General Asylum: REVIEW: B&W 802D Speakers by norpus

Model:	802D
Category:	Speakers
Suggested Retail Price:	$12000 USD
Description:	twin 8%22 , fst med in own enclosure, diamond tweeter
Manufacturer URL:	B&W
Model Picture:	View

Review by norpus on August 04, 2007 at 20:00:17
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for the 802D

WAF friendly - they look like a carved piece of art to some
Solid engineering using good design principles
Clean vocals
Easy to position
Easy to listen to for many hours - non-fatiguing completely
Not as bright as some people like their treble form ribbons etc
Bass is fullsome but not ultra low
I like coupling an IB subwoofer with them from 60Hz down to relieve the 10" drivers of having to reproduce sub bass - sounds cleaner again
Did I say they look gorgeous?

Product Weakness:	small bass hump around 60-100Hz due to ported config
Product Strengths:	beautiful furniture pieces, used as monitors in professional recording

Associated Equipment for this Review:

Amplifier: Elektra (passive biamping) 4 x 185w
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Krell PAM1
Sources (CDP/Turntable): Esoteric P500/Benchmark DAC1
Speakers: B&W 820D
Cables/Interconnects: various
Music Used (Genre/Selections): various
Room Size (LxWxH): 6.4m x 4.5m x 3.4m
Room Comments/Treatments: heavy drapes all walls
Time Period/Length of Audition: 18mths
Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
Your System (if other than home audition): my system

Amplifier:	Elektra (passive biamping) 4 x 185w
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Krell PAM1
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	Esoteric P500/Benchmark DAC1
Speakers:	B&W 820D
Cables/Interconnects:	various
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	various
Room Size (LxWxH):	6.4m x 4.5m x 3.4m
Room Comments/Treatments:	heavy drapes all walls
Time Period/Length of Audition:	18mths
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner
Your System (if other than home audition):	my system