804's were on my listening agenda today, but a newer salesperson at Natural Sound advised me that an upgrade from my 7NT's to 803's might be the last upgrade I would require for some time. I listened to various music for about two hours and I must agree that my initial impression is that the $1500.00 price difference between the 803's and the 804's is well worth the additional money.
The 804's sounded wonderful. But the 803's blew the 804's away andappeared to make the 804's have to strain to reproduce the music. I assume that the larger cabinet and base drivers in the 803's makes them more efficient as they do not require as much juice to crank themselves up. Mccoy Tyner's piano on If I Should Lose You on his Illuminations disc sounded wonderful on both speakers, but far more life-like on the 803's. The same was true of Terrance Blanchard's trumpet.
Crisper more life-like instrumentals and vocals, fuller base response and none of the slight brightness of the 804's make the 803's sound better to me. I see very little talk of the 803's. I would appreciate the input of other listeners who have compared the two. Now I am leaning toward this major upgrade. I now need to decide if the HTM 1 or HTM 2 is the way to go for the center, and if I can live with my CDM1's for rears for a little while - with an upgrade to the 805's for rears down the road.
Upgradeitis strikes again.
Stan
The 804's sounded wonderful. But the 803's blew the 804's away andappeared to make the 804's have to strain to reproduce the music. I assume that the larger cabinet and base drivers in the 803's makes them more efficient as they do not require as much juice to crank themselves up. Mccoy Tyner's piano on If I Should Lose You on his Illuminations disc sounded wonderful on both speakers, but far more life-like on the 803's. The same was true of Terrance Blanchard's trumpet.
Crisper more life-like instrumentals and vocals, fuller base response and none of the slight brightness of the 804's make the 803's sound better to me. I see very little talk of the 803's. I would appreciate the input of other listeners who have compared the two. Now I am leaning toward this major upgrade. I now need to decide if the HTM 1 or HTM 2 is the way to go for the center, and if I can live with my CDM1's for rears for a little while - with an upgrade to the 805's for rears down the road.
Upgradeitis strikes again.
Stan
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