Formation Duo
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Originally Posted by FreddieFerric
Aesthetic aside, how does this gear sound? It's pricey kit so I'd expect it to sound really, really good.
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We had a chance to listen to the series at a local dealer event in which B&W was presenting the Formation series. Listened to a few tracks from the Duo speakers - they do look good in person. Fully sealed two-way design with two Hypex N-core modules per unit. Claim to go down to 25 Hz, but we didn't test that. Tracks from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and others - stuff we are familiar with. Sounded quite good, but not a critical listening test.
Did not fully understand the B&W approach for controlling these however - it appears they are relying on other apps (Spotify, Roon, others) to have the Duos appear as a renderer/player. Using the Formation player, the B&W rep was able to direct the output from a turntable directly to the speakers. Time was limited, so I did not get the full story on how all this integrates.
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