B&W vs. Sonus Faber

Thank you for the clarification @jjss49  :)

Thing is, SF sound signature is changing. Going from Olympica in 2013  to Nova Olympica 2019 gives some changes in tonal balance in the highs especially. Its more forward now, more energy from 8 khz and upwards without compromize spatial sound.
Having said that, I have never got "foot" playing on Bowers and Wilkins. Maybe tonal is good ,but they have never played music like my Nova 3 does..

So hard to chose.  Maybe do a blend.  Buy SF for left side and BW for right side.  Best of both worlds.  

 I feel firberger has it spot on with the auditioning "show-off' nature of some speaker sound, and know I'd eventually walk away from the B&W revealing tweeter sound. Sonus Faber can be a bit less 'sparkly' but you may not get an ear-ache either.  :-) 

Which one will make you sit down and not want to get back up in two hours?  I want a speaker with detail as well but if it must stray a bit, better warm and listen longer than cool and leave the room room of fatigue. (Kudos to ears that can listen to diamonds.)

That said, I do still own and like my old DM-302s from 25 years ago although they're not set up.

Another vote for Revel Salon 2. Wide dispersion, excellent FR text book speaker.