Good question, lots of answers.

I was simply responding to subjective statements that i disagree with. Not only does my personal opinion and experience differ with that of Nonoise, but i can also provide empirical evidence to support my statements. Both sources of evidence were provided by industry professionals that get paid to test and measure audio related equipment for a living. They not only provide the results obtained, they explain how the tests were taken. Most larger Legacy's do not measure very well and their lack of sonic accuracy is quite evident / supportive of the measurements that i've seen. Buy them if you like them, but don't try to convince anyone that they are linear or "accurate". Sean
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Obviously, one cannot depend (unless they are familiar with the said audiophool's listening referrent) on just that one listening experience. This is not the first time I've heard this (inaccuracy) about Legacy. I suppose the power and "accuracy" of subjective opinion lays with the quantity of similiar, subjective listening experiences. If I heard the Legacy and came off with the same experiences as Noniose, I'd start to feel a little insecure, after reading countless experiences like Seans. I tend to feel, that the cream comes to the top, and down the long audio highway, the strength/sound etc. of an audio component becomes self evident. I hope this makes some sense. peace, warren
BTW Nonoise, that was a mini review, not a question, correct?

Warren: You are correct sir! You should be an arbitrator. As for the rest of the crowd: don't be hatin' man! Not everyone can afford the cost into High End and the Legacys take you to the door. Sure, they're not perfect but the 40+ reviews at audioreview.com can't be ALL wrong. Everyone from Joe Average to musicians and engineers love them; even the critical ones give high marks. As for measured reviews, if one were to rely on those alone, there wouldn't be alot of tube sales, would there? They measure poorly but seduce nontheless. I started this thread by mistake hoping to help out some guy who was deciding on Legacys (full range) and B&Ws (monitor). Just from that it seemed to me that he wanted a full range speaker but the price of the B&W was just too dear (surprise-the same thing happened to me). I, too, have heard of inaccuracies in Legacys and seen people grudgingly damn them with faint praise at audio shows saying something else was wrong once they heard them but they couldn't say just what it was. Maybe not as exclusive as others. Who knows? The B&W didn't get great reviews in The Sensible Sound and Peter at The Audio Critic wasn't impressed either. Somewhere in between the glossy rags of Stereophile and Absolute Sound at one end and The Audio Critic at the other, lies this sensible solution: trust your ears. As for me, I have to get some sleep and decide if I want to get that darling TAD-cayin TA-30 or the TAD-150 and keep my SS amp. If anyone has some good ruminations on the subject, fire away!

Given that the Sensible Sound has raved about Legacy's for 20 years, it is no surprise that they didn't really like B&W's. If one has a preference for speakers with heavy bass output and a shrill and peaky treble response, using a speaker that is slightly lean to neutral in the bass region with a reasonably smooth treble response will obviously not be to their liking. As i've mentioned in other threads, the Signature III doesn't have the "over the top" brightness that other Legacy designs do, but it does suffer from bloated low end response. Sean
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