From what I heard, B&W company has been bought and sold a few times. Currently some speaker crossovers are using cheaper parts due to accounting bean counters. Not sure it affects the current 800 series.
B&W 800 D2
For those of you still listening to these speakers, I assume you like them as you’ve chosen not to upgrade over the years. Or perhaps you purchased them used more recently. In any event, I’d love to hear any feedback you wish to share about these speakers (good or bad) if you own or have owned them at some point in the past. I have a potential opportunity to purchase a pair in good condition at a fair price and am curious.
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@rjduncan what do you want to achieve and what's your room size? The sub bass could be much for a medium space and the mid bass might be much for a small space.
@kennyc the 800 series use Mundorf caps and air-coil inductors for all versions. The 700 series use Mundorf caps, B&W film caps and air-coil inductors for all versions. |
@bartsw its a big room with good treatment. It can handle about anything size wise. |
@bartsw I assume that you meant that current manufacturing today still install high quality parts, or are you referring to your understanding of past manufactured speakers? I agree that the original designers were concerned with top sonic and use the best parts, not so sure if current ownership still adheres to Sonics vs cost cutting which happens often when sold to another company who lowers cost (in this case parts) to increase profit. |
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