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Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers?

Being one of the biggest speaker manufacturers in the world and arguably some of best sounding, they have never gone past their 800 series and produced anything beyond that point. Don’t get me wrong, $30k ( 800 D3 ) is expensive and most people wouldn’t be able to afford to pay that much for a pr of speakers even if they wanted to, but in today’s market that really isn’t considered ultra hi-end considering some speakers now days cost close to a million and many in the $50-200k range. You would think with the knowledge they have and for the years they have been around they would go the distance and build 
beyond the 800 series? 
hiendmmoe
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cakyol
940 posts
 
They had.  Nautilus was the best speaker ever made.
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tomic601
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The powered version of the 50 is even reasonably time and phase correct..... looks like some of the Junior Engineers have been listening..... there is hope
p05129
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B&W speakers are an ok speaker, not anywhere near the best, way overpriced for what you get. They have always been too analytical for most and that’s why you see them teamed up with amps from Classe and McIntosh, your warmer sounding amps. They were noted for their midrange drivers not their tweeters. 
kenjit
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B&W speakers are an ok speaker, not anywhere near the best
What are the best? And why arent Abbey Road studios using them instead of B&W?
kren0006
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“And why arent Abbey Road studios using them instead of B&W?”

Prolly same reason Jordan wore Nike’s — they paid him the most
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