Focal Sopra 3

Also, how do they compare to the B&W 802 D3's

Have you heard them?  If not, its a lot of money to spend without listening.  Go listen and come back with your thoughts.

Both great speakers!  I have the 802D3’s, but I’ve owned and demo’d quite a few Focal speakers, including the Sopra 3’s.  Bottom line is that the Focal sound is a tad more reserved and laid back with an overall slightly darker gestalt.  The B&W 800 series sound is dynamic, detailed and more open with a bit more punch.  If you like to hear a live performance played back with full extension and presence with clarity and neutral tonality, then get the B&W’s.  If your more of a laid back listener who would rather not hear the truth on recordings but have the rough edges smoothed over slightly, then go Focal.  Overall I find the Focal sound to be ever so slightly greyish sounding...hard to describe but on live recordings they just don’t imbue the energy and liveliness of real musicians going at it!

I find both B&W and Focal to be bright.  I don’t like bright but prefer the non-BE tweeters in the less expensive Focal speakers. Never could warm up to any B&W speaker.    I listen to 90% Rock so YMMV.  

Once broken in, they are not bright per se, unless your equipment, cables and environment dictate that characteristic.