New B&W 800 Series

[DaveF]

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread ... e=15&pp=35

some pics of the new B&W 800 Series. Looks like a piano gloss finish is now available. Other pics and pricing in the above thread too.

[Adrian]

Nice pictures indeed.... if one had the dosh!!

I did not see the 801 unit, with the 15" Bass driver. Are they still intending to make this unit?

Regards,

Adrian.

[DaveF]

Cloney's are supposed to have the new 800D on demo at the moment. Has anybody had the chance to listen to it? I see that B&W have dropped the 801 & 803S from the new series.

[fergus]

Cloney's are supposed to have the new 800D on demo at the moment. Has anybody had the chance to listen to it? I see that B&W have dropped the 801 & 803S from the new series.

I have not heard them but I have seen them in the shop and they really look the part!

[DaveF]

Cloney's are supposed to have the new 800D on demo at the moment. Has anybody had the chance to listen to it? I see that B&W have dropped the 801 & 803S from the new series.

I have not heard them but I have seen them in the shop and they really look the part!

I'd be curious to hear what people think as I've read in a few places that some of the new range are brighter sounding than the previous series, particulary the 802.

[fergus]

Apparently the pair in the shop are going for a demo soon so if people want to hear them best get there sometime soon......

[HiFiFan]

I had a chance to spend a few hours with with the 802Ds driven my McIntosch amps and source. They had good soundstage and resolution and were well integrated but I didn't find them exciting or inviting. That said I was never a B&W fan. To my ears they are a definite improvement over the older series but for me they are just not the sound I look for.