I was where you are. Old Classe electronics, B/W 802N's. I bought Audionet Max Amps and Pre G2 Preamp (I had already gotten the Vega DAC). Wow. It Sounded like new speakers!!!! Really. So when i actually got new speakers, wow again!!! Everyone comes over and points to my speakers and says 'wow' those are amazing speakers. It is easily 50% electronics, and people don't think that way.. |
I have 803 Nautilus for quite some time now, upgrading to the D verions with the Diamond Tweeter should be better for sure, but it will come at a cost. I've found the B&W sound to be warm and netrual and not bright sounding. They are very detail with alot of music seperation with enough bass that I dont need a subwoofer. Given these were made in 1996, the speakers still sound so great and could be had for less than $3K, the D versions will cost double, and the newer D3 or D4 will cost as much to do a paver driveway. Demo and let your ears be the judge. |
@blackbag20 thank you |
B@W speakers are very amp dependent-not a strong amp will sound bad-the stronger the amp the better they will sound |
