Actually, B&W has been here in the NA market for quite some time but as
you said, only found in top notch high end stereo shops. My center
channel for my home theater system is B&W.
I have all Klipsch speakers except for my sub which is a Velodyne and
my B&W center. I specifically chose the B&W because I didn't like the
Klipsch center. In fact, my sub was going to be B&W as well but I
returned it because it kept bottoming out and making a flapping sound
that was just weird so I exchanged it for the Velodyne which is a 12"
active sub with a 15" passive radiator. This was several years ago and
I haven't upgraded any of the speakers because the system sounds just
the way I like it. It's a better experience watching a BlueRay movie
here in my living room than in the movie theater except for the iMax
ones of course.
Best Regards,
Rick alfaro
On 2/22/2014 2:05 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
I've not heard those speakers so can't make specific comments but hearing the B & W Z2 was
like hearing some Bose for the first time, upgrading from a pair of Plantronics Audio 478
headphones to a pair of Grado Labs SR60I audiophile headphones or say moving from USB 2.0 to
USB 3.0, in other words now you've experienced the difference you can't go back and I urge
anyone to hear these B&W speakers to fully appreciate what we're talking about here,
B*&w aren't the sort of thing you're going to find at your local Radio Shack or Wallmart
and I can only add its a pity that other speakers readily available aren't equal to B&W,
would be a near perfect world if they were.
Of course B&W and the only company doing this sort of stuff and their entry
into the North American market has been recent though they've been making speakers
in the U.K. for donkeys years.
B&W are in the same league as Polk Audio, Boston Acoustic and so forth.
On 22 Feb 2014, at 9:52 am, Walter Ramage <w...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Hi. If these speakers are anything like the B & W CM5 stand mount speakers
or the CM9 floor standing speakers then you won't be sorry. I have always
liked B & W speakers as they have a vary balanced sound and have a very good
bass response, they are also spacious and imiging is very accurate. Ihave
the CM 5s to listen to music or radio via my PC and downstairs are the
floor standing CM9s which are very impressive. Good luck with your purchase
but as it is B & W, there won't be much luck needed. Walter.
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Subject: iPhone Dock: The Choice Has Been Made
Yep folks, I've finally decided what Dock I'm going to buy, I'm after a new
one given that I no longer have any IOS devices with 30 Pin connectors
though the only problem there is I have 3 units with 30 pin dock connectors,
I'd be absolutely raging! if those devices couldn't be put to other uses and
were only useless 30 pin docks <smile>.
My decision has come down to the Bowers & Wilkins Z2 iPhone dock/airPlay
speaker though I warn everyone now, the price for one of these gorgeous
things is not cheap, at around $400 but - from what I've heard - its
certainly well worth the money spent.
The Z2 sports a 9 pin Lightning connector, has an Aux-in socket and can be
used with airPlay.
I'll write more when the device arrives and I can test it with my Wi-Fi
network etc.
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