B&W 'New' 800 Series

These days the word 3D is used by many. Dolby Atmos and Auro3D is using the words.

But....all demos were 2D. Because they use 2D amps and 2D speakers.

During a demo I explained the people of Auro3D ( Belgium) that there demo is 2D. After I explained that they agreed. This is the level of how audio is presented.

When you use speakers who's crossovers are not able to buils depth and width, you still hear that also with Dolby Atmos it is still 2D. This counts for the amps as well.

I use the word 3D, but the best highend can also let you hear the differences in heights. When I bought 2 sets of Audioquest Wel Signature xlr The stage became higher. The music was presented in a different zone.

Many people are not aware of what you can achieve with cables. These parts you cannot achieve with a more expensive amp or source.

I use blind shootouts to make people aware of how important cables are and what they do.

The biggest limitation of audio is that over 95% of the products at audio speciality shops is not worth the money. For cables the same story.

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Is the new Monitor Audio Gold line better than the MA Platinum PL200 for 3D sound?

I know for me I like to listen in my present singular dimension. 3 dimensions must be for people that like fictional characters?

I saw the pictures, Mannnn put them against the 800D3 series. And the B&W will look cheap.

The drivers are white (ceramic drivers with aluminium), and are totally one with the speaker. They use new leather. More smooth, like the leather B&W used for the 800D

I loved the 800D in high black with full leather.

There is only a small protection for the drivers, so you can see the full leather. The above plinth of the Platinum series was silver and is now more one with the speaker and is black.

The drivers are new and lighter and stiffer than the ones they use now. Monitor Audio developed a new way of how drivers are connected. The connection is more from the centre. This gives the best response in the market.

What it does is that you have a lot of dynamics and speed even at very low volume. This makes the response a lot faster. Monitor Audio is a head in this area compared to B&W. And this is what I don't understand why B&W has a less fast response.

The new ribbon tweeter is wider and bigger. This gives a deeper and wider stage as well. They changed and improved the crossovers. The mid freq. is even more open en natural.

Roksan uses the same tweeter in the Darius S1. Monitor Audio uses it till 100khz. Even with a 2D amp this speaker could crerate stage depth and played almost 1 metre ouside the speaker. There was no harshness at all.

B&W is using copper from Van den Hul inside their speakers. Monitor Audio uses 100% full silver and the best WBT terminals.

3 dimensional sound is in the world of highend more common and not unique or special.

We always say: when you spend highend money and don't have a 3D stage you never will be taken seriously.