Whaleblue I can’t help admit I’ve always wondered if they wander about in the night whispering exterminate!
They fly now!!It’s fine, we sleep on the upper floor, and as you know the supreme beings known as Daleks, to which these are clearly related, are thwarted by only one weapon mankind has at its disposal.
Stairs.
At 95kg per speaker . . .
They fly now!!
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.
That’s a nice homely looking room!I’m enjoying having my turntable here, makes changing records fun.
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.
Do you feel tehy are 'right' for your room - and not 'oversized' '?
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.
Wow - look beautiful
Do you feel tehy are 'right' for your room - and not 'oversized' '?
Very nice, @Whaleblue
Glad to see you're making use of the cover for the CD player! How you getting on with it?
Best
I had a demo of a pair at the R&D offices in Steyning many years ago, driven by a pair of Krell mono block power amps and Denon S1 CD player via a passive pre-amp. Its the only time I have felt treble...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.
Updated my office system by adding some speakers and moving things around. And, we've redecorated as the youngest has moved out.....
Have wanted to try some Spendor BC1 speakers for a bit and got a pair that are almost new to look at. I believe they date back to 1980.
Rest of the system:
Gato Audio Dia 250s integrated amp
Opera Consonance CD player
Chromecast Audio streamer
Speaker are a little closer to the wall than I would like but, all in all, so far so good.
Best wishes, Peter
A lovely looking, simple system and a very nice room too.
Perhaps you could post a few lines about the good (bad?) of this rather unusual combination of BC1's and your amplifier.
@Peter McDermott must concur, love the room, especially the panelled and shuttered bay. Hope the HiFi is doing it justice!
Thanks for that. Yes will update once I've given them a bit more time.
A lovely looking, simple system and a very nice room too.
Perhaps you could post a few lines about the good (bad?) of this rather unusual combination of BC1's and your amplifier.