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But this seems to be

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your opinion since of all the big names out there like Paradigm etc use their typical off the shelf drivers and NONE of them have midrange neutrality that approach the level of B&W. In fact the midrange is where I find the B&W strength to be. All the reviews seem to back that up, all the people I know agree, and you seem to be saying the measuerments(which I admit I never even look at)are supporting that as well.

It sounds like you call them bright drivers...which is fine I find ALL speakers using metal tweeters to have serious problems of some sort...most ring(Studio series, PMC to a lesser degree)etc. B&W gets around that with their inverted tube...but it is a little on the bright side. It's obviously bright enough to annoy you, but not everyone.

As for Kevlar it's another driver that has its pluses light and tough and even. Though I'm not sure about the overall durability.

And I own the only speaker that doesn't have Kevlar or the metal tweeter the DM 302 - and I liked it better than the 601 that I was going to buy...for some of the reasons I think that you hear. So I don't disagree necessarily with what you're saying but I don't think the problem is with the driver, since to me their speaker lines all sound quite different. The 600 series is a bit bright, but so is almost everything for the money...except maybe Castle and Mission.


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