11-Apr-2018, 22:57
(11-Apr-2018, 22:17)BrianT Wrote:Thanks for your feedback, Brian. This is helpful feedback, as I have never heard the B&W sound. There is a dealer near by in Charleston, S.C., so I will indeed take a listen, albeit without the Devialet. I wonder whether the dealer might let me listen to them at home? Also, I appreciate the information about your take on the Focal Sopra 2.(11-Apr-2018, 16:37)Flashman Wrote: Anyone here use the B&W 805 D3 with a Devialet 200? I am thinking about upgrading from my Atohm GT1s. Love the look and sound staging of stand mounts, so I'd prefer to stick to this profile. I listen mainly to pop/jazz music with a sprinkling of classical. Also, the design and look of a speaker are important to me, and the 805 ticks those boxes. Finally, I want to employ speaker active matching, another box tick for the 805.
I have also posted the same questions on the Focal Sopra N1...
Michael
I have the 803D3 for over a year in my setup, i find them to be detailed, clean mids and no lister fatigue.
When I was shopping for speakers, one of the speakers I looked at was the Focal Sopra 2
I found the Sopra highs bright and fatiguing after a 20 min session.
Hope you can find a dealer and do a home demo, the B&W 805D3 are a nice speaker, but i'm biased
Brian
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.