question for any B&W experts

[Hermitt]

I bet those are Matrix 3 Series 1 http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...atrix_3_S1.pdf

 

[Hermitt]

Here is a link to their back cataloge -> http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/....backcatalogue

 

[ALBPM]

Wow....This brings back memories...

I started with 605 S2's....
http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...fo_DM605S2.pdf


And traded up over the years to the 803's:
http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...autilus803.pdf

 

[Hermitt]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALBPM /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow....This brings back memories... I started with 605 S2's.... http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...fo_DM605S2.pdf And traded up over the years to the 803's: http://www.bwspeakers.com/downloadFi...autilus803.pdf

very nice

I love the sound from my DM1800s, maybe someday... 800Ds *dream...dream* with a Conrad Johnson rig

 

[nelamvr6]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hermitt /img/forum/go_quote.gif Here is a link to their back cataloge -> http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/....backcatalogue

Thanks! Excellent link!

This is gonna be hours of fun!

 

[ooheadsoo]

Can you guys see the foam inside the matrix cabs? Do they have problems rotting over time, like many other foams from 20 yrs back?

 

[midnite8791]

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicalguy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Midnight: where is the crossover that you are photographing? I'm just curious.

on the bottom of the speaker. you flip it upside down and unscrew a panel that the speaker usually rests on.

 

[classicalguy]

I have some foam on the top of my B&W speakers (the mid/tweeter unit sits on a big piece of foam), and it's getting pretty funky. Probably still performs acoustically as new, but it looks lumpy and deteriorated. I suspect the material used for the matrix system is entirely different - a hard expanded styrene or something?

 

[denzelsnipes]

I just purchased a pair of b&w dm1800's off eBay for $300...all of the pics I've seen of these speakers don't show them with a front firing port & the mid bass woofer surround is different, have I been duped?

 

[Glenmiller]

im still kind of confused why mine has a single set of speaker inputs, where on all the literature it appears that they should have 4 in order to be biamped/biwired. Maybe it was an option?

I have DM 1800' s .they are single wire..I Think this Bi Wire stuff is a sales gimmick...If the crossover is of good enogh quality that is all thats needed...Audio range is only hearable to around 9khz.. As long as the extra headroom is not pushed into distortion by the amp things should be ok...