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Do Any High End Speakers Boogie/Rock? BW 804 Blues

Hello Fellow Audiogoners: I am interested in hearing if any audiophile sytems (speaker plus amplification) that can boogie and rock! What I mean here is a detailed but coherent and rich sound, not like a bunch of separate instruments that don't gell together. And not biased so brightly that symbols and highs dominate, making a thin and grating sound. I wonder if it is possible in what appears to be the analytical world of high end audio.

I'm a frustrated B&W Nautilis 804 owner that likes rock/blues/ok recorded cds in addition to jazz, classical, vocal etc, and I'm not interested in endless tweaking of cables/amplifiers/source to try to get these revealing speakers to sound good on a majority of my music collection.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jeffsel (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-23-05

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01-23-05 I have alway thought that the b&w 801 series 2 or 3 matrix w ... Thorman

01-23-05 Von schweikert's play all music really well and can rock wit ... Snook2

01-23-05 If you want to rock, get a pair of aerial model 10ts, or a p ... Esoxhntr

01-23-05 Hi jeffsel..i know how you feel, i too was a frustrated rock ... mooner@

01-23-05 My merlin vsm-mm speakers does all music types very well,the ... Bluebull

01-23-05 For me the mcintosh xrt 22's are the end but since i own the ... Bigjoe

01-23-05 Why are you a frustrated b&w nautilis 804 owner? what is th ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 I have the following system: musical fidelity a3 pre amp rot ... Jeffsel

01-23-05 I'm a blues/rock and roll guy. i finally found happiness (an ... Jeff_jones

01-23-05 You need a couple of subs jeff...bass is the foundation upon ... Sogood51

01-23-05 Sogood, my reason for having floor standers with two woofers ... Jeffsel

01-23-05 Get a sub. art Artmaltman

01-23-05 Von schweikert vr4 gen iii hse go down to 16hz (per von schw ... Tvad

01-23-05 I second the von schweikert line. size wise the vr2 is pret ... Driver

01-23-05 Sorry i was dealing with snow clean-up. jeff, forget the sub ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 Without going on too much, i'll just say that i second the a ... Centurymantra

01-23-05 Right now i boogie and rock with klipsch cornwalls, they are ... 711smilin

01-23-05 i'm not interested in endless tweaking of cables/amplifiers/ ... Steveaudio

01-23-05 Steveaudio, jeff did mention his system = musical fidelity ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 You may want to add legacy audio speakers to your audition l ... Drseid

01-23-05 I second the b&w`s like power,and lots of it.i had matrix 80 ... Timperry

01-23-05 Yep right on tim, as those driver like to dance boogie, & mo ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 Tim and audiobugged: what's wrong with 200 watts. it's at ... Jeffsel

01-23-05 Jeff, not to bash your rotel which is great for h/t. but wit ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 I would like to stay with something in the size and shape ra ... Jeffsel

01-23-05 Audiobugged: the problem is too may variables. how much of ... Jeffsel

01-23-05 The british 804 love canadian solid state bryston, classe, s ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 804's like the other nautilus speakers are too bright and th ... Cinematic_systems

01-23-05 So your solution was to spend more on your electronics than ... Cinematic_systems

01-23-05 Jeffael, listen to the reimer windrivers, 3800 for musical b ... 711smilin

01-23-05 Jeff, here is my offer as i am a man of my word, & have the ... Audiobugged

01-23-05 I listened to the 804s several times before getting the von ... Maineiac

01-23-05 Possibly i am missing something here as to b&w and power. ha ... Valleyplastic

01-23-05 My opinion,for what it is worth.b&w speakers are "needy ... Timperry

01-24-05 No. cerwin-vegas or kenwoods used with a graphic equalizer ... Zaikesman

01-24-05 Vintage snell b, b minor or cv. Reb1208

01-24-05 Jeffsel,i agree with you on the no sub deal,you shouldnt & d ... Bigjoe

01-24-05 Thanks everyone for such a great response. i appreciate the ... Jeffsel

01-24-05 Jeffsel, this is my direct experience with the "more po ... Tvad

01-24-05 A good buddy of mine has a pair of 804's. he's powering the ... Hammergjh

01-24-05 Jeff, i figured i might as well put my money where my mouth, ... Audiobugged

01-24-05 Get more power. and a sub. (vs as a replacement might wo ... Artmaltman

01-24-05 Audiobugged: my truthlinks are copper and i have tara labs ... Jeffsel

01-25-05 I have to agree with audiobugged ... that rotel has got to g ... audionut@

01-25-05 High current delivery perhaps more than the amount of watts ... Timf

01-27-05: John_z
I'm jumping in very late here, but you might want to check out the pair of Hales Revelation Two's for sale right now on the 'gon. The price is a steal for the quality. I might be a little biased because I own a pair myself. I bought the Hales when I worked for a dealer who also sold B&W. I will tell you this, I've demoed the 804's next to the Rev Two's on the same electronics for comparison and the Hales consistently played with more "boogie" and "depth" esp on blues and rock. The Hales have an uncanny way of getting the overall "tone" right so the music comes through. I'm driving mine with an Arcam Alpha 10 amp and it's a little slice of heaven.

cheers!
JZ
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