Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?...

@Geoffkait

Yeah, that may be why.

I heard the original, snail construction Nautilus driven by multiple Krell stacks and a custom outboard crossover at the B&W distributor in Mass.

I can’t tell you all how bored and disappointed I was with the sound that came out of them.

Honestly, the Matrix B&W before and Nautilus derived speakers after sounds much more fun and more interesting and transparent to me than the flagship Nautilus, which I have to admit to me was gorgeous as sculpture.