Pictures of your B&W Set-up

[wettou]

DTS NeoX

I have a question when you watch a Blu Ray that has DTS Master Audio what happens when you press DTS NeoX does down convert high resolution files?

Here is the answer from the "Horse's Mouth" :T

http://www.dts.com/professionals/sound-technologies/audio-processing/dts-3d-audio.aspx

Has anyone experiences DTS NeoX with 11 speakers and if so what is your impression :E

[Miketr75]

Mike's Condo 3D HT

Here is my current HT, for now

TV: 60" Samsung UN60D7000 3D LED HDTV
Processor: Anthem D2v
Amplifiers: Emotiva XPA-1 x 2, XPA-2, XPA-3
Source: Oppo BDP-93
Power Conditioning: Monster Signature HTPS 7000
Speakers: B&W 802D (Fronts), HTM2D (Center), N804 (Rears)
Subs: Fathom JL112 and JL113
Cables: Emotiva, GlowPower, Monster, Monoprice, Pangea.

[wettou]

DTS 7.1 Movies to enjoy your HT

http://www.dts.com/consumers/entertainment-audio/mmg-store.aspx?q=B006T8KT6M

[Rod#S]

There are four breeds of 802

- 802N
- 802S
- 802D with diamond tweeters
- 802Diamond with the silver ring

Mine are 802D with diamond tweeters

Wow, I completely forgot about the 802S model. I'm slipping in my old age. Thanks for clarifying which model 802 you have. I tell ya, it still blows my mind you are selling them for 805 Diamonds. You would have been well on the way to having my dream system, after you added the center 800 you would have just needed a 2nd pair of 802D's

[wettou]

Wow, I completely forgot about the 802S model. I'm slipping in my old age. Thanks for clarifying which model 802 you have. I tell ya, it still blows my mind you are selling them for 805 Diamonds. You would have been well on the way to having my dream system, after you added the center 800 you would have just needed a 2nd pair of 802D's

If I don't find a suitable buyer I will just keep the 802D and save to buy a 800Diamond for my center channel. I would love a 11.2 configuration but I don't have the room or $$ for 11 speakers on a circle.

Three 800Diamond (L,C,R)
Two 802Diamond (LFW, RFW)
Two 805Diamond (LFH,RFH)
Two 802Diamond (LS, RS)
Two 802Diamond (LSB, RSB)
+
Four JLAudio Fathom F113 :T

[htsteve]

miketr75,


SWEET!


Love the dual subs.

[Miketr75]

miketr75,


SWEET!


Love the dual subs.

Thanks Steve.

[Rod#S]

If I don't find a suitable buyer I will just keep the 802D and save to buy a 800Diamond for my center channel. I would love a 11.2 configuration but I don't have the room or $$ for 11 speakers on a circle.

Three 800Diamond (L,C,R)
Two 802Diamond (LFW, RFW)
Two 805Diamond (LFH,RFH)
Two 802Diamond (LS, RS)
Two 802Diamond (LSB, RSB)
+
Four JLAudio Fathom F113 :T

Now that would be absolutely Epic! I would not go with Fathoms, add either 4 Gothams or 4 Paradigm Signature Sub 2's

[Miketr75]

Now that would be absolutely Epic! I would not go with Fathoms, add either 4 Gothams or 4 Paradigm Signature Sub 2's

+1 :T :T :T

[wettou]

Now that would be absolutely Epic! I would not go with Fathoms, add either 4 Gothams or 4 Paradigm Signature Sub 2's

Muchas Gracias already have the the Fathom JL F113 not changing any time soon No bites on the 802D

[Skyblue]

If I don't find a suitable buyer I will just keep the 802D and save to buy a 800Diamond for my center channel. I would love a 11.2 configuration but I don't have the room or $$ for 11 speakers on a circle.

Three 800Diamond (L,C,R)
Two 802Diamond (LFW, RFW)
Two 805Diamond (LFH,RFH)
Two 802Diamond (LS, RS)
Two 802Diamond (LSB, RSB)
+
Four JLAudio Fathom F113 :T

Mate, that is batshit crazy

[Rod#S]

Mate, that is batshit crazy

But in a very, VERY good way :T

[wettou]

If I ever become rich I would love seven of those in a dedicated home theater room to look like an alien ship

Do they use diamonds?

[Skyblue]

I believe they use the aluminum tweeter of the 800 nautilus series.

I wonder if they will update it later, but perhaps its tuned so that the woofers and mid matches the current tweeter and replacing it may not sound good at all? I have no idea.

[koulis_pet]

Bowers & Wilkins 805 Diamond








My system ...
Sony Bravia KDL-32W5500
DVD player Pioneer DV-717
A/V Yamaha DSP-A2
Tuner Sony ST-SA3ES
MINI DISC Sony MDS-JE530
Maranz RC-3200
Subwoofer Yamaha YST-SW300 (2 PIECE)
Bowers & Wilkins
B&W 805 Diamond
B&W CC6 S2
B&W DM 601 S2 (2 pair)
B&W DM-600 S3
**********************************
HTPC
COOLERMASTER CM STACKER STC-T01 FULL TOWER CASE SILVER
ASUS P5K PREMIUM WIFI/AP
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6850 3.00 GHZ LGA775 - 1333 FSB
XFX GEFORCE 8800GTS EXTREME ALPHA DOG EDITION 640MB
SUPERMICRO CSE-M

[wettou]

B&W 805 Diamond

I would move them off the wall you will see the sound gets much better:T

[Pio]

I would move them off the wall you will see the sound gets much better:T

And, try to get that center higher. Love the 805's!
:T

[koulis_pet]

Bowers & Wilkins 805 Diamond

[gwbw]

I'm new to this forum but have lurked around for years getting helpful advice from the pros. I've recently gone through a bout of "upgraditis". Here's a few pics of my setup.

[gwbw]

Sorry about the lack of pics. Everytime I want to download photos, it tells me my photos are too large. I have resized but I appear to be at the smallest size and it's still too large. I'll keep on trying.

[stuofsci02]

Sorry about the lack of pics. Everytime I want to download photos, it tells me my photos are too large. I have resized but I appear to be at the smallest size and it's still too large. I'll keep on trying.

Use photo bucket

[PewterTA]

Or Facebook

[gwbw]

Thanks for the help. Let's try this again.

[leo2498]

Hi gwbw what series of B&W are this speaker? The rotel amps are class D or AB? Just curios

[gwbw]

Hey leo2498. The series of B&W's are 803 Diamonds along with HTM2 Diamond. As well, my rears are 805 Diamonds and the sub is a DB1. The Rotel amps are class D (RMB 1575 and RB 1572) along with a RSP 1572 pre/pro.

[leo2498]

Just beautiful set up gwbw, I have a question for you; you have tried another type of amplification like AB or somethig like classe or mcintosh? I have the lower set up of yours(804D+HTM4D+805D) with the rotel RB1582 and I'm working in some improvement in amplification. I tested the RSX-1562 with good result but I don't know if it was the pacebo effect or what but after the long listening sesion I could detect some harsh in the sound, could you sharing your experience with the rotel?

[gwbw]

Hi leo2498. I've never tried McIntosh or Classe but i would love to. For a short period of time I drove the speakers with my old RSX1067 and Rb 1080 which produced sweet results but not a lot of power to drive the 803's. I'm quite happy with the D class amps which are not harsh ( in my view) but lots of rich bass and power (mind you, I have a DB1 sub which is great).

[krtko]

Hello gwbw,
nice setup ... )

Could you please share with me your experience with DB1 ? ...
As you can see (page 113) I run same boxes 803D, HTM2 &
805D, but without sub for now ... and I am not 100% confident
if to go for or not ...

I am in love with concerts: Metallica, Diana Kral, Deep Perple, Sting, Take That, ... simply all kind of styles, ... but to so much movies ... and thats where my doubts about the DB1 are coming from.

Thanks for advice
Krtko

[gwbw]

hi krtko: I have nothing but great things to say about the DB1. I find it to be a sophisticated and adaptable subwoofer that suits music, movies etc. You won't go wrong to round out your great system by adding the DB1.

gwbw

[Iron Man]

Here's few more shots... Before any comment for reflection, I removed the acoustic treatment each side for pictures purpose.. There is acoustic panel each side... each wall joint, well.. everywhere

Sorry for image quality, picture size < 100kb is a pain for the eyes

Sunsets are beautiful, newborn babies are beautiful. This... this is f'ing spectacular :T

Do You have any pictures with the acoustic panels?

[rompower]

Hi IronMan,
Thanks for the comment :P)

I'll take a look if I can find with the acoustic on, I'll post them if any.

[audiogear]

Hi Guys,

Here are updated pics of my recent additions to main & secondary systems; DB1, Wadia 121 & 171, SF Cremona Auditor M & Oppo 95. Hope images load correctly.

[audiogear]

Can't load images so I attached thumbnails.

[htsteve]

audiogear,

Very nice systems! I do love a Mac rack. Those systems must sound great.


One suggestion on your HT system. The center channel is slightly recessed on the entertainment center. Move it out so the drivers are just over the edge.
The edge will compress the sound a bit. It's a nice tweak. And it's free.



Hope this helps.

[PewterTA]

Well I guess I gotta post up pics of my new beauties!!!! Still have to work on refining the placement and need to get that finalized so I can get the maple planks under them with the spikes put on...but for now...they are working and sounding pretty darn inpressive!!!

[PewterTA]

Audiogear... those are some pretty speakers you got there.

[Mikael]

Hi pewterTA

Very nice setup you got there. How does the B&W's sound with the Rotels?

[PewterTA]

I honestly couldn't be happier. I listened to them on Classe gear and the sound is very similar (more similar than not). The Classe gear still has a little something extra, so I'm not taking anything away from that, but compared to McIntosh or Bryston or others... Rotel aligns with Classe gear.

Sort of like driving a Chevy Monte Carlo or a Vette... same manufacturer and drive very much alike...but you know what you get with the Vette. ha ha.

[cossie0]

I have just bought some new gear.
The speakers I have had for around 5 weeks and the electronics i deliberated long and hard before deciding.
I am after a stand of some kind to place it all on within the cubbyhole on the right hand side.
The electronics are brand new so are still breaking in but we have spent the last two full days listening and it sounds excellent.
I am going to try the CP800 with server against my CD player once it all has a few more hours on it.

[PewterTA]

Cossie0... I see they accidentally sent you all my Classe gear. If you can please be so kind and contact me, I'll send you my shipping info and pay to have them shipped to my house.

Thanks and sorry for the inconvience this may cause of you having to package them back up! LOL

Nice equipment! I'm jealous, I'd love to have some CA-M300 (or even 600)... I listened to the CP-800 and really liked the sound it produced. Hopefully you'll really start to enjoy them once they break in!!! Enjoy!!!!

[audiogear]

htSteve, thanks for the helpful advice. I've moved the center toward the edge; had not realize that tweak.

PewterTA/Cossie0, beautiful pieces of everything! I'm curious to know how your current systems compare to your previous setups.

[PewterTA]

Hmmm to my previous setup... well it sounds very similar (I mean that in a good way)... I liked the sound I had before... and now with the 802Diamonds... it's just even that much better! I still only have *maybe* 100 hours on them...so I'm still learning everything they are capable of.

Basically there's just another level of detail revealed, the imaging on these things are INSANE... everything is pinpoint accurate as to location. I (and I'm believing it has to do with my room) are not forward at all. Actually they feel less forward than my 604s3s did. Music is maybe at the speakers and further back now (music definitely extends beyond where the wall is. But if something requires to jump out at you and fill the room... they easily adapt to that task.

The detail in all the ranges (low, mid, high) just have an unbelievable amount of detail I've not heard before. The bass (amount) is insane on these them... yet it's not "over done" nor "bloated" by any means. It's just a LOT compared to the almost none I got on my 604s3s. Now this is DEFINITELY due to the room... my friend has my 604s and in his room the amount and clarity is similar to what I'm getting with th 802Dis... I just get more and better.

The mid range is well the clearest I've heard, there's just no grain or muddiness to voices at all, they sound realistic and clear and have an openiness to them that's almost scary. I've already multiple times heard things off to the one side as I sit listening and have my eyes closed that I would've bet the speakers on that someone was in the room talking to me... yet no one is. So it's just a neat sensation when you can completely fool yourself in thinking someone is in the room with yourself.

The highs...well... probably my most favorite part of the new speakers. The Diamond Tweeters have a level of resolution I've not heard before. The level of how "high" a sound is has a whole new height to it's ceiling (Pun intended)... For instance a triangle ringing... well it's a triangle ringing and has such a high pitched tone to it...it's exactly how I remember playing with one and being fascinating at how it can sound. Cymbals have a level of realism and detail that's just amazing.

These speakers are definitely revealing almost everything and coloring very little (imho). I was able to easily (within 5 minutes) tell the difference between my Cambridge Audio 840c (used as a DAC) vs my friend's Schiit Bifrost and could quantify the differences to the utmost extremes... basically to the point of only an audiophile would care at the differences and everyone else wouldn't even notice them. But I can say I think it would've been much harder before.

All in all, I'm highly impressed with my Rotel equipment... I think they are holding their own and really have NOTHING to be ashamed of. The RB-1090 is a very impressive amp. The only replacement amp I'm considering is the Classe CA-M600 as to do an upgrade and considering the price differences of those two vs the RB-1090... that says all one could say!!!

All in all.. except when I see the bill (lol) I'm in complete awe with the speakers and I really think they fit in so much better than what I had. Some how I think I stumbled across the perfect room and placement of the speakers where they just love being here!!!

[Rod#S]

It's nice to hear another satisified 802 owner. I feel the same with mine. I have had them over a year now and they still amaze me.

[SPACEMANRICK]

Count me in as another very satisfied 802 Diamond owner!

I just got back from holidays and put on the HD Tracks version of Hotel California and I am listening to New Kid in Town. The big full sound, lush harmonies, and strings in that song on these speakers sound truly amazing :T

[Pio]

Pewter - what an awesome set up! I bet the dynamics are unreal!! Love the new black finish on the 802s - gorgeous!!