When these came up in the classifieds I immediately told myself to stop even looking. The Wilson Benesch Discovery 2s were/are fantastic, but I’d already decided that I needed bass in my life, and after an extended demo decide against*. I thought I’d look to scale back and save some money…
But, I live in Worthing.
Where these beautiful things call home.
They are B&W 802 D3s.
So, my resistance lasted only a week at most, and a long round trip (with excellent stop over!) ensued.
These have a similar quality to the Discoveries, but with another octave of bass. And that last octave of bass has significant impact on what you might associate with mid-range. I really, really, hope these are the grail.
Relatively poor pic, but just wanted to share my joy as I sit hear listening to them. At 95kg per speaker, I think I’m stuck with them. In the best way one can be stuck. Even Mrs Wb likes them, and she’s stuck with me, so there we go.
* edit: forgot the p.s. Wilson Benesch have been fantastic. Cannot recommend them highly enough.
When these came up in the classifieds I immediately told myself to stop even looking. The Wilson Benesch Discovery 2s were/are fantastic, but I’d already decided that I needed bass in my life, and after an extended demo decide against*. I thought I’d look to scale back and save some money…
But, I live in Worthing.
Where these beautiful things call home.
They are B&W 802 D3s.
So, my resistance lasted only a week at most, and a long round trip (with excellent stop over!) ensued.
These have a similar quality to the Discoveries, but with another octave of bass. And that last octave of bass has significant impact on what you might associate with mid-range. I really, really, hope these are the grail.
Relatively poor pic, but just wanted to share my joy as I sit hear listening to them. At 95kg per speaker, I think I’m stuck with them. In the best way one can be stuck. Even Mrs Wb likes them, and she’s stuck with me, so there we go.
* edit: forgot the p.s. Wilson Benesch have been fantastic. Cannot recommend them highly enough.
Very very nice. I have a soft spot for the 800 series. One day….
Do we have a picture of the cat chasing the stylus across a record
Wow - look beautiful
Do you feel tehy are 'right' for your room - and not 'oversized' '?
Is that a pool table in the other room.
Yes. Boyhood dream realised! The room needs tidying and furniture culled now. This picture was taken last year.
A week ago I did a rash thing, but no regrets…
This is a rather glorious beastie:
It’s not that complicated really. Just fancy adjustable analogue cross-feed controls.Looks complicated, but then I’m not sure what some of the controls on my Quad 33 do.