B&W 804S Floorstanding Speakers
I recently had the opportunity to build a system around the B&W 804S for a non-audiophile family setting up their first serious system. They were brought around to audition a number of speakers, before they settled for the B&W. For those unfamiliar with the B&W 804S, it is the smallest (its actually quite big physically) floorstanding speaker in B&W's 800 series line-up. At approximately double the price of the stand mount 805, the 804 has 4 drivers in a boat shaped cabinet with front firing port. Its a 3 way design with a Nautilus tweeter mounted on top of the cabinet. On the rear, bi-wiring terminals are provided and jumper cables (not stupid brass links) with one end intelligently terminated with spades and the other with banana plugs, thereby ensuring compatability with cables terminated with either spade or banana plugs. Why can't all manufacturers do this ? The B&W was heard twice in two different dealers. Pairing equipment included an all Arcam setup