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I have a B&W system and am thinking of getting a newer set in a few years. Do you guys know how long it takes B&W to change/upgrade their line-up? They just changed their 700. When will they change their nautilus line?
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I suspect that the we could see upgrades to both the 600 series and the nautilus series in the very near future. The 600 series is a little long in the tooth. And with the trickle-down effect of various Nautilus technology to the new 700 Series, updates must be imminent.
However, having recently upgraded to close-out CDM's all around when the 700 series was introduced, I would advise you to seriously consider purchasing the older close-out speakers, if the deal is a great one. I do not think that speaker line-up upgrades are as startling or improtant in sound differences as preamplifier-type upgrades.
Good luck with your speaker upgrade investigations.Stan -
B&W is somewhat on a 5 year cycle wrt their product lines. So I expect the current 800 series to live until somewhere next year. I definitly would not wait that long.
The difference from the CDM to 700 series isn't that big a step, and also their new tweeters arent very good also. The looks of the 700 are a big step btw. However I see little they can improve on the current 800 series looks.
But anyway, B&W could suprise us
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the info ive gotten from B&W as a dealer, we are possibly looking at seeing a revamped 800 series sometime this year or early next year. i was hearing this year though. not sure how good that info is though, they might not be that close to ready on the new line.Comment
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B&W definitely operates on the trickle-down model. Since the top 'o the line Nautilus (the snail-looking ones) have super-tweeters, aluminum drivers, resin bodies and outboard active crossovers, I wonder if we will see any of that innovation trickle down into the next series of speakersComment
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