Best bookshelves under 1000

[Gab]

wow, so many good suggestions, some i am not familiar, well for warm sound...

dont go to rotel for warm sound , go for tubes, i bought a dared vp 845, its warm but not in the bass, the bass is perfect for disco my best match is the eposm5 and a tube amp, maybe the dared vp 845, its costy so rega brio is a better match ( ss but still .. i approve

i only listened the epos m5 with audio research source and creek destiny (8 k in total lol), its warm but ! it lacks 3d and realism... thats the best you can get out of the m5,

So, the perfect match is :
-rega brio
-epos m5 or els3, go listen to this combination : it could go just perfect

the b&w are very good ones, their small towers around 1000 $ are real bargains and you could prefer them to the epos m5 for their more flat sound but matching amp can be more tricky i listened with cambridge audio and cambridge is not warm sounding,so look for other people advices if you buy b&w.

[Bigmoney]

Let me ask you this. I too, like the b and w sound, but find them a little bright. I am inclined to buy from my dealer, so that I can get a new speaker and hear it first. He is really the only hifi dealer around and has helped me out a lot. Hence my loyalty to him. He only sells b and w though. If I was to buy either the 685 or the cm1, will pairing the speakers I choose with warmer equipment ( marantz 8001) make the speakers sound warmer, or is the only real way to get warm sound by starting with a warm speaker to begin with.

[Ajani]

Let me ask you this. I too, like the b and w sound, but find them a little bright. I am inclined to buy from my dealer, so that I can get a new speaker and hear it first. He is really the only hifi dealer around and has helped me out a lot. Hence my loyalty to him. He only sells b and w though. If I was to buy either the 685 or the cm1, will pairing the speakers I choose with warmer equipment ( marantz 8001) make the speakers sound warmer, or is the only real way to get warm sound by starting with a warm speaker to begin with.

Option 1: Audition the Marantz/B&W combo at your dealer

Option 2: Do a 30 day in-home audition of another brand of speakers using one of the numerous websites that support it: Eg. Musicdirect, audio advisor etc...

Also, why would you want to buy the 685? I doubt that it will be much of an upgrade from your existing 600 series speakers... Save your cash and buy something better later on...

[Bigmoney]

Well, I like the 685s because they are smaller and supposed to be much better I heard than the previous 600 series, plus they look great. I really liked the clarity the cm1's had to offer but I am a little worried about there bass extension from such a small speaker. Anyone compared these two speakers.

[audio amateur]

Well, I like the 685s because they are smaller and supposed to be much better I heard than the previous 600 series, plus they look great. I really liked the clarity the cm1's had to offer but I am a little worried about there bass extension from such a small speaker. Anyone compared these two speakers.

Keep in mind the 685 are not much smaller than yours, on top of that they are deeper (which I like personally). I'm not sure how much 'better' they are.