In Reply to: RGA you constantly bash B&W.... posted by Greg Gale on March 16, 2013 at 20:40:14:
That's interesting comment. I wonder if you heard them with R2R tape recordings ? In my opinion it was the most interesting sound on the show. Yes it could be more "elegant" in times but had organic and natural quality which B&W simply can't match. I haven't heard that in old Matrixes nor in relatively new Nautilus 802 (not D) which actually does have recessed midrange and tizzy tweeter. It was painfully obvious when we compared to more even sounding speakers. I have some respect to B&W , they know how to make good speakers but they choose to follow Bose marketing model and push the sales ,(the rumor is they are paying BBC to use their speakers and imply that thy stay in the BBC sound realm which is far from reality ) same going on with Rega. I simply can't fathom buying B&W based strictly on sound quality. It's just glorified "lifestyle" product for modern houses with good enough sound and most important high WAF. Does that sound like "bashing" ? If it does , it was not my intention because the company is very experienced and certainly can manufacture great sounding products but since it's nowadays huge customer base is such a bottom of the barrel they supply what the audience demand in a nice package.Regards, W
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