Interesting discussion. I read a lot of comments about the sound signature of the 804d4.
Then I read some comments praising Vivid Giya G1 and Revel Salon 2.
But lets look at their measurements...
Vivid Giya G1 (93000 USD)
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A hump of 5db @100hz and a serious 12db roloff in the HF starting @5khz
Revel Salon 2 (22000 USD)
Sidebar 3: Measurements My estimate of the Revel Ultima Salon2's voltage sensitivity was 86dB(B)/2.83V/m. This is slightly lower than the specified 86.4dB but within experimental error of that figure. The speaker's impedance (fig.1) drops to between 3 and 5 ohms between 17Hz and 600Hz, but as...
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Also a significant hump in the LF, but looks more linear in the mid & HF. Yet the off axis response looks quite bad as well.
Looks like these loudspeakers are not flat at all and also have a signature. How can one criticize B&W for having one?