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In Reply to: RE: B&W Nautilus 802 posted by Tony on November 19, 2007 at 17:48:44
The likely issues here are the room and the setup since what you describe is not what I have heard from these speakers.
There are lots and lots of reports on the series (I reviewed the N800 and the 802D for Stereophile, for instance) and B&W has published detailed, hard-cover reports on their development and technology. (That they were bi-wired is irrelevant, imho.)
Kal
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While some people will call the Nautilus FST "detailed", I find it to sound faked and unnatural and actually a driver that obscures detail. It's easier to fake it than do it. I do think B&Ws sound pretty good at low levels with the somewhat boom and sizzle sound and fall apart more at higher levels, but this could be a matter of interpretation. I've put these speakers against speakers with lossy poly cones that have more resolution, but don't *sound* like it at first because they are so much smoother. But when you ask yourself " which speaker allows me to hear every word?", it isn't the Nautilus, despite their catchy, fun sound. Diamonds are more evolved, but still pretty lacking in resolution compared to really good affordable speakers.
Kal, I really am continuously surprised that you are so easily faked out as a reviewer. I don't know whether your room/setup is so good or whether you haven't done serious A/B tests in the same room or ??????
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Oh, goodness, Revels, Monitors, NHTs, Joseph Audios, etc. Heck, I've heard some Axioms that, while not as refined as most, had more detail to my ears. Detail is reallly a factor of having a rigid driver in a good box with a good crossover. The FST driver's main limitations are resolution/lack of cone resonance/dispersion. While they've made it sound better over the last two generations, it's a dead end engineering wise and would have been killed off years ago if it didn't sell so well and manage to still get good reviews (like that's terribly difficult these days).
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