B&W Introduces Nautilus 800

New Model Functionally Identical To Signature 800 At Significant Savings

1-Oct-01

Hard on the heels of the debut of its Signature 800, Britain's leading audio firm, B&W Loudspeakers, has unveiled a more economically finished version of the same design. The new Nautilus 800 loudspeaker is electrically and acoustically identical to its more richly-appointed predecessor, and thus achieves the same new standard for reproduced sound. But the Nautilus 800 forgoes the Signature version's elegant and unabashedly expensive finishes of tiger's-eye veneer and full-height Connolly Leathers (retaining this rich upholstery on its upper surfaces only) for simpler, more economical -- but no less carefully crafted --materials.The new Nautilus 800 is available in the three existing Nautilus exteriors -- black ash, natural cherry and red cherry -- all featuring the exactingly hand-selected, meticulously-matched wood veneers that have hallmarked the Nautilus Series from the beginning. In every other way, the Nautilus 800 is identical to the Signature model. It employs the same twin 10-inch bass units, featuring improved bass dynamics for even more natural, life-like attack, as well as a significantly narrower, more ""interior-friendly"" form. The new model includes the same improved version of the Nautilus trademark 6-inch FST Kevlarô midrange driver. And the Nautilus 800 enjoys the latest iteration of the acclaimed Nautilus tweeter, which now boasts a useful top-end limit of an unprecedented 50 kHz -- very much in play, with the arrival of ultra-wideband SACD and DVD-Audio recordings.Despite its simpler finish options, the Nautilus 800 retains the Signature 800's massive, non-resonant aluminum base. This incorporates an improved crossover, housed where it is entirely free of possible electromagnetic influences by nearby drivers, with refined circuitry and exclusively custom-engineered components including redesigned WBT-type 0702 palladium-plated terminals for unexcelled signal transfer and reliability. Of course, with the importance of multichannel playback in today's music and home theatre systems, the Nautilus 800 makes a perfect tonal and spatial match to its supporting cast, B&W's Nautilus HTM1 center and SCM1 surround channel designs, each of which also exploits the enhanced performance of the newest midrange and high frequency drivers.The B&W Nautilus 800 is available immediately, at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $16,000 per pair. For more information about B&W Loudspeakers, visit www.bwspeakers.com.

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