Best reciever under $1500 for B&W CM9 speakers?

[d9999]

I will be doing a surround set up and having cm9's as my fronts. I have auditioned a lot of speakers and am really liking this one.

I would like to play may vinyls so a phono hook up would be really nice. I have done a search and found Onkyo 709 and 809, Yamaha 1010 and 2000, Marantz 6006 and Denon 3312cl all have phono inputs.

I will be using it for music and home theater. Is there a receiver or brand that you would recommend that would compliment it well and get the most out of my speakers?

 

[timoteo]

For your CM9s your are in the right direction. Rotel really pairs up great with B&W but tend to be a bit pricey & not have as good a feature set as others. But the sound on them is great.

I have B&W 683s & LOVE what Yamaha does to them. So my recommendation would be any of the Yamaha Aventage line (at least 1000-3010)

However, Pioneer Elite, Marantz, Integra are very good as well. Onkyo's reputation lately has gone down so their high end Integras may not be as good an option.

For $1500 you'll get pretty much the same sound just with different features.

 

[agarwalro]

having cm9's as my fronts... play may vinyls

Get a 3ch amp like the Emotiva XPA-3 and spend less on the receiver. Find a $700-900 receiver that meets your needs for phono. It will definitely have sufficient power to driver the surround speakers when added later.