In Reply to: RE: B&W 801 S2 Fatigue VS. 802 S2 No Fatigue? posted by airtime on January 26, 2017 at 08:05:21:
However, the tweeters were made of metal-dome and can be susceptible to ringing issues. This is one of the reasons why B&W designers incorporated the APOC to protect the tweeters from signal overload that can produce ringing as an after effect.I have the 801 Matrix S3 that has been redesign to eliminate these sort of tweeters issues in the past. The tweeters in the S3 are still made of metal dome, however, it's filled with ferrofluid to keep them from overheating of which made the APOC protection circuits errelevant. By removing the APOC circuits they were able to simplify the X-over of the S3.
BTW, I'm using the Krell Evolution equipment to drive them and they sounded holographic, airy, visceral, but yet articulate with no shrillness, harshness or listening fatigue whatsoever.
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