Wilson Benesch Discovery VS Proac D38

My understanding is the D38 are voiced more nuetrally than the 3.8s - liking one may not mean liking the other.

I heard the WB compared with the Proac D25. The Proac D25 simply did not impress me, and I own an older and beloved pair of Proac Response 3.5's. I wanted to like the D25 but the WB won that contest. I was not able to compare to a D38 as the shop didn't have any.

I am tempted to upgrade my Proac Response 3.5's to 3.8's at some point in the future. I am just not sure if the new D series has the magic that I've heard in the older Response series. Gary

It's a matter of taste. I personally love the warm detailed sound of Proac. I borrowed a pair of discoveries and too found them slightly cold / thin but if anything i think accurate is the term i would use. Who cares if a speaker is neutral. I want a forgiving speaker so that i can enjoy the music not the production technique! I found myself trying to voice the Benech with cables, mains conditioners etc but to no avail. I think you either like the sound or you dont. Ive owned D15's, D25's and D38's in my time and can honestly say that the 38 is a speaker for life! Ive actually had the pleasure of hearing the D100's with Gryphon gear. I can quite honestly say this massive hulk of a speaker completely dissapeared from the room, it had an electrostatic presence that quite frankly made each guitar strum going from one end of the room to the other, and made me blink a lot, Awesome! hair standing on the back of the neck material.

Id say that the D25's are fairly unlike the rest of the range though. They are absolutely 'magical' for the money with certain types of music (non-electronic) and in my opinion better the Living Voice OBX range. The D38 is the first Proac step into hi-end, 'we only sell a few of these a year territory' and i reckon they spend ages with each pair. my advice , spend the money on the speaker , not the carbon fibre side cheeks and fancy pants plinth. buy a speaker with true sparkle, the D38.

It will be a long time before you upgrade! Currently running a BOW technologies / Shanling / Proac / JPS system. warm, detailed, and voiced to my liking! and under 10K.

id also say that the current drivers in the newer response range seem much faster. Its the first true range where Proac have had strong input into the development of the drivers.

To sum up listen to both, side by side, blind and choose the most enjoyable speaker!

the proac 250 in many ways is a better speaker for all recordings, old and new, than the wb or the d38. more forgiving, yet accurate enough to get the detail.

Jaybo - Did you mean the Proac D25's are way better? I am not aware of a Proac 250.

After all this, I just moved to a smaller space and had to sell my Proac Response 3.5's. I just bought a pair of Cherry D25's. Time for a closer listen, in my room, on my gear! They will be here in another week. I will give a full report later. My new room is 13' x 17'. The speakers will be 3' from back wall, 3' from side walls and firing across the long end of the room. I have high hopes for them.

My gear is:
BAT Vk300x Integrated (NOS Amperex 7308 PQ White labels)
BAT VK-D5 (Same NOS Amperex 7308 PQ's)
Herbie Tube Dampers on all tubes
Acoustic Zen Hologram II speaker cable
Acoustic Zen Silver Ref Balanced IC's
Wireworld Silver Eclipse 5.2 PC's
Running Springs Jaco Power Conditioner
Oyaide XXX AC wall Outlet with Carbon Fiber/Stainless mount