Hello everyone. Thought it was time I added my response to this.
Quick history:
I had B&W CM9 on a Musical Fidelity M6i for about a decade. Thought I was happy, I knew no better.
Bought B&W 702 S2 Signature speakers. Good improvement but lacking dynamics. Learnt a bit, and upgraded front end for the system:
Auralic Aries G2.1 streamer
Auralic Sirius G2.1 upsampling processor
PrimaLuna EVO 100 DAC with rolled tubes
PrimaLuna EVO 400 preamp also rolled tubes
Musical Fidelity M8-700M monoblocks.
Suddenly the speakers were the weakest link.
I was looking at speakers online for a fair while, planning on a trip to listen to some, when a used pair of Tidal Contriva Diacera SE speakers camde up on the used market.
Within 4 hours of them being listed, our deposit was paid.
The 702's were sold having been in our home for almost a year, and the Contrivas have been here for almost 3 months.
Now I am in awe.
I had no idea!
Why did I put up with such sound for so long when this was possible? Simply incredible!
Now I am wondering how good it can get. I put up with mediocre for so long not knowing any better. Now that I have these speakers, it has me reviewing my entire front end (and my budget) to see what my ultimate end game system will be. One thing is for sure, these speakers are staying!
https://youtu.be/Fr80INxLDv0
This link from when they first arrived:
https://youtu.be/XsQHkLS0b-Y
I did not receive a user manual with the speakers, nor did I receive the jumper leads for the tweeter boost at the back. Assuming the link is a standard banana plug jumper? Does anyone know? Photos?
Also if anyone has a copy of a user manual for these speakers that would be wonderful, thank you.
