B&W 706 S3 vs 705 S3

Neither.  For near that money just buy these.  I heard them directly against the 805 D3s and the JA Pulsars outclassed them on every level and will annihilate the 705s.  Read the reviews — the Pulsars will be a huge upgrade for not all that extra $$$ used.  If they don’t blow you away you can sell them for little/no loss.  

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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. 

A Pioneer receiver???  Where were you that they didn’t at least have a decent integrated amp to demo those speakers? That’s embarrassing. Lemme guess — Best Buy? 🙄 Find another store. 

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.