B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness?

I have the original B&W 802 D1 speakers and for the love of god, I cannot get the upper midrange / tweeter under control.

What can be done to tone them down some?

onehorsepony05-07-2025 9:49pm

onehorsepony OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 05-07-2025 at 11:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete wow, never even heard of them....I'm looking for a retirement system, so i'm in the price range of around 20-25 thousand.
onehorsepony OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 05-07-2025 at 10:42pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good point... any suggestions for full sounding speakers that don't have that B&W Diamond ear bleed?
onehorsepony OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 05-08-2025 at 12:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Current components consist of: Mark Levinson 5101 SACD player Audioquest XLR Water interconnects to preamp PSaudio BHK Preamp Audioquest XLR Water interconnects to monoblocks PSaudio BHK 300 monoblocks Audioquest Inidigo Indigo bi-wired speaker cable B&W 802D (1st gen diamond)
onehorsepony OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 05-08-2025 at 03:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Setup could be an issue, but I had even worse preamp / amp combo before Arcam CD72T cd player Bryston BP26 preamp Classe CAM-200 monoblocks