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In Reply to: Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... posted by theaudiohobby on December 6, 2004 at 05:30:48:
Also, the very best overall B&W speaker I've ever heard, weighted slightly for age, was the Matrix 3 II. Smooth, integrated, great bass, excellent cabinetry. When I heard them, I was expecting a blah, dead, wooly 80s speaker. Well, it was a *little* soft, but it was VERY good. For the times, it would have been stellar. Is it a coincidence that it had a poly midrange and acoustic suspension design? I think not.Interestingly, when I sold B&W, I gravitated towards the DM 630s. At the time, my ear wasn't that educated, but I knew what I liked. It was better than the 640s for reasons I couldn't grasp way back then. Then I traded in DM630s and DM640s within a week of each other. I had a chance to listen to them with a far more educated ear. The 630s had pitiful bass (sloppy, indistinct) whereas the 640's bass was much better. BUT, the polypropylene mid on the 630s was WAY better, smoother, more natural, more detailed than the kevlar unit on the 640s. It also explained why I never really got into the 800 series and never really was excited enough to sell them.
So, if you think I'm biased, I'm not. Well, I'm biased towards good design.
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