B&W 801 Set with Sony electronics

Very nice sounding set with Sony ES High-End components. Sorry for bad audio quality, because of my mic. Coming soon little video about my incoming B&W 800 Matrix Speakers.

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Science & Technology

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• b&w
• 801
• high-end
• sony
• bowers
• wilkins
• finland
• djknight

[musicman257]

dude like your set up especially the rack system you have.did you make that or buy it.would love to get one for my bedroom.

[DjKnight2]

@musicman257 Yes I made it myself. You can't get that kind of racks from Finland.. Of course if you order... Nice to see that you like it!

[musmann]

No offence, but I hope you are not driving the 801's with a Sony receiver? If so, you owe it to yourself to try a real amp. Even a used Rotel RB-1080 (about $650 on the used market) amp will sound much better than Sony. I use to sell ES and B&W. Always thought the Sony receivers were one of the worst sounding out of the bunch I sold. And the most confusing, hard to use also. Just my two cents.

[DjKnight2]

@musmann No I don't drive the B&W's with the Sony receiver in this vid. I drove them with Sony TA-N80ES Power Amp. Nowadays I drive them with Luxman M-05 power amp. Btw, I have owned RB-1080 before that Sony. Sony beat it up very easily.

[DjKnight2]

@DjKnight2 sorry, nowadays I drive B&W Matrix 800 in Rosewood with the M-05.

[yputup]

Hi DJKinght2, There is no hard feeling with what I wrote last time. Hope you don't mind. Audiophile always exchange ideas.

[DjKnight2]

Sure! Thank you for your input! =)

[BRUCEFOREVER1]

Sorry, but the sound is thausen miles a far from the 801 possibility that you can listening on you tube whit a good electronics (hi-end electronics..). But wherevere, i think that in home theatre is very good. Ther high fidelity in stereophonic riproduction is another thing...

[gorton8andy]

But my opinion insn't coloured by what products I have to sell and what profit or mark up I would like, it is simply my own experience.

[musmann]

@gorton8andy No offence but I have been selling high end audio for 12yrs and it's been a hobby since I was a kid. I use to sell Sony ES, it's garbage. It was garbage when I sold it and it still is. Even when compared to many other mass marked receivers/electronics it's junk. I have had far too much experience with this stuff to be fooled by Sony. Not that they haven't made some really nice stuff in the past but their receivers are not very good at all.

[SuperiorHuns]

@musmann I TOTALY AGREE WITH YOU ! I have B&W 805S seria, but the Sony amps are NOT HIGH CURRENT amps ! Every B&W speakers NEED a HIGH CURRENT amp, to sound right ! Even B&W SAYS THIS on their web page ! That is why I use the Harman/Kardon Citation 22 power amp. Frequency range :0,5 Hz - 240-thousand hertz ! ! That is SOMETHING ! The Hk Citation 22, and the Citation 5,1 (4 chanel-stereo, no decoder in it ) 7,1 = 4 ch stereo are high current amps. The Rotels are also High currents.

[demarcos69]

You guys are full of crap B & W speakers sound great even with a cheap power amp as long as you have enough power to drive them...smh...stop reading those dumb magazines...

[xxdavid15]

@raymondleeleggs lol no durh...

[gorton8andy]

@musmann you've been reading too many hifi mags - Sony's logic is to produce a product that is way better than its price and recover the cost thru mass production. The first portable CD player D50 initially cost twice as much to make than it was sold for and took two years to break even. The non mass market brands can offer better individual products but they can't offer better value.

[gorton8andy]

@DjKnight2 what other sub has a 1000w amp? I love mine - it adds a lot and takes nothing away. Another example of an incredible Sony audio product totally ignored because hasn't got the right name on it.

[gorton8andy]

don't agree that Sony receivers sound bad - ive got a TA-DA9000ES S-Master 7.1 channel and it sounds better than my Audio Innovations Series 500 Valve - and it gives out 200 w per channel

[vantageIIx]

@LazyGuru1 I wouldn't do it with a Sony receiver you could buy at Best Buy, but I've heard great things about the ES series...