B&W 803D's and Emotiva XPA-1's

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  • dan87951
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    • Nov 2005
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    B&W 803D's and Emotiva XPA-1's

    Here is a short video clip of the B&W 803D's I just bought. I'm absolutely loving the upgrade. The speakers have a huge sound stage and improved sound all across the board compared to my old CM9's. Still dialing in the room as I have some resonance somewhere that I got to nail down but otherwise i'm loving the upgrade. The diamond tweeter is pretty good but starting to get to that price/performance ratio of diminishing returns as even the older S tweeter was pretty smooth (buddy has 803S). Not only that a new S tweeter diaphragm was only 120 or so where as with the diamond your looking at 10 times that for a replacement. Unbelievable...

    As of right now, I'm pretty happy, so I'll probably keep these a while. If I was to upgrade I think the next would be a nice older set of Sig 800's in Tiger Eye Red. At least a replacement tweeter is reasonable..

    [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7no04oFhAlE[/YOUTUBE]
    dan87951
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