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$4500.00 Summary:
Nobody ever comments on the imaging so here we go.
I had the chance to listen to different speakers from B&W among others. I started with the 600 series, moved up the CM seires. They sounded ok but nothing out of the ordinary except amazing bass. So far I was unimpressed at their price vs performance. The sales person told me the next series of tower speakers get alot of comments about how it sounds like there is a center channel running. I was about to find out why he was smiling!
He hooked up the 703 towers alone and I have never heard anything like that before in my life. From the first note I knew this was a super speaker. It created a phantom image in 3D with unheard of detail. I honestly looked to see if a center or other speakers were hooked up. Even $4000 HT systems cannot do 5% of what these two 703's did on any level. The music was as wide as the speakers were spaced and then some, with the singer standing dead center and full bodied, and the instruments image at least several feet deep and forward. It was like hearing my music for the first time standing in front of me in the flesh.
The 803S did the same but improved on the treble response with more extension and if the singer said "E" it didn't scream, overall smoother, easier, even more real response. The kind of speaker you can listen to a song over and over again. I could not tell it from real to be honest, and I'm used to live classical music. They both were powerd by a Bryston B100 SST. Strengths:
Amazing 3D imaging!
Size of sound
Bass.
Older music really comes alive. Weaknesses:
Expensive.
Makes other mass produced speakers at their price sound boring and you'll never be able to listen to cheaper speakers again. Ever. Similar Products Used:
Rotel, Bryston, McIntosh, B&W, Paradigm, Polk, Bose, etc
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