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B&W 706 S3 vs 705 S3

I recently purchased a pair of 706 s3 speakers and I think they sound great. Very crisp and detailed, lots of top end, but it works for me and my room. The problem is the speakers were damaged during shipping and I will be returning them. So as I really like them and plan to buy another pair I’m wondering if the 705’s with the top mounted tweeter are worth the extra $1000?? 
has anyone compared them side by side? Is there much difference and if so what what’s the difference? 
thanks

mattldm

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mattldm OP
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So today I was able to compare side by side the 706 S3, 704 S3, and 703 S3. Unfortunately no 705 but the 703 has the same tweeter pod… all were powered by a pioneer elite receiver using hi res flac files on a flash drive.

the highs all sounded similar. I was hard pressed to hear a difference between the tweeter on top and the ones in cabinet. So maybe the 705 isn’t worth the extra cost for me and my ears? My ears aren’t audiophile enough I guess? 

some other takeaways… the 704 sounded by far the worst of all three. The bass was loose and woofy and just not great. There was a lot of bass but it wasn’t pleasant. The bass on the 706 was tight and quick and the 703 was just as tight and quick but with a bit more body. The mids and highs nothing really stood out as being overly better or worse on the three. Overal the 703’s were the best balanced and sounding but too big for my room and wallet. 

 

mattldm OP
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Yeah it was Best Buy… so what.

You tell me another store that’s going to have all those speakers setup, and able to easily change back and forth between them.

There isn’t one. Jump off your high horse pal, you aren’t being helpful.

mattldm OP
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@soix your opinion of  “Best Buy sucks” is really not relevant to the conversation or my original question. Yeah, the speakers aren’t set up perfectly but ALL of them are set up the same so it’s comparing them in a like environment even if it isn’t ideal. Also the receiver was a $1400 receiver not a piece of junk… 

I get it you hate Best Buy. More power to you. But that’s irrelevant to my initial question. 

mattldm OP
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You’ve been an audiophile for 50 years? Your responses here sound like a petulant  teenager. You act like no one can like B&W because you don’t like them.

you can read right? When did I ask for other speaker recommendations? That’s right, I didn’t. So as your recommendations might be good speakers they weren’t what this thread was supposed to be about. You completely derailed it with your crusade against BB and B&W.

I’m sorry for whatever bestbuy and b&w did to you bro, get help,

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