Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

B&W 802D loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Back in the 1970s, I used to hang out at an audio store on Northern Boulevard's Miracle Mile. After business hours—and sometimes during them—a group of us audiophiles would put every new product through the wringer. One of the most anticipated was the original B&W 801, which appeared in 1979. The 801 was simply unflappable. Fed enough power, a pair of them played louder and cleaner than anything we had ever heard, including the mammoth, multimodule Fultons that were the pride of that shop. But—and this was a big but—the 801 lacked immediacy and engagement, and I soon fell back to preferring an earlier B&W model, the DM6, which seemed more coherent and to offer the music out to the listener. The 801 was more objective and detached, but boy, could it knock you over with the right source material.
Sun, 12/11/2005

Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

B&W 802D loudspeaker Speciications

Back in the 1970s, I used to hang out at an audio store on Northern Boulevard's Miracle Mile. After business hours—and sometimes during them—a group of us audiophiles would put every new product through the wringer. One of the most anticipated was the original B&W 801, which appeared in 1979. The 801 was simply unflappable. Fed enough power, a pair of them played louder and cleaner than anything we had ever heard, including the mammoth, multimodule Fultons that were the pride of that shop. But—and this was a big but—the 801 lacked immediacy and engagement, and I soon fell back to preferring an earlier B&W model, the DM6, which seemed more coherent and to offer the music out to the listener. The 801 was more objective and detached, but boy, could it knock you over with the right source material.
Sun, 12/11/2005

Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

B&W 802D loudspeaker Page 2

Back in the 1970s, I used to hang out at an audio store on Northern Boulevard's Miracle Mile. After business hours—and sometimes during them—a group of us audiophiles would put every new product through the wringer. One of the most anticipated was the original B&W 801, which appeared in 1979. The 801 was simply unflappable. Fed enough power, a pair of them played louder and cleaner than anything we had ever heard, including the mammoth, multimodule Fultons that were the pride of that shop. But—and this was a big but—the 801 lacked immediacy and engagement, and I soon fell back to preferring an earlier B&W model, the DM6, which seemed more coherent and to offer the music out to the listener. The 801 was more objective and detached, but boy, could it knock you over with the right source material.
Sun, 12/11/2005

Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

B&W 802D loudspeaker

Kalman Rubinson  |  Dec 11, 2005

Back in the 1970s, I used to hang out at an audio store on Northern Boulevard's Miracle Mile. After business hours—and sometimes during them—a group of us audiophiles would put every new product through the wringer. One of the most anticipated was the original B&W 801, which appeared in 1979. The 801 was simply unflappable. Fed enough power, a pair of them played louder and cleaner than anything we had ever heard, including the mammoth, multimodule Fultons that were the pride of that shop. But—and this was a big but—the 801 lacked immediacy and engagement, and I soon fell back to preferring an earlier B&W model, the DM6, which seemed more coherent and to offer the music out to the listener. The 801 was more objective and detached, but boy, could it knock you over with the right source material.
Sun, 12/11/2005

As We See It

Resistance Is Futile

Art Dudley  |  Dec 11, 2005

The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real.—Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Sun, 12/11/2005

Recording of the Month

Recording of December 2005: Takk

Robert Baird  |  Dec 11, 2005

Geffen B0005345-02 (CD). 2005. Sigur Rós, prods.; Birgir Jon Birgisson, Kenneth Vaughan Thomas, engs. AAD. TT: 65:34
Performance ****½
Sonics ****
Sun, 12/11/2005

Industry Update, Paul Messenger and NXT Driver

With respect to NXT driver: I think it is not a new thing or maybe I am wrong if I am considering already successful Manger driver.

www.manger-msw.com/en/

Comments from either Paul Messenger or John Atkinson about Manger driver are most welcome!

What;'s up with "jitter" on pressed music CDs?

Hi all,

I was wondering if I could get some authoratiative answers to the following question:

Does sloppy manufacturing of a music CD result in degraded sound quality due to "jitter".

Much internet chatter from respected sources says that it does. See for example: Roger Nichol's story

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General Rants 'n' Raves

Favorite Jazz Christmas Music?

Though not traditional, I find the jazz interpretations a nice break from the classical oriented. Jim mentioned listening to the Kenny G christmas album (in another thread) and noted this IS some pretty music, and I concur.

My favorite would be "Peter White - Songs Of The Season" another "pretty music" and immensly enjoyable holiday album. Very well recorded and of course Peter's rich full bodied acoustic guitar. Some samples can be heard here.

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The Blue Room

Stephen Mejias

Don't Do It Alone

Stephen Mejias  |  Dec 9, 2005

I don't know how this works — I'm guessing it's just some sort of the usual, run-of-the-mill collective (un)conscious pinging internet magic — but if you take a look at the bottom of any one of the pages on the Stereophile website, you'll find a list of "Sponsored Links," seemingly appropriate to the page itself.
Fri, 12/09/2005

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