B&W800 D3usedB&W 800 D3; SAVE 50% On World Class Speaker PairThese are a pair of the Latest B&W 800 D3 Loudspeakers. These are MUCH better than any of the other speakers in the revised B&W lineup. These were brand new in December of last year. As ...14500.00

B&W 800 D3; SAVE 50% On World Class Speaker Pair

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These are a pair of the Latest B&W 800 D3 Loudspeakers.  These are MUCH better than any of the other speakers in the revised B&W lineup.  These were brand new in December of last year.  As you can see, they are beautiful, and have a completely natural, organic sound.  I am selling them to buy a pair of monstrous speakers, about 3 times the size.

Technologies
Aerofoil cone

Sometimes, new technologies allow us to achieve things in engineering
that wouldn't have been possible a few years ago. The Aerofoil bass cone
is a perfect example. By using advanced computer modeling and a new
syntactic core material, we've been able to produce a cone of varying
thickness, with maximum stiffness where it's needed most. This optimized
shape means the cone displays pistonic behavior further up the audible
range, producing bass that's precise, controlled and utterly lifelike.

Turbine head

Hear the sound, not the cabinet. That's the principle behind our
separate head units - a feature we introduced when we launched the first
800 Series speaker in 1979. Now, thanks to a radical redesign, the 800
Series Diamond head unit performs better than ever. Constructed from a
single piece of aluminum, braced with internal radial fins and with a
raised, slimmer profile, the turbine head is almost totally inert,
producing a sound that's free from cabinet coloration.

Solid body tweeter

Vibration is the enemy of good sound. To minimize vibrations, you need
components that are as stiff as possible. For the 800 Series Diamond, we
created our stiffest tweeter enclosure yet. The tweeter assembly for
the new range is housed in a solid piece of aluminum, while an improved
gel decoupling system isolates the tweeter from the effects of cabinet
resonance. The result? Pin-sharp acoustic detail, and new levels of
insight into a musical performance.

Continuum cone
For decades, we thought that nothing
could beat Kevlar as a midrange cone material. But now, following eight
years of intensive development, we've finally come up with something
even better. Due to its composite construction, the Continuum cone
avoids the abrupt transitions in behavior that can impair the
performance of a conventional drive unit. The result is a more open,
neutral performance. And a giant leap forward for loudspeaker design.


Thanks to computer modeling, the design of the 800 Series Diamond
midrange chassis has been completely overhauled. The new chassis is
engineered for superior stiffness, while tuned-mass dampers help to
reduce unwanted vibrations to a bare minimum.

Reverse wrap cabinet

When it came to designing the ideal shape for the 800 Series Diamond
cabinet, we did a U-turn. Quite literally. Instead of a flat-fronted
speaker with a curving back, we produced a cabinet with a front and
sides formed of one continuous curve, held together with a spine of
solid aluminum. Fewer joins make for a stiffer, more inert structure,
and a curved front means less baffling around the drive units. So sound
dispersion is improved, and cabinet reflection is reduced.

Matrix

Matrix provides the backbone for our speakers. It's an internal
structure that works like the bracing of a ship's hull, with
criss-crossed interlocking panels keeping our cabinets rigid and inert.
For the 800 Series Diamond, we've introduced our most radical rethink of
the Matrix concept yet. The internal panels are thicker, solid plywood
has replaced MDF, and metal components have been added to reinforce key
stress points. All together it's the most solid Matrix system we've ever
built.

Plinth
A great speaker needs a
rock-solid foundation. By moving the crossover from the plinth to the
main body of the speaker, we've been able to create a base for the 800
Series Diamond that's more stable and resonance-resistant than ever.
Replacing the original open-box design, the new plinth is constructed
from a solid piece of aluminum. This improves stability by lowering the
centre of mass and counter-balancing the weight of the turbine head.


The base of the larger 800 D3 is fitted with castors to allow you to
maneuver your speakers into position easily. Replacing these castors
with floor spikes used to be a tricky proposition, involving tipping
your speaker on its side. Not so with new 800 Series Diamond speakers,
which come with integrated floor spikes that can be lowered or raised
with a simple twist of a cog.

Diamond domes

Some things don't change. While almost every component of the 800
Series Diamond has been reinvented, the element that gave the range its
name remains unchanged: the speaker's diamond tweeter domes. Our diamond
domes remain the ultimate in tweeter technology, capable of unrivalled
acoustic detail, naturalism and spaciousness.

Diamond: the super-material

The properties of diamond are prized in highly specialized industrial
applications, from neurosurgery to CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Its
unique stiffness-to-lightness ratio also makes diamond the perfect
tweeter material. Developed especially for the 800 Series Diamond,
diamond tweeter domes push the break-up frequency threshold to a
remarkable 70kHz, resulting in superb clarity and detail.


Making diamond the natural way takes seismic pressures, volcanic
temperatures and around two billion years. Thankfully, science has found
a way to shortcut the process. Using chemical vapor deposition, our
diamond domes are grown like crystals in super-heated furnaces under
laboratory conditions, before being cut to produce the perfect tweeter
dome shape.

Frequency Rance - 15hz to 28khz (+-3db)
212 lb each
Harmonic Distortion <0.3%, 70hz to 20khz

No boxes or crates.  Pickup only, at this EXTREMELY LOW PRICED.
This is a chance to own a true world class speaker at half price!!!

Questions for the seller
What happened to the original boxes? If you had the boxes I would buy them today.
I thought I would die with these speakers, so I did not keep the boxes. I have many $16k offers if I ship. I have countered one offer to come get them at $14.5k. If they decline, I will order B&W stock boxes.

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