Two comments- 1. Not sure how much diff this makes with HT, unless you are playing music DVDs.
2. I have never been a big fan of B&W, but the D series w the right upstream equipment can be remarkable. Check out member dougdeacon's system. When he went from the 803 to the 803D, most of my complaints about the B&Ws went away. I think that they are very revealing and require VERY careful selection of source and amplification. That typically means $$$, but not always. Maybe that's irrelevant given the HT use.
Not dumping on HT, by IME, the video quality generally drives the subjective experience in HT, not the audio. I must admit that I have only once heard/seen an SOTA HT, and that was over 10 years ago.
2. I have never been a big fan of B&W, but the D series w the right upstream equipment can be remarkable. Check out member dougdeacon's system. When he went from the 803 to the 803D, most of my complaints about the B&Ws went away. I think that they are very revealing and require VERY careful selection of source and amplification. That typically means $$$, but not always. Maybe that's irrelevant given the HT use.
Not dumping on HT, by IME, the video quality generally drives the subjective experience in HT, not the audio. I must admit that I have only once heard/seen an SOTA HT, and that was over 10 years ago.