Speakers Recommendation Please

[blakelock]

So I finally ordered these speakers:

B&W CM7 (for both left and right in maplewood)
Marantz NR1501 Amp

so how do you like your system? i'm interested in buying this reciever but haven't found too many descriptions of it's performance.

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[corbin]

So I finally ordered these speakers:

B&W CM7 (for both left and right in maplewood)
Marantz NR1501 Amp

I spend $2,250; hope I didn't pay too much.

Anyway, the system will arrive on Saturday. I have one question: I want to connect my laptop which has an on-board sound card to the amp. I could do this using RCA cables, but I was hoping to connect it digitally AND wirelessly. Is this possible? I have been looking around for Bluetooth receivers (my laptop has bluetooth capability) that connect into the amp, but I could not find anything so far because the amp does not have a USB slot. Any suggestions?

Without a dedicated sound card/DAC using your laptop as a source is going to severely bottleneck the sound that a system as nice as yours could provide. Luckily, you don't have to spend too much money to get a really good standalone USB unit, like the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0. This will allow you to connect your laptop to your amp using S/PDIF or RCA cables.

As for wireless, I have no idea.