Persona 3F - no brainer. B&W are all colored with their house sound.
Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s
I am in the market for new pair of floor standers, I am starting with the speakers and then will decide on how to drive them. I listen to everything from classic rock, country, easy listening, classical, musicals, opera, and jazz. The majority would be in the classic rock category.
My listening room is 14'x18' with 9' ceilings, carpet and untreated. I also have a 24'x24'x20' family room that this system may get re-purposed if the wife lets me put floor standers in there (it is a Florida home with built in cabinets so I currently have KEF R300, R center with LS50 rear and it is not enough for the room).
My speaker budget is around $10k and really like the Persona 3f (and my wife likes the look) for $10k or a demo pair of B&W 802D2s for $9k. Was just wondering how the community would compare these two speakers. Unfortunately I cannot listen to them side by side.
My listening room is 14'x18' with 9' ceilings, carpet and untreated. I also have a 24'x24'x20' family room that this system may get re-purposed if the wife lets me put floor standers in there (it is a Florida home with built in cabinets so I currently have KEF R300, R center with LS50 rear and it is not enough for the room).
My speaker budget is around $10k and really like the Persona 3f (and my wife likes the look) for $10k or a demo pair of B&W 802D2s for $9k. Was just wondering how the community would compare these two speakers. Unfortunately I cannot listen to them side by side.
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Hi, Owning past BW I found they enjoy lot o watts. Although their specs indicate something different. Many posts here mention like Wilson’s of the past, possibly present, easing up the top end as a good idea or even a prerequisite with BW. Using tube somewhere seems the usual remedy. I’m inclined to agree, although the Diamonds may have made this point possess less weight. FWIW….. At this level of investment, it could well be worth a road trip to check out one or the other, or even one at a time to get some idea as to your preffs. Good luck. |
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@lalitk Here is the Stereophile measurements. See if you can spot the giant gaping mid range cavernous hole in the off axis response from 1 to 4KHz? Notice the peak at 4 KHz where the tweeter kicks in? Notice the 7dB resonant one note boosted bass response (looks like Mt St Helens before the eruption). The mid range is far to big to be driven up to 4KHz - the driver is already beaming at 1KHz. This is awful speaker design or brilliant speaker design. Brilliant perhaps because it sells in a demo as this speaker permanently plays as though the bass and treble tone control were boosted on the preamp - so it wins in a shop floor demo as it always sounds more "hi-fi ish" to unwitting listeners looking to compare before buying speakers. https://www.stereophile.com/content/bw-802d-loudspeaker-measurements There is BBC dip and there is mid range scoop and then there is B&W that take things to whole other level. If Abbey Road uses these speakers then they must be endorsed or else they just like permanently big bass, recessed mids and boosted treble (although you can achieve that with neutral speakers with your tone controls). |
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