The evolution of the Nautilus line?

[70sMac]

Originally Posted by bart

Bill, I'll have to concur with the other posters here.
I've heard the D series extensively, then also the D2 series, and later the 805 D3, 804 D3, 803 D3, 802 D3, 800 D3. Dozens of hours in total.
Each generation betters the older one, the D3 does this by quite a margin.
Looking forward to the D4 series, and who knows, D3s might appear on the used market for bargain prices...

I've been a B&W fan for many years, Bart, so I'm glad to read that folks are still buying their 800-series speakers.

[joey_v]

Love BW.

Heard 802D2 and 802D3 side by side, easy to tell the evolution forward.

[70sMac]

Originally Posted by joey_v

Love BW.

Heard 802D2 and 802D3 side by side, easy to tell the evolution forward.

I love B&W, too, Joey. Obviously, you liked the 802 D3s more. Did you buy them?

[hdvidguy]

Originally Posted by 70sMac

I love B&W, too, Joey. Obviously, you liked the 802 D3s more. Did you buy them?

Look at his footer. He has a great thread comparing 800 and 802 both D3’s in this forum. Have a look.

[70sMac]

Originally Posted by hdvidguy

Look at his footer. He has a great thread comparing 800 and 802 both D3’s in this forum. Have a look.

HD Vid Guy..... I've run into quite a few cases where the poster's signature wasn't up to date; hence, the question...and, oops, ours isn't up to date, either...so there you go.

As for getting into a lot of B&W reviews, we're getting close to the age where discerning subtle differences in audio is a bit of a stretch. I'm surprised, to be honest, that we could hear the differences I mentioned in my comments about our recent B&W 800 D3 audition. In fact, we were far more interested in the Mac equipment that was converting the digital stream to analog than any of the other "shiny" things in that sound room.

ADDENDUM:

...and speaking of signatures, do you like the HTM1 that you got to match up with your N802 speakers?

[hdvidguy]

Originally Posted by 70sMac

HD Vid Guy.....

As for getting into a lot of B&W reviews, we're getting close to the age where discerning subtle differences in audio is a bit of a stretch.

Totally understand! The 800 D3's are $36k CAN. Ouch. I paid $7k for my then slightly used 802N's

[joey_v]

Originally Posted by 70sMac

I love B&W, too, Joey. Obviously, you liked the 802 D3s more. Did you buy them?

Yep.

Bought them twice hahah...

First I bought them, then traded them in for 800D3, then bought them back again as a trade back.

[joey_v]

Originally Posted by hdvidguy

Look at his footer. He has a great thread comparing 800 and 802 both D3’s in this forum. Have a look.

Those were fun times.

[obiwankenobi]

Originally Posted by joey_v

Yep.

Bought them twice hahah...

First I bought them, then traded them in for 800D3, then bought them back again as a trade back.

What's the main difference between 802D3 and 800D3? I thought the latter is supposed to be an "upgrade"?

[RaceCarDriver]

It is, the crossover is better in the 800s, you get 10” for the low end instead of 8” and I swear I read the plinth is different on the 800 vs the 802/803 but that might be a mistake. The 800s can handle 2x the power of the 802.

In the end of the 800s don’t work in the room, the 802s may be a better option.