Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them?

I met John Bowers when B&W hosted me in Worthing for a visit in the 70's. A wonderful man and engineer who really changed the face of hifi--and not just in England. Since his death things have spun wildly. Do a little research and you will find out that B&W has really changed since being sold, divided and whatever to wring maximum profits from a still-respectable brand.+1 on the B&W tweeters. I was ready to buy a pair until I heard them and then when I heard the Dynaudio lineup, I was converted. My brother-in-law sold B&W's and went to Maggies.EVOLUTION!

I thought that metal tweeters was the way to go.  I bought Mirage M-3Si quite a number of years ago.  At first, the big open sound was great.  But after some time it began to bother me; way too bright.  Raising children and paying for higher education prohibited me to replace them.  But now that is behind me and I have been building an entirely new audio system.  I auditioned BE tweeters in a few brands last year and, though better than the titanium metal tweeters in my Mirage speakers, they still sounded like a metal tweeter.  I had my eyes & ears on Dynaudio for some years.  I bought their car audio speakers for two of my car audio systems over the past 10 years.  So, I recently bought the Dynaudio Contour 60i set of speakers.  They are "smooth as silk" as stated above by jrbirdman333.  I only have about 12 hours of run-in time on them and already they sound amazing.  I can imagine the midrange and bass will only get better over the next 60 or 70 hours of run-in time.  But the real story hear is the tweeters.  Metal tweeters were once what I thought was great.  But actually a soft silk dome tweeter much more satisfies my musical tastes.  And also, far more satisfying to my ears.  From titanium to soft dome, from bright to smooth; made everything wonderful for me.

Marantz. Two failed disc players, one after another. The DV9500 and the SA8260. Very disappointing. I’ll never buy a disc player from them again. And Audio Research. I bought an integrated (used, right here on Audiogon) that had a bad power supply. AR would not support the repair of the product. Never again.

Not that it affects their sound quality, but I think B&W just got sold, again.

BOTH DUDE!!!!