Any 805 fans ?

[o0OBillO0o]

Bookshelf speakers are full of compromises. This a movie set, not reality, and you make good points, but as some one who always wants the best- I wouldn't be satisfied with 600 series - regardless where I used them

[sp8]

Originally Posted by OldTex

Just this afternoon I went to a store to listen to the upper-end B&Ws, mainly the 802D which I'd never heard. I gave the salesman a couple of my CDs and told him I wanted to hear the 804D, 803D and the 802D. He accidentally punched up a pair of 805Ds instead of the 804 towers and I started thinking that this was better than most of the speakers I had listened to Saturday in another store. I was shocked when we discovered the mistake. I am now a very real fan of the 805D. It never occurred to me you could get that big a sound from such a small speaker.


Now you tell me. The 804Ds were at the top of my list just a few days ago when I tried the 803D just on a lark. Stunned by the difference. Today I tried the 802D and now I'm thinking I may have to sell my Harley or something. Thank God they didn't have any 800Ds on the floor.

You convinced me not to listen to anything above the 804ds. I am definitely afraid of listening to 803ds.

[o0OBillO0o]

I think that was a salesman who identified how much money you could ACTUALLY spend and convinced you that you would have no problem spending that kind of money on the 805D- they are excellent speakers. I would never accidentally play the wrong $5K speaker. Would you?

The 802D is one of the best and it's priced to match, everything else is equally matched in price as you move down the line. There are no sleepers or under value here- you pay for what you get.

[dinster]

OldTex, I have both 805Sig and 802Di, and as you say, the 805's are amazing, and it is surprising how deep they go. I believe a 2 way book shelf is "easy" to make, what is really hard is to integrate real bass drivers into the system, and the 802's do this exceptionally well. In essence the extra $14,000.00 is for the bass enclosure and the woofers!!! Having lived with 802's I won't go back, but had I not heard them, I would still be very happy with the 805's.