I also preferred the N805s over the VR-M60s. But, when I compared the VR-M90s with the B&W N804, I chose the N804s. I much preferred the VR-Mseries to the CDM-NT series at about the same price point. When I compared the VR-M90s to the B&W CDM-9NT, I chose the VR-M90s. They scored lower on wife acceptance factor as the cherry finish of B&W didn't match our furniture so I went with Black. To be fair, they're also almost twice the price of the Bostons. To my ears, the B&W N805s are nicer, they image better, they are more accurate and the sound stage is much larger. They ranked higher on the wife acceptance factor as the cherry finish was an almost perfect blend with our furniture. They are a little warmer than the Nautilus series and are more forgiving of poorly recorded media and upstream equipment. The VR-M60s are very good speakers for the money, they sound very nice, though the bass is a little anemic, but a good sub will take care of that. I have since upgraded the rears to 804s as well and the subs have been upgraded to Velodyne's new DD-12 and DD-15. I upgraded to B&W N804 fronts, HTM-1 Center, and N805 rears with dual Velodyne HGS-12 subs. My system was VRM-90 fronts, VR-MC Center, VR-M60 rears and PV-100 Sub. Though I have N804s front and rear now, I had 805s for rears and tried them out 2 channel and 2.1 as well. I played pretty extensively with the VR-Ms as well as the Nautilus series, though I used the VR-M60s for rears, I also tried them out as fronts, in use as 2 channel and 2.1.
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