I don't know about most classical albums mastered with Bowers & Wilkins but they do have them at Abbey road...or at least say they do. Either way, it's marketing BS. B&W LOVES to advertise that they have speakers in Abbey Road. I don't blame them, it is a great marketing technique. So is the diamond tweeter. No offense to ADTG, but just because Abbey road uses the 800D doesn't mean it's neutral, it means Abbey road is a poor judge of speakers.
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Don't get me wrong, if you like B&W and you want to go with some new ones, there is no problem with that. I want you to get whatever makes you happy. But if you seek neutrality, i'd look elsewhere.
Just look at the measurements. Midrange playing through cone breakup, a not-so-flat on-axis, a TERRIBLE off axis. The 800D's cabinet is as good as it gets as far as diffraction goes, but that hardly makes up for the poor performance.
I'm not quite sure what:
actually means, but at least JA acknowledges the speaker isn't neutral. Saying the copious lack of neutrality balances out to make a neutral speaker is really really strange (dumb??).
*** love you ADTG <3