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I'm still not sure what to do about this.
It's still possible to buy a new HTM-1 for about 1750 euros (newprice last year was 2250), with all B&W warranty. But it won't take long before there are none left, unless I buy a second-hand one, but most people want close to what I can buy a new one for.
A new HTM-3S costs 2500 (minus the 10% B&W discount you should always get!) so that's 500 more. 500 doesn't sound much in the high-end world but it's 25% more for almost the same speaker.
Will The HTM-3S sound noticably better? The specs are somewhat different, the tweeter should be the "signature" one. I've never heard one of the signature speakers so I don't know if there was a lot of difference between the normal tweeters and the signature tweeters.
PS I will match it with N802 speakers. For best uniformity I should pick the old one but if the new one sounds a lot better I would rather get that one, unless it's really different in sound, but I don't suspect that. Then again unless you compare them side by side you wouldn't hear much difference I suppose.
It's still possible to buy a new HTM-1 for about 1750 euros (newprice last year was 2250), with all B&W warranty. But it won't take long before there are none left, unless I buy a second-hand one, but most people want close to what I can buy a new one for.
A new HTM-3S costs 2500 (minus the 10% B&W discount you should always get!) so that's 500 more. 500 doesn't sound much in the high-end world but it's 25% more for almost the same speaker.
Will The HTM-3S sound noticably better? The specs are somewhat different, the tweeter should be the "signature" one. I've never heard one of the signature speakers so I don't know if there was a lot of difference between the normal tweeters and the signature tweeters.
PS I will match it with N802 speakers. For best uniformity I should pick the old one but if the new one sounds a lot better I would rather get that one, unless it's really different in sound, but I don't suspect that. Then again unless you compare them side by side you wouldn't hear much difference I suppose.
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