10~11 inches, depending on your listening seat height. They need to be propped off the floor by approx. I'm an owner too, but must mention they need lots to TLC to get them to emotionally hit you hard !!ġ. Its great to see someone that loves this speaker for what they are. That's not going to happen, and no, tilting the 90 lb 48" tall Vandersteens downward to adopt a more precise driver angle isn't going to happen. Adjusting my head height a bit revealed more realistic mids and highs on the Vandersteens, but I'd have to sit on two pillows to get that height from my couch. These drivers on the Vandersteens were nearly a foot above my ears. Some of the vocal realism is also due to the fact that the 801's midrange and tweeter sit at ear-level for my prime listening location. The Vandersteens produce silky-smooth mids and highs, but Paul's voice sounded like he was in the room with me on the B&Ws. There's a wandering bass line in the Beatles Golden Slumbers that snaps to the front of the soundstage on the 801s where it gets lost somewhere in the lower mid-bass on the Vandersteens. When I write about the 801s being analytical, I'm referring to their honest, uncolored reproduction of sound - all sounds, true to the original recording. Speaker reviews are often criticized for using language that's too esoteric, but often, using concrete terms to transpose an emotional, aural experience is a wasted effort. Not all of these terms can be immediately likened to sonic fidelity, but they immediately come to mind when i think about the characteristics of these speakers. Where the Vandersteens were laid-back, neutral, and forgiving, the 801s were forward, analytical, precise, and aggressive. My first impression while listening to both channels was just how apparent the sonic differences are in the Vandersteens and the B&Ws. Would they open up the midrange ? I wanted to try but couldn't. I was also wondering what can the controls on the back of the midrange compartment do. I had a look at the powersupply Caps and they were rediculously small.Īnyway, I am offered to buy the B&W's and I am confused. I say strange because it is only a 80 watt AMP,yet it pumps far more power than my Mcintosh 150Watt amp. These came with a strange amp(Musical fidelity P180) and Perreaux SM3 preamp.
My problem was basically with the midrange.
One thing I noticed, the high frequencies were sweeter and cleaner. I tried hard to see the good side but couldn't. Now, are my ears spoiled with too much openness in the sound. I am so confused, the dynamics dropped,the bass was muddy,midrange was really muffled. B&W's sounded muffled compared to all the others to my ears. I switched back and forth for more than an hour. Hello, I had the chance to listen to these speakers side by side with three different pairs of speakers.MAGNAT,Definitive technology bipolar7006,JBL.
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