ed@maxed.amg.com (Ed Whittemore) (10/17/90)
In article <6966@uwm.edu> Daniel_Rai@ub.cc.umich.edu writes: > > ========================== ... > > RE: B&W Bashing > --------------- > After all the fanfare and rave reviews, I was dying to > be blown away by the $5500/pair. > > Store 1: Denon CD (no vinyl), Adcom electronics > Blurry image, confused transients, nasal, boxy, > hollow, in a word - irritating. The eager salesperson ... > wrong with the player or electronics. The speakers > COULDN'T POSSIBLY sound THAT bad. > > Store 2: LP12/ITTOK, MAC electronics > Sounded much better. About as good as a pair of > medium floor standing Boston Acoustics. (Let me see, > equivalent performance , at a 900% premium - well, the ... I have heard the 801s sound very good with ARC electronics-- SP15-II, Classic 60--and Sota Cosmos/SME V/Carnegie 2; don't remember the cables. They threw a convincing soundstage with real depth, excellent instrument localization, width well outside the speakers, and less height than I would have hoped for. As others have noted, the 801s have a rich, warm sound, which is especially pleasing with strings, massed or solo--you can almost smell the rosin on the bow. The Mac and Adcom electronics don't do these speakers justice, I guess. -- Ed Whittemore uunet!maxed!ed ed@maxed.amg.com American Micro Group, Inc. 201-944-3293