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In Reply to: Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... posted by John Ashman on December 3, 2004 at 11:03:14:
Re-packaging of bad design rather than a new, good design (re: 700 series - B&W can do better, but why bother if it sells?).My current interest is with drivers that can operate across the presence passband (1-4 kHz, the passband of greatest hearing acuity) without the need for multiple drivers (and especially a crossover) in that region. Such drivers include modal drivers such as used in the Cyrus Icon and of course many other technologies and implementations.
B&W have at least replaced the cheap, tinny sounding aluminum dome tweeters in their latest re-design of the 800 series (with what appears to be some kind of coated dome of an unknown metal similar to Focal's coated metal domes - the coating improves the resonant behavior of the drivers, making them less likely to ring and color the sound).
B&W have also replaced their former kevlar hybrid bass drivers with some kind of foam sandwhich driver (which their marketing department calls Rohacell) which is similar in concept to Focal's foam sandwhich (W) drivers.
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Topic - Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - bluesky 20:03:00 11/30/04 ( 34)
- B&W excellent marketing-you pay for that ! - Blue Bull 20:34:34 12/3/04 ( 0)
The B & W 705 is a very fine speaker! - Pat D 14:33:15 12/3/04 ( 0)
well the CDM 1NT sounded better and cost less... - RGA 19:17:22 12/2/04 ( 17)
- From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - RGA 19:36:33 12/2/04 ( 16)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 02:11:24 12/3/04 ( 15)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 11:03:14 12/3/04 ( 14)
- You understood my comments perfectly - layman 12/5/04 15:52:42 12/5/04 ( 1)
- Re: You understood my comments perfectly - John Ashman 14:30:16 12/6/04 ( 1)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 15:35:34 12/3/04 ( 11)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - morricab 09:20:35 12/4/04 ( 0)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 18:54:06 12/3/04 ( 7)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 14:50:02 12/4/04 ( 6)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 16:00:56 12/4/04 ( 5)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 15:15:48 12/5/04 ( 4)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 20:27:27 12/5/04 ( 3)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 05:30:48 12/6/04 ( 2)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 11:13:09 12/6/04 ( 0)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - John Ashman 09:28:17 12/6/04 ( 0)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - RGA 18:47:36 12/3/04 ( 1)
- Re: From another posterabout the B&W 700 series design flaws... - theaudiohobby 14:05:36 12/4/04 ( 0)
Re: Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - Oskar25 10:19:07 12/1/04 ( 1)
- Re: Oskar,thanks for input. - bluesky 21:39:55 12/1/04 ( 0)
Re: Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - Bombaywalla 08:40:42 12/1/04 ( 1)
- Re: Bombaywalla,thanks for input. - bluesky 21:38:32 12/1/04 ( 0)
Re: Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - Bandit 06:25:22 12/1/04 ( 2)
- off topic - theaudiohobby 07:24:28 12/1/04 ( 0)
Re: Bandit,thanks for input. - bluesky 06:37:27 12/1/04 ( 0)
Re: Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - Toddd 06:04:16 12/1/04 ( 2)
- Re: Why are the B&W 700 series less used than the CDM NT series? - RGA 19:19:50 12/2/04 ( 0)
Re: I guess that the B&W 703's would be not matched well with the amps. - bluesky 06:19:39 12/1/04 ( 0)
Beats me....I've always like the CDM line myself - doodlebug 22:48:36 11/30/04 ( 3)
- Re: doodlebug,thanks for input. - bluesky 06:22:50 12/1/04 ( 0)
Does not it strike you as odd that - theaudiohobby 01:09:47 12/1/04 ( 1)
- Re: theaudiohobby,thanks for input. - bluesky 07:07:18 12/1/04 ( 0)