wow, never even heard of them....I'm looking for a retirement system, so i'm in the price range of around 20-25 thousand.
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Put those B&W up for sale. it is their bread and butter to have thin, harsh, edgy, sharp and piercing presentation to their midrange and treble. Some can be fixed with extra damping that is focused on certain frequencies, or you can do the best thing and out it up for sale for someone who can't hear beyond 6kHz who will like B&W's weird presentation of tonal identity. For the Franco Serblin speaker if it is the one I think it is, they're recessed in the lower treble, but the mid treble and upper treble is obnoxious. Room dimensions and what are your amp and source? @onehorsepony
I'd rather you go for a balanced within preference research speakers and let that be the baseline for your system |
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Look here Mike |
There are so many speakers out there that aren’t as bright as yours (Sonus Faber, for one). Sorry, you’ve just got to do the research and figure this one out for yourself, as this situation requires in-person/in-home/in-store auditioning for you to know for sure what’s best to your eras. Personally, I love the sparkle and natural tone that you get with Diamond/ Beryllium tweeters when implemented properly. My Revel Salon 2 speakers have one of the most brilliant, yet smooth, detailed and transparent, musical, non-fatiguing, tweeters I’ve ever heard (Beryllium), and I’ve heard quite a few. Go listen to as many speakers that you can, even if you have to travel to get to hear them in person. That’s the best (only) way. Also, you can always try to tone down the tweeters of the B&W's by trying to power them with tubes, experimenting with cables, components, etc.. If I were in your shoes, I’d ditch the speakers. Happy listening. |
If you like the clarity you're getting but the brightness is too intense, perhaps something with a ribbon tweeter? I was very impressed with these and in your price range – you might consider the one up, too: https://apertura-audio.com/en/products/edena-evolution/ |
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