Any owners here of Bowers & Wilkins 800 series D4 yet?
Anyone here owns D4 series?
Actual owner?
Reason I ask: I own the 803 D3. A dealer locally had the 803 D4 on display. So I went to listen.
I was not really impressed from that audition. I felt my D3 sounds better at my home.
Having said this, the dealer had them connected to (obviously) different gear than me, to McIntosh gear, including MC462 stereo amp, and a Mac tubes preamp I am not familiar with. My guess is preamp with built in DAC. They were also streaming via a Sonos Connect.
These kind of auditions are a crapshoot. Unless with my own gear (or similar), and preferably in my room, not much you can learn
804 D3 owner here. I wouldn't expect a day-and-night improvement with the D4 series. Personally, I'm smitten by the new 801 D4. Just love it as an object d'art. Not that crazy about how the tweeter sits on the midrange "turbine", but should look OK from a head-on perspective. Hope B&W shows at Axpona this year (hint: 801s with a pair of those McIntosh MC901 Hybrid amps!). |
Don’t know why B&W doesn’t go the KEF route and use a coincident tweeter within the midrange. Bet it would sound awesome! P.S. I just turned 69 and, for whatever reason, find I don't listen to music like I used to. Wouldn't make sense to upgrade to 803s. The 804s are super fine in their own right, however. Enough for me. |
Better how @greginnh ? |
