B&W 805s

conclusions
a veteran high-end audio dealer once told me that the only two brands of speakers worth selling were martin logan and b&w. Both would draw customers to your door rather than you looking for them. The iconic look of the b&w shows why that is the case. Design wise though, this is a clearly flawed execution. Who would wish to have the frequencies in 1 to 4 khz screwed up and recessed in their speakers??? While not so obvious when you just listen to them, correct them with eq and you don't want to listen to them without it.

There is a feeling of quality to the speaker that saved it from getting a "headless panther" rating. Bass and dynamic performance is quite good. And the highest -- despite being excessive -- seemed clean.

Personally i would want a speaker to be much more perfect than this so can't recommend the b&w 805s.