The 800D's have been out for almost 4 years now, has anyone heard any facts or rumblings of a new model coming out in the near future?
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I doubt you will see a 800D update until the entire 800 line is redone in 2 to 3 years. I think we my see the Nautilus updated this year (CEDA) with Diamond mids and tweeters. Then the 800's moving to a Diamond midranges in a couple of years. -
Originally posted by William
I am not willing to bet on that.
Diamond midrange units will be very expensive.
Most important, the yellow kevlar midrange unit is a very powerfull tool for the B&W marketing dept. I can not even imagine the 800 series without the kevlar unit. :EComment
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I remember reading that the engineers wanted to use aluminum for the mid's in the current series, and marketing over-ruled them...Originally posted by multivacI'm just sittin here watchin the wheels go round and round...Comment
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In this economy I doubt it!!Originally posted by IndytownFarming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field."Dwight D. EisenhowerComment
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Yes, I agree totally. I very much doubt diamond mid-ranges will be part of the next 800 series. Not only because they will be prohibitively expensive, but I'm not sure how B&W would be able to keep consistency with the current 800 designs with a 2-2.5 inch driver, which is the size of the current diamond mid-ranges. Any larger and they will be much more difficult to manufacture and therefore even more prohibitively expensive.Originally posted by multivac
Perhaps B&W might introduce diamond mid-ranges on an entirely new speaker, perhaps as replacement for the flagship Nautilus, but they have kept the 800 series somewhat consistent in design for nearly decades now so I would find it very surprising if they deviated in the next 800 series from the 6 inch mid-range.Comment
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I was really into audio gear in the 1970s (yes, I'm old) and was able to try many tube components of the era from Marantz, Mac, early ARC and more. My last set-up was a Marantz 8B amp (fantastic highs), Mac C22 pre-amp (good highs, mediocre bass) with 15" JBL woofers, Altec drivers/horns and ElectroVoice... -
I check out Higherfi.com often to see things I will never afford, but they have heard some of the most expensive speakers made and they have a section where they rate the speakers they have listened to. The 800D has a B- grade and I think the best rating they gave to a speaker is a B. They have comments... -
Updated as of Friday 7 January 2005,
This header entry for the thread will be maintained as a summary of what is known about the new B&W 800 Nautilus series. I’ll update periodically with the new / changed information (in BLUE). We'll keep it a Sticky while there is lots of interest... -
Hi,
I have noticed the 804s/803s/803d/802d/801d/800d all use the 150mm (6”) Kevlar cone FST midrange driver. Are the crossover for this all set to be the same? Do they all run in the same range?
What about the 805s the 6.5" Kevlar, what frequency does it run at?... -
hello everyone
i am a newcomer of the b&w diamond series
and i found that at the back of the midrange there is an aluminium one slotted screw which fixes kevlar mid
the question is what is the exact tension should be applied to kevlar mid?
should i fasten tight with...
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