@tatyana69 Agree with you about the difference between B&W d2 and d3. I’ve had both.
My first time out I thought my Marantz 8001 amp was the bee’s knees. But then my McIntosh 6700 integrated made short work of the Marantz. Now, my Pass Labs has taken things to the next level and put the 6700 to rest. Given the pattern, there always seems to be great joy followed by a discovery of what’s next, which is what I didn’t know I was missing with my previous setup. It’s been said on here that more money doesn’t mean better. But it’s kind of gone that way.
If there’s ever an audio convention again, I suppose I’ll discover that my B&W 803 d3s are lacking in some dimension I haven’t yet experienced and I will jilt the speakers I currently love. I still have my Marantz and listen to it very occasionally to remember how much more I have now. But the Marantz had its time and I loved it. So did my old McIntosh. While I might cringe now at what I used to love, each was a blast if only for a while.
My first time out I thought my Marantz 8001 amp was the bee’s knees. But then my McIntosh 6700 integrated made short work of the Marantz. Now, my Pass Labs has taken things to the next level and put the 6700 to rest. Given the pattern, there always seems to be great joy followed by a discovery of what’s next, which is what I didn’t know I was missing with my previous setup. It’s been said on here that more money doesn’t mean better. But it’s kind of gone that way.
If there’s ever an audio convention again, I suppose I’ll discover that my B&W 803 d3s are lacking in some dimension I haven’t yet experienced and I will jilt the speakers I currently love. I still have my Marantz and listen to it very occasionally to remember how much more I have now. But the Marantz had its time and I loved it. So did my old McIntosh. While I might cringe now at what I used to love, each was a blast if only for a while.