How to spend my $2500, anyone?

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timlovesrita

Audiophyte
Hi,
I recently posted a question for a friend. Thanx to all that responded.
Since I now have more information, I’m revising the question to include and to simplify and hopefully get the information my friend needs. Ok first of all, my friend is completely blind; so obviously sound quality is very important to him. He currently has a pair of B&W Matrix 802 Series 3 speakers. He wants to build a system around those 2 speakers. He has a ballpark budget of $2500 to spend and for that money he wants three things all new, not used. A great receiver/pre-amp, a great amplifier, and great cables to tie it all together. He will get other sources later like turntable and CD player etc. When we asked the B&W rep about an amp, he responded, “recommend using a 200 watt amplifier on the Matrix 802’s. This means that you will want a two channel, 200 watts per channel amplifier. I would recommend Rotel, Classe and Mac.” But we are not sure if these comments by the rep are true and/or relevant. So anyway if someone out there could help us for a minute by putting them selves in my friends position and say to yourself, “ok if all I had was those 2 speakers and $2500 for a great receiver/pre-amp, a great amplifier, and great cables to tie it all together, I’d buy (fill in name and model numbers of all 3 things). Thanx in advance.
Tim for Arthur in Watertown, MA USA
 
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rnatalli

Audioholic Ninja
Welcome to the forum. Nice to see another fellow Bostonian.

Check out the offerings from Emotiva. Their XPA-2 is probably the best bang-for-buck amp out there right now. They also have a new generation of 2-channel products coming out. Audioholics has reviewed some of their gear as well as many other reputable reviewers.
 
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mudrummer99

Senior Audioholic
Completely random and off topic Tim, but I am coming to Watertown tonight to visit a friend of mine that is going to Berkley. Sorry for the off-topic.

Mike
 
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