@dastro My first reaction was that that was a heck of a good price for Nautilus 802s. That said, I wonder if the reason the price was so good is that they didn't sound right to the original owner either. I'm with the other posters who say check to make sure everything is working correctly. I've seen reviews where something didn't sound right and it was found that something was wired out of phase inside the speaker. You could easily check that by reversing ONE set of speaker wires to see if the bass gets better.
B&W Speaker Score!
I have a pair of B&W 802 S2 that I like but have had the upgrade bug for a while. A recent purchase of a pair of Thiel CS-5 fell through so I kept on looking for something interesting and a good deal. I stumbled across a pair of B&W Nautilus 802 only a few hours away- the final purchase price is $2K. The seller provided lots of detailed pics and they look great. The only issues are one of the tweeters is dented (I just purchased a new one for $150) and there are no grilles, which isn't a deal breaker for me as I remove them anyways.
I'm pretty excited to get them home and see how they sound with my Threshold S500/II and newly acquired Parasound P5. I just wanted to share my find- the timing could not be better as it takes a bit of the sting out of tax day.
Cheers.
I'm pretty excited to get them home and see how they sound with my Threshold S500/II and newly acquired Parasound P5. I just wanted to share my find- the timing could not be better as it takes a bit of the sting out of tax day.
Cheers.