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B&W Speaker Score!

I have a pair of B&W 802 S2 that I like but have had the upgrade bug for a while.  A recent purchase of a pair of Thiel CS-5 fell through so I kept on looking for something interesting and a good deal.  I stumbled across a pair of B&W Nautilus 802 only a few hours away- the final purchase price is $2K.   The seller provided lots of detailed pics and they look great.  The only issues are one of the tweeters is dented (I just purchased a new one for $150) and there are no grilles, which isn't a deal breaker for me as I remove them anyways. 

I'm pretty excited to get them home and see how they sound with my Threshold S500/II and newly acquired Parasound P5.  I just wanted to share my find- the timing could not be better as it takes a bit of the sting out of tax day.

Cheers.
dastro

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rhljazz
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Are the speakers bi-wired or single wired?  If single wired what jumpers are you using?  N802's are less aggressive single wired to the bottom terminals and using the B&W supplied jumpers.

The speakers should be aimed such that the outside of each of your shoulders is the target.  Too much on axis will be bright.

rhljazz
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Suggestions: See how the bass sounds with the speaker cables attached to only the lower bass terminals taking the highs out of the equation.  Can you use your bi wire cables both connected to the lower terminals and then use a banana terminated jumper to the uppers and check if that improves the balance.  This should help in determining if the bass section of the speaker is functioning correctly.
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