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Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond. Excellence. Evolved. | Part-Time Audiophile
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Define Mid-Fi ...??
How do these compare to the Sonus Faber, Fyne, Harbeth and other lines of similar price? They must be well above mid fi if Mike carries them in his store.
Our demo pairs are arriving any day now - maybe even today. The planned launch was Sept 1, but someone in Europe leaked things early, so the launch was pushed up.
We were told about the new stuff coming many months ago and had plenty of time to sell off the D3 inventory.
B&W took our initial order back in February or March. Their goal is to have all speakers available at dealers upon the launch. So given that launch was supposed to be Sept 1, we should see our pairs any day now. I like that strategy.
We had some fabulous dealer training (via zoom) about 2 months ago on the new 800D4 series.
Oh, we are getting 802D4 and 804D4 to start. The folks from B&W UK were raving about the 804D4 and felt it was most improved. We always found the 804 was a bit forgotten in the lineup. Folks either went 805 or 803 in that price range we found. Hopefully by really improving the 804, it will gain some interest from folks.
Exciting times.
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These are beautiful speakers. Nobody (except perhaps Focal on the super high end stuff) finishes speakers to the level of the 800 series.
is the system with the highest resale out there a pair of 802s with McIntosh tube pre/monoblock amps? i can see the appeal of it. kind of set it and forget it hifi.
seems the biggest upgrade in the d4 is the aluminum midrange enclosure. B&W continues to provide value pricing compared to a lot of other brands.
I'm surprised they have introduced D4 so soon after the D3.