NAUTILUS 802s

I have been offered a pair of B & W NAUTILUS 802s rather cheap - list is £6000 and I have been offered a pair for just over £2000 Update Now he wants 1,600£....

Currently I am running 602 s2s in my lounge and have always wanted something from the NAUTILUS range. I love them.

I have a Cyrus 7 - 2 channel 70W AMP which will feed the 802s ok but I will of course be in the next 6 months move to Mono blocks and a Cyrus Pre-X AMP instead and feed this with a Linn or a Cyrus 8 DVD/CD combination. As measure (if I do get them) I will go and pick up a Poweramp straight away.

I currently have them fed with some 30 quid /metre QED cabling - with the usual bannana plugs on each end (can't believe how much it actually cost! but worth it). Of course they are "bi wired".

Reason why I am not happy with the 602s? Well it is a lie - I love them to bits, however they really don't 'fill' the room as well as something more powerful, has to be said I was thinking about the 705 NAUTILUS speakers and a REL Stratus sub - but these came up.

Thoughts?

Pics:

http://www.x-ess.net/802/1.jpg

http://www.x-ess.net/802/2.jpg

http://www.x-ess.net/802/3.jpg

http://www.x-ess.net/802/4.jpg

At that price? You'd be mad not to...


Why so cheap though?

And yes, a bi-amp or monobloc setup would be essential to get the most out of those speakers. They will like a fair bit of power to run at their best :)

Yea been reading up the power requirements.

The guy seems keen to shift them - going to go view them this week.

Christ... Wish I had £2,000 :(

It is very cheap...

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Originally Posted by David

It is very cheap...

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Raaa man, Nautilus 802's for 1600! Bargin of the Century, should call you David Dickinson!

Nice! I'd say go for it as long as they're not "warm" :)

Very nice :). Even better at that price :shocked2:

I thought untill you posted the pics that you were talking of The Nautilus :rockon:.

Get them. Get them now.

Then give your 602 s2's to me, would make nice fronts, religate the 601s2's to rear guard :D

Butuz

If you can afford them, then go for it. I remember reading a review of the largest in the Nautilus range (may have been the 802s, can't remember TBH) when they first came out a few years ago, and they turned out to be a vicious load with impedance as low as 2 Ohms at some points. They were also very insensitive.

To get a lot of volume out of them you will need some meaty amps. It might be worth your while getting a big integrated of 150-200W or so, although if the power amps can be monobloc-ed to around that power they'll probably be OK.

Rich :¬)

Oh - and dont worry too much about powering them, they are actually *easier* for your amp to drive then your old DM602s2's (91dB vs 88db) which means that when you set your amp to 1/3 volume for example, the 802's will actually be playing music louder than your 602's were.

Butuz

91dB? Ignore my comments then. It must have been the next model up in the range.

Edit: done the research. The model I saw a review of was the 801, but the 802 seems to be a similar design replacing the single 15" woofer with twin 8"ers. The specs for both reckon:

Sensitivity 91dB spl (2.83V 1m)
Normal Impedance 8 ohms (minimum 3 ohms)

Now, I'm pretty sure that Hi-Fi Choice measured the actual sensitivity (of the 801) at close to 82dB/W, and B+W admit themselves that at some points the impedance goes as low as 3 Ohms- that makes them a far from easy load.

I would see how your current gear performs with them before spending any more on amplification, but my gut feeling is that you may need a lot more welly:).

Rich :¬)

Like I said... Those are beefy speakers... You'll need welly ;)

very few things in life can hold the word "serious" for long. But those are "serious"

Absolute steal too. Its a bit like being offered a Porsche 911 Carrera for £7000. Even if you only had £500 you'd have to go borrow the dough to own it. Same thing here. Just get your wallet out and stop fannying around ;)

I am waiting to hear back - I feel like he is wasting my time at the moment