Arcam A80 amp with which £300ish speakers?

[Willie Dee]

Hi, I am currently running a Arcam A80 amp that I purchased second hand to replace an old Cambridge Audio amp.

I only listen to music through a Cambridge Audio DACMagic from my PC playing lossless tracks. Currently I am useing a pair of Mordaunt Short 902's that are going to be put in my front room for home cinema use, so need some replacement bookshelf speakers.

My shortlist so far are

B&W 602 S3
B&W 601 S3
Epos 12i
Monitor Audio RS1

Are there any must not speakers to pair with an Arcam A80? Am I missing a speaker that should be on my list to look at?

Any advice is much appreciated.

[LongLiveTazio]

Those Monitor Audios will sound the nicest IMO. I can't stand low-end B&Ws personally, no idea why people like them. Crashy, inaccurate sound with too much sloppy bass.

At the same price point I recently tried some Focal Chorus 705v2's which are excellent.

[Saintjsmythe]

LongLiveTazio said:

Those Monitor Audios will sound the nicest IMO. I can't stand low-end B&Ws personally, no idea why people like them. Crashy, inaccurate sound with too much sloppy bass.

+1

Definately don't want BW on your Arcam, imo.
Monitors are a much better match. The RS1's are now RX1's- improved all round. If you want a floorstander and a fuller sound try getting a 2nd hand/ ex dem Monitor Audio RS6 pair. These are great at the price.

[Willie Dee]

Saintjsmythe said:

LongLiveTazio said:

Those Monitor Audios will sound the nicest IMO. I can't stand low-end B&Ws personally, no idea why people like them. Crashy, inaccurate sound with too much sloppy bass.

+1

Definately don't want BW on your Arcam, imo.
Monitors are a much better match. The RS1's are now RX1's- improved all round. If you want a floorstander and a fuller sound try getting a 2nd hand/ ex dem Monitor Audio RS6 pair. These are great at the price.

Sadly the way my desk is set up I cant use floorstanders. What I really want are the RX-2's, with the bigger midrange speaker, but they are a little out of budget at £500. Might wait for a bit for them.

[Toffer]

If you can find them second hand, the Polk LSi7 Bookshelf Speakers are nice with the ARCAM...if you like decent portions of bass!

There were some for sale here at about £200.00...absolute bargain, because I think they are about £800.00 new!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Used-Polk-LSi7-Speakers-w-...

For £200.00 new, the Monitor Audio Bronze BR2 must be worth a listen?