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Coming from the car audio industry with 10 years plus building different subwoofer boxes and door panels I'm getting more into home audio and build a few cabinets myself one thing I have to admit I love your channel I love the fact that you're breaking down what's inside not saying everybody got the talent to build but one thing's for sure this helps verify the things I am building and allow me to know my worth. Thank you for the up load. By the way I was going to buy some big stock of the same speaker local Best buy had glad i didnt make that decision.

Thanks for this video, very well made. A bit long, but you show everything that needs to be shown.

It's a shame Best Buy didn't deliver what they promised because B&W does ( when it is not damaged, of course). As for value for the price, B&W is one of the company that's hard to beat. Thanks for the video!

I own a pair of 705 S2 rosenut - fantastic sound, Audioquest type 9 cables, Yamaha R-N803D player

Thanks for a great teardown. One small note: It is the DC resistance you measure with a multimeter. Not the Impedance. But I really enjoyed the video!

I still have my first pair of DM-110 in the original box. The Altec Model 14 have replaced them .

Thanks for doing these tear down videos. I own a pair of 705 S2 and a pair of 705 S2 Signature bookshelf speakers. Both sets of speakers sound fantastic. The signatures have a richer and more controlled sound than the regular 705s. The only other difference between the two are the two premium finishes and the silver tweeter grill on the Signatures. The deep sparkly blue finish looks black in most lighting condition. So, not really worth the premium price. The real wood veneer finish probably is worth the extra money. I purchased both sets of speakers used. The 705s can be bright if you do not have tone controls or a separate EQ to tame them. The sound stage is huge, detail is unreal, and bass is good. I have a small 10" Martin Logan sub paired with my 705 Signature speakers. The integration is really good for my listening space. And, of course, the 705s will only get better when paired with better equipment and amplification. Regarding your comments about servicing the tweeter. You can service the tweeter at your own peril. B&W did not make the tweeter or tweeter housing service friendly for anyone who does not have their special, not for sale, tool kit. (AKA, the Apple way of building products) I successfully replaced a tweeter dome assembly in one of my speakers that suffered from both a dented dome and deformed dome ring. (Part of the peril of purchasing something used) The tweeter grill is unnecessarily hard to remove. And the tweeter unscrews from the inside of the tweeter housing. It can be removed but not with any tools that you will find off the shelf. I contacted B&W about purchasing a tool set. They sent me to their "repair" facility (phone number and website). The "repair" facility told me that they don't sell tool kits, rent tool kits, and don't repair speakers. My advice, don't remove the tweeter if the tweeter does not need to be removed or replaced. The same goes with removing the tweeter housing from the speaker body. Pause the video where the camera at the nut securing the tweeter housing and you'll see why. Finally, if you find the tweeter housing loose, then tighten the nut on the tweeter housing stem inside the speaker. I thought the tweeter mounting was broken on two of my speakers and it turned out that the nuts slipped and needed tightening. Sorry to hear that Best Buy blew it with shipping. I bought my 705 S2 from Best Buy as open box and they were in excellent condition at a price I could not pass up. I'm sure if you had a chance to listen to them you would have loved them. Especially with the gear in your room. Why better than what I have.

They are bad ass with the right equipment. My breakdown Nad M17 V2 master series processor Musical fidelity M6 series 5 channel amp All bowers n wilkins speakers Front 702S2 Center 705S2 paired together for the center channel Rear 705S2 For home theater SVS PB3000 subwoofers This setup sounds bad ass in stereo and home theater. No matter what you listen to in music, it's killer sounding.

great job

Very well built! Probably some of the best quality crossover parts I’ve seen for that price. To bad they showed up the way they did. Good luck finding something else for your gym

Can you review the arendal 1723s or 1723 thx monitor/bookshelf speakers

Just picked up a pair for $1500USD, B-Stock. Waiting for them to arrive, hoping for the best!

Hi, what are your thoughts on smps vs toroidal ampliers?

Good video! It’s interesting to watch audiophiles being crazy about expensive cables and loudspeaker connectors, when the internal wiring does not only look generic, as that connector for the tweeter is everything but “audiophile”. 😊😉 That wouldn’t stop me from buying any loudspeaker that I love how it sounds, but I’m not a huge proponent of exotic cables either. It’s good to know that B&W didn’t cheap out on crossover parts, although it must be noted that the S2’s are _way_ too bright and not balanced sounding at all. In all fairness, B&W has the means to design any loudspeaker to sound the way they want, and this kind of sound that they went over their last designs is meant to win over the competition on the showroom floor, not at the buyer’s living room. B&W is far from being the only brand that’s playing that attention grabbing game with artificial tuning tricks, but what made B&W what is is today were much more balanced designs from the past. In that sense, if I had a pair of these speakers, I’d change the crossover or (most likely) go active with external DSP/Crossover and bi-amplification. I would have heard them anyway. 😉

So my experience with BB open box is this…most of the time the items are good. They state even if excellent condition that they could include nothing other than the item you’re buying. Not usually my experience. I’ve usually gotten all original items. I haven’t purchased speakers though. I have bought and returned a few receivers to try out along with a lot of cheaper items. One car amp a number of years ago. As for the B&W speakers. I’m 40. When I was 17/18, I got my first audio setup. I started with a Sony STR-DE935 receiver and a pair of 602 S2’s. I think it was about $1200 out the door with tax and speaker wire to have my first two channel setup…I added some other stuff temporarily for a 5.1 setup until I could afford used 601 S2’s and a CC6 S2.

Love the Sony Vega Trinitron lol! They were such a good picture pre HD 👍🏻 heavy AF

Fo sho , fam

Why not plug the, in and listen as well? Scratches wont hurt the sound, the grill missing on the tweeter wont really either and can probably be held on, the woofers measured fine so they should work, crossover looked terrific too, so why not listen to them?

$136 for the Mundorf EVO-SGO-4.3 Silver-Gold Oil MCap Supreme EVO (Sold individually) VS bulk price B&W pays. $40 for a good-quality Air Core Inductor (Red, wound coil part). The other two small, blue, rectangular parts - Sandcast resistors? Can't be very expensive, say $15/$20 each. Board, glue, bracket, screws and wires - $50-generously ----$532-generously in crossovers 6.5 inch drivers- $150 ea./ $300 for woofers ----- 1inch tweeters - $100 ea. / $200 for tweeters (VERY generously priced) MDF Box enclosures: $150/$150 finish ----- $300 speaker boxes ----- plus $50 tweeter enclosures/$100 for tweeter enclosures Acoustic fill, binding posts, trim rings / $300 per pair $1,732 per pair shipped ----- probably more like $1,000 to $1,200 per pair at the most, shipped to stores.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO Ouch! . I just received a new pair of Martin Logans F1. The right speaker box was crunched, and there a huge gouge in the speaker itself, which resulted in a very damaged speaker. WHAT the hell is wrong with B.B? THEY used to be a Semi-decent company. . Now, I don't think, they even care any more.

In EU this B&W is a €2.4k selling price pair of speakers and the focal a €0.8k selling price pair of speakers. And I quote real standard selling prices. There really can be no comparison.

"Excellent condition" 😂😂😂

Don't trust Best Buy open box if you can't see the item in person. I received an excellent condition open box Yamaha receiver that only can with the receiver and power cord. No remote, no Yamaha paperwork and it arrived in a generic box poorly packaged. The receiver itself was damaged when the front panel door would not close

mondorf caps .. the 600 series uses normal caps lol

Man, these are so nice. I could see these being an end game bookshelf for me. Too bad they sent you these in such condition. Awesome video. You have the coolest content.

What a shame they were in such bad shape. The parts look like good quality.

I wouldn't tear apart speakers I was sending back. Just saying, once you open them, they're yours. I just hope you sent them back before posting this

No excuse for the condition or shipping, that's awful. That said, the tweeter housing is purposely loose - or as B&W says "decoupled". That by itself doesn't indicate damage. If you happen to see a brand-new speaker the tweeter will also wobble.

The tweeter is supposed to be loose as it it on yours. BEST BUY are hacks! I can't believe they just threw the speakers in the box without any protection. Unacceptable!

bro inductance you are checking at 10khz , set it to 1khz

So your $3000 buys you about $200 worth of parts then.

You can’t deny that B&W has insane built quality and craftsmanship. It’s too bad I hate their tuning. The tweeter is so hot it’s just not listenable. Such a shame.

Never buy anything in fair condition , I always just go in person and inspect before buying . I currently have a PR 601 and I'm saving them for a theater system

I don't understand how they were to damaged to demo!

This cabinet is not much better than the Focal Aria 906 you shat on and is more expensive, yet you give it a thumbs up? Yep, I think someone is biased because he used to sell B&Ws. Credibility shot.

Terrible