What are your general thoughts of B&W speakers

I use mine for home theater and i could not be happier... if you are talking 2 channel....well.... that might be a different story as the two channel guys are very particular about things... Some say wire changes sound others talk about raising their speakers up a few inches make night and day sound difference others have talked about adding foil to their amps and the sound changes... i personally don't hear the differences but again i use my speakers for home theater and i have not tried some of the "tweeks" and i usually buy used so the price for the quality would be a hard argument to make.

in speakers or set up or what ever i have found... that a quality amp "no names" just a quality amp makes a noticeable difference and a good processor makes a noticeable difference.

i am sure that ANY speaker would sound "bad" if not driven correctly and by quality components...

besides that maybe my ears are not as good as others.

Bill

On another note.. i like the way one poster stated the "for the price range" that was a get way to put it.... it seems that too many times people post the differences in speakers that are not only from different manufactures but also in different categories... alt of the comparisons are not fair to either side.. like comparing a 30k mustang with a 300k ferrari... you just can't do it...

Compare speakers in the same price category, in the same room, driven by the same equipment, using the same material...

if you did not compare the speakers like that then you did not compare.

Bill

This topic has been killed! And yet people still compare crazy speakers to B&W. By Crazy I mean the COST difference between the B&W and WHATEVER.

Look it comes down to this,

What B&W speaker are we speaking of????

What speaker are we comparing to????

What are we using it for? two channel or home theater???

Are we using a sub in either instance????

What equipment is being used????

what type of room is being used??? has it been treated???

All things concidered equil, If you compare Any speaker to a speaker in a much higher price range the more expensive speaker SHOULD sound better.

If you have a pair of $20,000 speakers and want to compare them to a pair of $4,000 pair of B&W, you are being ridiculous! then think about the guy with the 20k speakers, I would imagine he also has two mono amps for them at a cost of 10k a piece. I doubt the 4k B&Ws have that.

If you put ANY higher end speaker with lower quality equipment, Lets say a "best buy" receiver (to exagerate my point), it will sound like crap.

Hey... lets compare a ZR1 Corvette with a Camaro...

Vette is 120k the camaro around 30k....
Will the Vette be faster???? Hell Ya it will.
Will the vette go around the corners faster??? Hell Ya it will.
Is the vette 4 times as much money??? Hell Ya it is.

Now think of this.... How many divers that own the ZR1 vette can drive it to its potential???? I would say less than 1%. Also you would have to rent out a track to even play with it at that level.

It is just stupid to compare these two, Period!

There are good buys ( bang for the buck) in all catigories of speakers, processors and amps...

Buy what speakers you want, buy equipment that complements them.

and just enjoy them.

Bill