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Re: Why such negative vibes on B&W's

I have to agree with Sean that maybe the posters have mainly been people who have not liked B&W's sound, and that those who love them have been silent. I can understand both the objections and the praises of the posters as I seem to have learned one thing in my search for the perfect sound...it, like everything in the world, is subjective. There are tons of great speakers out there that excel in certain fields and lack in others. A "great" speaker really depends on what qualities you are looking for out of the speaker...whether laid back or forward, heavy bottom or bright top. Your chain store Bose cubes may be the perfect sound to you if you are looking for its particular qualities...whose to say that it is big "B" Bad, in an absolute sense. Really, all you can say is that a particular speaker is pleasing to you or not; you cannot say it is a Bad speaker unless it is broken. Something else to note is that B&W for a while has been kind of a standard in hifi and with a greater influx of more disparate brands...Finish, Italian, French, etc...people are finding different sound qualities that they like and are lashing out against the standard. Although I am not a B&W fan, they still produce great speakers; I just prefer a different sound.


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