You should consider KEF Reference Series (3’s or 5’s) in that price range. My Reference 3’s driven by a tube preamp and solid state amp is incredible 🙂
I had the B&W 702 S2 and also the 705 S3. They look beautiful but they were too sibilant for me after trying several things. Suggest doing what I did, sell them and move on. Enjoy your retirement with great sounding speakers. You’ve been given a lot of good suggestions. Work with a local dealer if you can. At that price range they should help you set them up and try them in your listening room to make sure you’re happy.
With all due respect to Mike, an EQ has no place in high end systems. While trying to fix something it trashes many things. I know this sounds combative - I don’t mean it to be, but I know a ton about this subject.
Get the accurate sounding speaker and/or SACD player like below system. They are Wavetouch Antero speaker and Wavetouch bdp95 SACD player. Alex/Wavetouch
B&W 802s are not bright at all, they have a very neutral, clear sound in the top end, and measure very well at all frequencies. I would definitely suggest the room is the issue, especially as on another post you complain of a lack of bass, which the 802 definitely do not suffer from
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