B&W updates?

[shivang222]

My local dealer just told me that B&W are upgrading their 685 and 686 bookshelf speakers and the new ones should be available the first week of September. Has anybody else heard this?

 

[TLS Guy]

My local dealer just told me that B&W are upgrading their 685 and 686 bookshelf speakers and the new ones should be available the first week of September. Has anybody else heard this?

No, but your dealer is an a much better position to know than the rest of us. What advantage would he have to lie about it?

 

[shivang222]

You're probably right. I was wondering however whether the upgrade would be just a change in color or something really substantial and worth waiting for..

 

[alexsabree]

You're probably right. I was wondering however whether the upgrade would be just a change in color or something really substantial and worth waiting for..

I doubt it would be anything substantial. Most of the small updates speaker companies do don't really concern the customer very much... Just small little tweaks and what not. Usually in order to make more money out of each unit sold.

 

[TLS Guy]

I doubt it would be anything substantial. Most of the small updates speaker companies do don't really concern the customer very much... Just small little tweaks and what not. Usually in order to make more money out of each unit sold.

That is not true of B & W. They usually make significant improvements and often radical changes when they update a model.

 

[anamorphic96]

That is not true of B & W. They usually make significant improvements and often radical changes when they update a model.

What are your thoughts on B&W speakers ? Are you an admirer of the company ?

 

[TLS Guy]

What are your thoughts on B&W speakers ? Are you an admirer of the company ?

I'm sorry I forgot to get back to you. I had a nagging feeling I had forgotten something and went back through my posts.

B & W started from humble beginnings as a dealer and repair shop in the Sussex coastal town of Worthing.

Here is his obituary written by John Gilbert.

Right away John Bowers moved the company into the front rank, a position it has never lost. It is not by chance their speakers grace the finest studios in the world, including Abbey Road.

One of my best friends has a pair of these.

The 800 D.

These are fairly pricey speakers, but far from the priciest. I have heard more expensive speakers, but none that come close to these. I regard them as the finest speakers I know of, you can go to a dealer and purchase.

The whole 800 range is outstanding and has a consistent neutral well balanced sound though out the range.

The other ranges such as the CM range are also very good speakers.

In fact I was auditioning B & W speakers Monday out of interest. In my view the 600 range has significant problems, and is well due for a major make over. I hope it will get it.

Basically B & W set the bar for all of us aspiring designers to get over. It is set very high.

 

[Quickley17]

I really like that picture of the 800 D. I've never seen that speaker in person and it gives some awesome context for its true dimensions with that bookshelf in the background.

 

[chris357]

those are beautiful

 

[anamorphic96]

I'm sorry I forgot to get back to you. I had a nagging feeling I had forgotten something and went back through my posts.

B & W started from humble beginnings as a dealer and repair shop in the Sussex coastal town of Worthing.

Here is his obituary written by John Gilbert.

Right away John Bowers moved the company into the front rank, a position it has never lost. It is not by chance their speakers grace the finest studios in the world, including Abbey Road.

One of my best friends has a pair of these.

The 800 D.

These are fairly pricey speakers, but far from the priciest. I have heard more expensive speakers, but none that come close to these. I regard them as the finest speakers I know of, you can go to a dealer and purchase.

The whole 800 range is outstanding and has a consistent neutral well balanced sound though out the range.

The other ranges such as the CM range are also very good speakers.

In fact I was auditioning B & W speakers Monday out of interest. In my view the 600 range has significant problems, and is well due for a major make over. I hope it will get it.

Basically B & W set the bar for all of us aspiring designers to get over. It is set very high.

Thanks for the input. What did you not like about the 600 line ?

 

[TLS Guy]

Thanks for the input. What did you not like about the 600 line ?

Describing sound is hard, but they have a rough sounding HF and a peculiar sort of blandness to them at the same time. I think there are likely woofer, tweeter handover issues, may be also a break up mode in the woofer not thoroughly dealt with, it is hard to say. To me and my friend they do not sound quite on target, far enough off that they could not make us happy.

 

[chris357]

I listened to a pair of 803's at a barretts and thought they were horrible.. however they were trying to show me 9000 speakers with compressed music and a bad set up.. later I went to a small shop and they let me hear 804's powered by a bryston amp and actual CD's. Needless to say I was blown away. you will also like this shop since the owner does not endorse expensive cables he was also cool enough to just let me sit in th eroom for an hour just putting diffrent CD's in.

the place if anyone cares is sound forum in Lake in the hills IL