The top end 2.8 GHz 'extreme' iMac will outperform the lowest-end MacPro in terms of integer performance, ie, how quickly it can perform mathmatical calculations, but ultimately, the MacPro should be able to out-perform it. It has a faster front side bus, better graphics card, faster hard drives, more RAM, faster RAM etc... Ultimately though, an iMac

Puncher: Alex: Currently listening to 'Speak to me/Breathe' by Sluggy Ranks from Dub Side Of The Moon. Dark Side Of The Moon in it's entirety, but as dub/reggae! Brilliant. Burn Him!!! Heretic! It's actually pretty fantastic. The original is definitely much better though. It's still great to hear the same songs in a completely different

kiwi4all: In my opinion this system is not wireless. You will need at least a power cord....and if you have one cable running to the box, who bothers about 2? Why don't they use some kind of rechargeable battery at least for the rear speakers? Is someone aware of a loudspeaker with a rechargeable battery? Yes they do exist, but B&W only produce

A white Serene, Serenata, Beo5 and maybe even white BeoLab 5s or 9s would be cool. White BeoLab 3s too...

I like it! The BeoCenter 6 is my personal favourite BeoVision design wise. I just find it impossible to fault any aspect of the overall finish/design. It's stunning IMO!

BeoLab 5s, by far the most individual looking speaker on the market, and IMO, the proportions are just perfect. Very subtly dominating in a room, which is the way they should be...

On that note though, I am considering an upgrade to either the top-end of the B&W 680 series or the bottom end of the 700 floorstanders (if I can find some second hand). As much as the 'smoothness' and imaging of the DM7s really sounds great for choral and jazz stuff, the lack of any real punch can really get to me when it comes to a lot of electronic

That would be the mk1 with the (admittedly disastrous) fuse protection in the back. B&W updated them later on to completely change the speaker protection, and also simplified the crossovers. The mk2s were only sold for a brief period, but didn't sell well because of the high US price. I'd agree about the surface noise issues, the floor moves if I put

Eww ewww ewww! Pablo Honey ewww Fake Plastic Trees is a classic. OK Computer and Kid A are both much better albums IMO though... Currently listening to 'Speak to me/Breathe' by Sluggy Ranks from Dub Side Of The Moon. Dark Side Of The Moon in it's entirety, but as dub/reggae! Brilliant.

Well that is their aim I believe, to reproduce it as naturally as possible . In the 60s, this wasn't really done very well, although it was good for the time, and the 70s were a step forwards. I don't think there's a 'vast' improvement from the late 70s to 80s or even the 90s in terms of how natural things sound. They definitely managed to get speakers