B&W 801 vs 803s


About to finish my home theater room have B&W 803s right now and have a chance to upgrade to 801. both are nautilus series.. my room is 13 feet by 24 feet with 8 foot cieling. do you think the 801 are to big for my room. thanks for your opinions in advance..
palermo100
I was just surfing and find all the different opinions interesting but at the the end of the day it's what type of music you listen to and what you end up hearing from your speakers.
I currently own the B&W 802D's matched with Brystons 7BSST mono amp and Bryston BP26 pre-amp. Honestly, at first I thought they lacked the base punch and tried Rel 505R sub which was fine but when I changed my speaker cable to Virtual Dynamics Master. Wow!!! what a difference in sound that allowed me to sell the Rel sub, so cable do make a difference and it's only by trial and error until you find the sound that makes you comfortable. OMP and best of luck.
Obviously none of the speaker in this thread are good enough to keep them as many folks get new ones every few years - or even more frequently.

Of course it is also coupled with adavncement in speaker technology, new amps, pre-phono stages etc.. But still - very few real winners.
Changing from 803 to 801 will be an improvement. Those marlan head midrange enclosure makes a difference. I had the 803's then upgraded to 802's a big improvement overall,better bass, midbass and midrange. By the size of your room, you may want to consider the 802's or 803d.