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This forum is extremely diverse - I hope to get a few awnsers on the following questions:
B&W P6 (Preference Series) floorstanding speakers
How would you rate them?
With what other speakers to they 'compare'?
Any troubles to be weary of?
Are they power chompers or easy players?
Regards,
Dewald aka GD
The Gliding Dutchman
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Hej HighEndWire,
I got my P6's today - it is a matter of WOW! They are just great! Waaaaay better then my KEF C55 monitors.
I am very satisfied so far. My QUAD 303 also drives them with ease and grace...
Thank you...
Dewald aka GD
The Gliding Dutchman
I have a pair of them in my basement system. I don't use the system much (mainly for daytime sporting events on the weekends or a party here or there so perhaps a dozen or dozen and a half times a yr.). Many moons ago they were my main speakers. I have a complete surround system in the main room (upstairs) and one in the master bedroom which backs to the main system and rather than sell the P6s I used them with old PSB surrounds and a couple CDM centers (one front and one rear). I have my old 64 inch CRT down there too. I just thought it better to keep decent stuff vs. sell it (about to move my Rotel RDV1060 DVD-A/DVD-V player down there as my Oppo 980 for the bedroom is on its way). So I've had them a long time. I have Thiel 7.2s as the mains in the main system and Thiel SCS2s (painted and mounted to the wall) in the bedroom system as mains.
Having owned them for a long time with many other pieces of equipment I've moved back and forth between systems I like them. Currently I'm driving the P6s with a Marantz 7300 OSE rec'r that is 110x6 (and I have an outboard amp driving the center channel as the room is really large and I like overkill vs. underkill). From memory they are rated 89 or 90db efficient with an 8 ohm impedence and a 3.5 ohm minimum. They are not a hard load to drive at all. I believe they are just a scaled down version of the older 802s w/o the better cabinets and slightly smaller woofers. Many moons ago I heard them side by side with the 802s and it was difficult to tell them apart in the store environment with what they had hooked to it. They are forgiving as compared to Thiel. A bad recording won't necessarily want you to take out a gun and shoot them. A bit more laid back at the top end. They image well. When I listen to music on them (not often) I listen w/o a sub. They have good bass to around 35 HZ from memory (I have the main and bedroom systems apart at the moment for painting and carpeting and when I put them back together and move stuff around I'll probably set-up stuff again and drag my RTA out). I probably still have the spec sheets. If you want them, I probably can scan them into Adobe Acrobat and send them to you. Just drop me an E-Mail. Like anything else, the better the source, the better they sound.
Thank you for the insight...
Just one other thing - the build-quality of the cabinets? I presume very sturdy?
THX,
GD
Yes - very sturdy. I moved from the Philadelphia area to the DC area 10 yrs. back. I packed my stereo/PC stuff and moved it myself into temporary quarters for 10 mos. and then to a permanent home. They still look almost perfect. Sonically they are probably a half step down from their matrix series cabinets but as I previously noted (and long after I owned them and probably 10-11 yrs. back) I had a tough time distinguishing between the $1.6k-$1.8k (forget the exact list price) P6s and the $4k matrix series side by side so they can hold their own very well.
So it sounds like it will be a beeeg upgrade for me from KEF C55 monitors... (theyre cabinets are a bit thin..)
Thank you for the info...
Dewald
You're welcome. I think the KEFs (from memory) are a few yrs. older than the P6s. I found a spec sheet for the P6s
40-20kHZ + or - 2 db on reference axis
Sensitivity 90 db
8 ohms nominal (3.5 min.)
recommended power (30-150W)
Height 1000 mm, width 200 mm, depth 316 mm
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