When I was shopping around months ago, I believe I compared the 700 series (703's I think) to what I have now, the awesome M60's.....I would say the detail and accuracy was very similar, however, the price was not....When I noticed the price tag on one of the 703's my first thought, was wow, they are a little higher than the m60's...then the salesman said that is just for ONE speaker, I about fell over. At that point it was a none issue to me, don't get me wrong, I really liked the looks and sound of B&W. My brother in-law owns a nice recording studio and B&W is all he uses. But recently he came over and listened to my Axiom setup, and was VERY VERY impressed. He is tossing around the idea of ordering some 80's for himself...
I listened to Axiom, B&W, Paradigm, NHT, Polk, and Klipsch on various receivers, primarily Elite, Denon, and Yamaha.
Below is what I ended up with, and could not be any happier...
Randy