B&W N800, 800D, 802D for my room 16x17x8

I have owned every B&W speaker mentioned and then some. asuming no new version that I am not aware of, the 800d's are by far the best of the group! My room is a simmalar size and demention and the 800d's will work great in your room. My wife loved them, thought they were the best looking of any speaker i have owned and there have been many. I believe B&W gives you the most for your money. hope this helps. everyone has an opinion but it is only yours that truely matters. p.kogan

I still say 802N or D and spend the extra saved $$$ on other area's. I don't think we have talked about what you are using in the rest of your system unless I missed it. What is the rest like or are you starting from scratch?

I would get the 803D! they look awesome with the FST driver and 3 additional front woofers.

http://www.hometheatermag.com/floorloudspeakers/1005bw/#

It may sound typical with B&W but I have been listening to them since mid 90's because they "rock" & simply play everything great.

>>02-19-10: Stringreen
Eandylee...another thing about Vandersteen speakers is they are musical<<

That's incredibly dumb as there is no universally accepted definition as to what is "musical".

Audiofeil, isn't it ignorant to expect that anything posted here is a "universally accepted definition"? The vast majority of 'goners are reasonably intelligent and can appreciate the subjective and opinion based nature of each others posts. In trying to help each other, we offer advice and opinion. The concept of "musical" in the context of this thread was intended to be and was indeed positively helpful - in case you didn't notice.