For various reasons, I may now have a pair of S45.2s available to use permanently with my BC 9500. However, I know the alleged limitations of the power amp with the 9500, so I was wondering would I be better off with the S45.2s, even with the 'limitations' of the power amp than using say a pair of BL4000s which will by-pass the power amp in the center completely? I have heard the BL4000s which I like, but not in direct comparison to passives such as the S45.2. (I feel it would be wrong to request a home demo of the current BL4000s from my dealer knowing I wouldn't buy from them -I'd buy a second-hand pair of Mark 1s)
Even with my aging ears I can still here a sonic difference (just) between my CDX/BM4400 and the 9500, both playing through S45.2s. So using the 9500 as the source, what would your preferences be between, say S45.2s and BL4000s or BL 3s and S120s?
Cleve