KEF Reference 5 vs. B&W 802 D3 speakers - which one better? your knowledges & opinions

@mgrif104 thanks for your information.   I was contemplating on which speakers to buy and i dont know if i made the right decision by choosing Kef Reference 5 over the B&W 802D3.  Its my first expensive speaker and i want to get it right without regret later.  My equipments are McIntosh MC2152 (tube 150 watts per channel) and C70 (All tubes preamp) Cambridge Audio Streamer/DAC Azur851n.   I’m already feeling buyer remorse because someone said coming from my R900 wont give me much of a sound improvement and the price I got it at $14k is couple thousand higher.   What do you think? These people’s opinions makes me feel buyer remorse. 

kentrent: you need to chill out!  This is supposed to be fun. You should be happy that you made a decision and also got a big discount. The euro price, assuming it was for a European purchase, is irrelevant to you since you would have to pay shipping and customs, and probably wouldn’t get a US warranty. Be excited about getting some of the best speakers available and looki forward to many years of enjoyment. 

@fast, you are absolutely right. This is suppose to be fun and enjoyable. So im getting a lot of good feedbacks for Kef Reference 5 over the B&W 802D3. Many people said Kef technologies way surpasses B&W.  They said Ref5 sounds a lot better than the 802D3.  I cant wait to get it. I will share with you my experience setting it up and how it sounds with my McIntosh. Thanks for your encouragement.

@fast someone selling the Ref 5 for $6000 but one of the bass driver got indentation.  I was about to buy that but Someone told me not to because the Reference series each pair of speakers are built by one engineer from beginning to end which yield better sounds and avoiding the errors from multiple people like a assembly line.  Because of this, even though replacing new bass driver will not make the speaker back to normal and up to the original performance.  What do you think??  I bought brand new for that peace of mind. :)) 

What I think is that it’s irrelevant because you’re past that point. You have ordered some excellent speakers, brand new and with a warranty. Now you need to look ahead and stop looking back.