I have a pair of B&W 802D's. The woofers keep blowing out. I drive them with a pair of Mark Levinson No 436. Anyone else out there have this problem? I have found the reliability of these speakers to be lacking
Don't blame B&W, you obviously need bigger drivers with a higher power rating. I have 800 Diamonds and even peaking 1000W on bass heavy program, woofers are fine.
Can we get a precise description of what happened? Blown woofer isn’t enough information. First, what happened sonically, and under what listening conditions? Was the failure a melted voice coil, torn surround, damaged cone, etc? I wouldn’t think it possible to destroy woofers in that speaker during any normal usage.
I have blown 3 woofers, in different channels, with different amps. Originally was driving 802D's with a Krell, 125W/channel. Upgraded to the ML's to try and solve this problem. No luck.
I have B&W 803 N. First generation. Not diamonds I purchased in 2002 new i have been using them with Krell 450 MCX mono blocks. And to my surprise no problems. I mostly listen to med levels but plenty of loud sessions 17 years of same set up and still the speakers sound good for what they are and do
Interestingly I have just purchased a used pair of B&W 802D speakers to replace my N801 speakers. Playing them at very high SPL (greater than 100 dB), with a Krell TAS amp, has not caused any issues. I believe they are a very robust speaker, maybe there is an issue with you amp? How many woofers have you blown?
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