B&W 'New' 800 Series

Star Trek reference:)

I thought u said no 3d sound stage in live music ......:^) 

Hey Bobby...where are you man ? 

Mapman.. are you going to tell us the Monitor Audio - B&W shootout results ? 

I did say that and it's true...but I also said I likes me some holography in me stereo system.  My problem with Bo was that I don't like when the soundstage is squished and the images are small, which is contrary to live music.  Imaging itself is cool as long as it is on a scale that convinces me I'm in the presence of live music!

Any new experience on the D3?

German magazine Stereo did the review of the 800D3 in Nov 2016:

"Such a sound experience is a scarce commodity even for a staunch STEREO editor with 40 years of his own hi-fi story. She has grown to my heart, this B & W. I took them out of the foyer with my pallet, unloaded their 2 x 116 kilograms, took part in mea- surement and photo-shooting, kept them carefully and carefully set up in the listening room,
Long with changing electronics and to enjoy. She is not an annoying diva, plays at a high level, but lets you know whether the cable or the component is spontaneous.
To call the new 800s a further top loudspeaker, would probably fall short, it is much more an absolute dream and thus the currently most favorable STEREO top reference at all!