B&W 804S or Grand Piano Domus or Dyn Contour S 3.4


Time to get a pair of speakers.

I had chance to listen to GP and was impressed but went with JM Lab last time. Had chance to other B&Ws, but never Dyn.

Any thoughts?
eandylee
dynaudio will sound relaxed,probably the best bass,midrange and lovely highs-on sweet side,never bright sounding,has neutrality mixed with warmth
Much will depend on your amp and pre. What will you be using?

I drive 804S with a McIntosh MC275 (tubes) and I'm very happy. And tubed pre (Lamm LL2). At the time I was deciding I preferred these tubes to a Mc solid state (MC252) but that ss also sounded good. I have also heard this speaker driven by othe SS amps and didn't like the sound - it came through a little too brittle for my taste.

Yet most people tend to say B&W 800-series should be driven by solid state...

Oh, BTW, I keep everything below 80Hz for ever going into the MC275 and hence the 804S and instead goes into a pair of Rythmik subs. 804S, and most speakers in this size, can play below 80Hz but they don't really do that very well. Significant distortion, I think. Let alone anything below 40Hz.