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In Reply to: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted posted by JerryS on October 30, 2004 at 12:17:32:
What I find fascinating is that the things you say are great about N804s are precisely the things I feel they do the worst.1. The tweeter has an obvious, measured peak ~9.5kHz
2. There's a dip between the midrange/tweeter causing a clear separation between the drivers.
3. There's a dip between the midrange/woofer causing a clear separation between the driver
4. The extra harmonics added by the Kevlar, combined with phase problems and mediocre off-axis response causes flaky imaging that doesn't hold up except in one spot in the room.
5. Bass is peaky and lightweight, so your room would have to be extremely complementary to sound good.
6. Construction quality isn't poor, but not nearly as good as the marketing materials and reputation, such that it is, would imply. They aren't terribly heavy speakers and aren't any more densely constructed than some well done $1000 tower speakers of similar size.
7. The harmonics and resonances produced by the Kevlar, exacerbated by the FST design, make the speaker seem tweaky, demanding, and critical. However, it's just the sound of cone resonances that you won't find on better drivers from SEAS, ScanSpeak, Vifa, Focal and others. You can read more about good speaker design at the link below.That being said, it's nice that you had good things to say, but if you can't hear any of the above, the review becomes highly suspect. All speakers have flaws and if you can't hear them, reviewing might not be your calling. I apologize, as much as I can, in advance, but Bose is proof positive that "reputation", great reviews, popularity, great marketing materials, high price, etc is not a reliable indicator of quality. Extrapolate as needed.
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Topic - B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - JerryS 12:17:32 10/30/04 ( 37)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - mbmiller@bcpl.net 12:32:26 10/31/04 ( 1)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - Greg Gale 04:35:20 11/2/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - John Ashman 10/30/04 20:18:42 10/30/04 ( 19)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - DaveV 15:15:44 10/31/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 11:01:46 10/31/04 ( 5)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - John Ashman 11:23:34 10/31/04 ( 4)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - RGA 22:04:58 10/31/04 ( 1)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - John Ashman 06:59:04 11/1/04 ( 0)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - chocolate_lover9999@yahoo.com 14:22:01 10/31/04 ( 1)
- See your e-mail for random suggestions...... - John Ashman 07:00:05 11/1/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - JerryS 21:06:48 10/30/04 ( 8)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - John Ashman 21:17:11 10/30/04 ( 7)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - ScofieldKjv 06:51:32 10/31/04 ( 6)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - John Ashman 07:24:49 10/31/04 ( 4)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - ScofieldKjv 07:55:13 10/31/04 ( 3)
- Actually you may want to check UHF Magazine... - RGA 21:53:07 10/31/04 ( 2)
- Isn't HiFi Choice from the UK? nt - ScofieldKjv 04:42:02 11/1/04 ( 1)
- YES! - UHF is from Canada... - RGA 15:03:33 11/1/04 ( 0)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - ScofieldKjv 06:55:20 10/31/04 ( 0)
let me guess... - jaques 20:47:09 10/30/04 ( 2)
- Re: let me guess... - John Ashman 20:52:45 10/30/04 ( 1)
- Re: let me guess... - John Ashman 21:03:51 10/30/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - midirons 20:16:09 10/30/04 ( 5)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - JerryS 20:40:14 10/30/04 ( 4)
- Something to consider - ScofieldKjv 06:44:54 10/31/04 ( 1)
- Re: Something to consider - midirons 18:52:20 10/31/04 ( 0)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - midirons 22:14:42 10/30/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - midirons 21:27:10 10/30/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - RGA 15:26:23 10/30/04 ( 2)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - ts 07:29:49 10/31/04 ( 1)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804 - review posted - claud 04:32:42 11/1/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804, a question for you. - vinyl-addict 14:40:02 10/30/04 ( 4)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804, a question for you. - JerryS 20:19:07 10/30/04 ( 0)
Re: B&W Nautilus 804, a question for you. - ScofieldKjv 14:55:42 10/30/04 ( 2)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804, a question for you. - vinyl-addict 15:11:04 10/30/04 ( 1)
- Re: B&W Nautilus 804, a question for you. - ScofieldKjv 06:38:09 10/31/04 ( 0)
Nice job, I enjoyed the read. nt - ScofieldKjv 12:52:14 10/30/04 ( 0)