I had the original B&W 703 that I purchased in college to replace my dad's old DM330i that I borrowed and never returned. He got the 804S not long after that. We were always a B&W family. I still have my 703 in the basement waiting to go to my office system. Anyway, I purchased my Focal Aria before I saw a new 700 Series was coming out. So, of course when they did I had to have a listen. I was honestly shocked at how different and not B&W they sounded to my ears. So polite, so relaxed. I wasn't really disappointed but I was expecting not what I heard.
There was a progression from the CDM NT to 700 to CM. You could listen and know 'yea that's a B&W'. 700 Series 2 seems to a broken that progression at least to my ears.
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