's...

B&W's 805's are only a 2-way design but the KEF 201's are a 4 way design which I believe would explain the higher price for the KEF's. The KEF 207's are cheaper than B&W's 801 and 800's but if you want a set of speakers that are adorned in plastic then go with the KEF's, also the 207's sound...

KEF may have been around longer than B&W but the Nautilus line has been around longer than KEF's new reference range, and they do look way too similar, but as someone said the KEF's build quality does not come close to that of the B&W's, the B&W's are more money but certainly seem to be worth it.

After recently purchasing some Mission 782's I set them up in the front room and had been using them with the grilles on. The other day for the first after listening for 30mins or so I decided to remove the grilles, to my surprise on one the of the speakers mid range drivers their was a...

For the B&W's that you have got I found that Marantz works best with them over Denon, not by much but if you are wanting to use your system for music aswell the Marantz would be the better bet, try auditioning a 6200/7200 depending on your budget and also try out the Denon's as they are great...

So far I have heard the 205's and the 207's running in a 2-channel format at my local hi-end store, both times they where running off about £10grands worth of Chord equipment, and for the money I wasnt overly impressed, might have been the electronics. Also the 207's I saw where in the beech...

The 7200 is a great receiver for B&W speakers and a Home cinema system that you like to listen to music to aswell, although you may wish to wait for the 7300 which is imminent for release, although their should be some great bargains on the 7200 coming up.

I borrowed a Yamaha DSP AX620 before I went with Marantz, I think that the 620 was rated at 90watts however it always cut out at -20db on the volume when running my B&W's, I never found the source of the problem.

Compared to the remote that came with the 4200 the 7200's version is much, much better. Only thing I would complain about is that it does not have a backlit display which would have been handy for watching movies.

Hi, I use all B&W's from the DM range some are the S3 versions, I used to run them all off a Marantz SR-4200 which was o.k but I couldnt afford anymore at the time, I did however test the 4200 side by side with a Denon 1802 and the Marantz definately sounded better, especially with music which...

I did like the 1Nt's alot as bookshelfs and I know the 7's use the same mid but they also have the bass unit which didnt do a great deal for me, I am not denying they do have a better mid, but with the electronics that I tested them with their was not much difference as unfortunately I did not...