I used to lust after these many years ago. The design looks timeless! Yes, I'm talking about the ones that are shaped like a snail shell. Not the 'trickle down' 800 series.
Anyone here heard them?
S.
I used to lust after these many years ago. The design looks timeless! Yes, I'm talking about the ones that are shaped like a snail shell. Not the 'trickle down' 800 series.
Anyone here heard them?
S.
Shane Lonergan.
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
I had a good look at a pair at the show in Ireland a few months ago, they are a work of art. Unfortunately B&W weren't playing them as they had a driver issue. But they did replace the driver and leave them with Cloney Audio in Dublin for a month or 2.
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Ken Ishiwata was using them when I spoke to him at Silverstone a few years ago.
Can't be that bad.
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 7,090
I'm Dave.
Yes, I've used them and even had a pair in the window of my shop. They weren't memorable.
The design looks like it was inspired by F. R. Gyger's 'Alien'.
Barry
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 7,090
I'm Dave.
They do. When I had them in the window, they attracted a lot of interest but no sales.
Interesting thread this, especially given the age of the Nautilus now.
Speakers (IMHO) are probably the most subjective component of the system and can invariably be a 'Marmite' piece of kit.
Anyway, to the issue here: I used to be a B&W customer and always had the (proper) Nautilus on my list to hear (Out of interest only!) whilst I owned an original pair of 802s, but only achieved that desire very recently when I was invited to hear them at an Edinburgh outlet.
In short, when played within a conventional system of: source / amplifier & speakers they sounded pretty underwhelming...... However, when the system was changed over to encompass a host of "room treatments" (sorry, I cannot elaborate on the specific kit), they did sound absolutely amazing. Night and Day just about explains what was going on! A very interesting experience to say the least.