WELL I WISH... B&W would re-introduce a speaker like the Matrix-800 with a woofer on top and on the bottom, with the mids and tweets in the middle.
Use the current tech advances but make a true flagship (again). the last reference system was "the Snail" which was (is) pretty special, as well as pretty impractical (requiring 4 monoblock amplifiers/channel, as well as special preamps and crossovers, wiring, etc.).
But... they need something really spectacular to compete with other reference systems out there, not that the 800-D2 is not-so-great; that is NOT what i am saying here. my present fav is the 802d2 and the 805d2.
anyway, i even wrote to them just for the heck of it. no response of course.
So i look a lot at other manufacturers these days for innovations. one last thing is the use of a diamond tweeter which is interesting but- so few manufacturers are joining with B&W in developing this technology. i always liked silk dome tweeters for what they do (and what they don't do).
Use the current tech advances but make a true flagship (again). the last reference system was "the Snail" which was (is) pretty special, as well as pretty impractical (requiring 4 monoblock amplifiers/channel, as well as special preamps and crossovers, wiring, etc.).
But... they need something really spectacular to compete with other reference systems out there, not that the 800-D2 is not-so-great; that is NOT what i am saying here. my present fav is the 802d2 and the 805d2.
anyway, i even wrote to them just for the heck of it. no response of course.
So i look a lot at other manufacturers these days for innovations. one last thing is the use of a diamond tweeter which is interesting but- so few manufacturers are joining with B&W in developing this technology. i always liked silk dome tweeters for what they do (and what they don't do).