Focal Dome or new B&W M1's
Started out intending to simply upgrade my elderly Denon 2803 av amp, and now looking to get rid of my existing Musical Fidelity A3 CD/Pre/Power set up and run everything through a new AV amp and a new "lifestyle" sat/sub system, so the speakers need to be wall mounted.
I want to compromise on musical performance as little as possible. I've had my eye on a Focal Dome system and a Pioneer or Yamaha av amp. Demoed the Focals through a Pioneer LX86 amp and was suitably impressed, but happened to pop into another shop where the new B&W M1s were playing through a Yamaha A810. They sounded superb. The only problem is that the dedicated PV1 sub seems somewhat over priced and a bit too overpowering.
If I went for the M1s can someone recommend a suitable sub that would retain the B&W "sound" and match seamlessly with the satellite speakers??
I'm now totally confused as to what I want - the Focal/Pioneer package was good but pricey.
thanks for your help
Oops - sorry - that should have read Pioneer LX-85 amp
The beauty of sub/sat systems is the ability to tweak everything to suit your own needs. If the PV1 was overpowering (or any sub for that matter), you can drop the volume level or drop the crossover point until you find your optimum settings.
I have the old version of the PV1 and absolutely love it. I don't doubt one of the larger REL coffee tables subs would destroy it for outright depth with movies, although the PV1 is certainly far from lightweight, but with music I wouldn't trade it for anything else.
Oops - sorry - that should have read Pioneer LX-85 amp