Well it finally happened! My trusty Boston Acoustics CR85's melted down! One of the cones where it connects to the center post cooked!

I wasn't really ready to spend any money on speakers, as I wanted to do a few other upgrades first. Funny how things work, now I don't have much choice.

I have considered trying to buy a set of used B&W 603 s3's and a set of 602 s3's as rears. A buddy of mine has some Monitor Audio Silver series speakers and he really likes them.

First what is a good price for the B&W's? Second what do you guys think of the Monitor Audio Silver series. What is the best bang for the buck speaker?

I run a B&K AVR 101. I spend most of my time listening to music, but want to have speakers that work well for both. I mostly listen to rock and blues.

If you guys have a good recommendation that is not the B&W or the Monitor Audio I would love to hear that as well.

Any feed back is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Vic