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  • jack667
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2007
    • 174

    #1

    B&W 683 and 802D scoop awards in Hifi Choice 07

    Best Loudspeaker £500 - £1000

    Bowers & Wilkins 683

    It's not every day that B&W launches a new range, so when the company changed its ever-popular 600 series, we all took notice. The 683 sits in the middle of the range and features the company's 150mm FST midrange unit found in the more up-market 800 series. This, coupled to two 165mm aluminum/Kevlar bass units and an aluminum dome tweeter, makes for a dynamic and revealing loudspeaker design that's going to set the standard for years to come.

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    Best Loudspeaker £5000+

    Bowers & Wilkins 802D

    B&W innovative diamond tweeter and Kevlar midrange unit impressed us big time in 2005. So much so, it's two years later and still nothing comes close. The 802D combines remarkably effortless sound with a vast sense of scale and makes almost every other speaker seem glaringly false. Despite the titanic scale, the speaker is as entertaining as a small, fast box. A triumph of audio engineering, then and a genuine benchmark loudspeaker.


    :T :B :T :B
    B&W 683. Advantage S-101. Mac Mini. 53,000 tunes.
  • Joey_V
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2005
    • 436

    #2
    Agree with 802D's comments.

    Have yet to hear the 683... .
    Analog: VPI Scoutmaster w/ Steel Delrin clamp + Dynavector 20XH cart
    Digital: SB3 + PS Audio Digital Link III DAC
    System: Cary Audio SLP-98P Tube Preamplifier w/ Sylvanias -> Plinius SA102 Class A amplifier -> Martin Logan SUMMITS/Strata Minis -> 8O (me)

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    • Hallett
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2006
      • 102

      #3
      I agree I'm very happy with mine I don't see the need to make another upgrade . :T
      Classe ssp-600
      Classe CA-M400 Monoblocks
      Classe CDP-100
      B&W 802D :T ;x(
      Velodyne DD-18 :T

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      • Guy
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2006
        • 107

        #4
        802D is a cure for speaker upgradtitis :W

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        • joetama
          Senior Member
          • May 2006
          • 786

          #5
          This is awesome, but I think us B&W owners don't need HiFi Choice to tell us how awesome our speakers are...
          -Joe

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          • ShadowZA
            Super Senior Member
            • Jan 2006
            • 1099

            #6
            Originally posted by joetama
            This is awesome, but I think us B&W owners don't need HiFi Choice to tell us how awesome our speakers are...
            You betcha :T

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            • jack667
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2007
              • 174

              #7
              Perhaps not, but it's interesting to see how they compare against speakers around the same price.
              B&W 683. Advantage S-101. Mac Mini. 53,000 tunes.

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              • dmccombs
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 306

                #8
                The 683s write up is so good, I am considering trading in my 802Ds for them. :P

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                • jack667
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 174

                  #9
                  ha..
                  B&W 683. Advantage S-101. Mac Mini. 53,000 tunes.

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                  • joetama
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2006
                    • 786

                    #10
                    Originally posted by jack667
                    Perhaps not, but it's interesting to see how they compare against speakers around the same price.
                    Indeed you have a point there for sure...
                    -Joe

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