Oldsansui441
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I have a pair of Matrix 801 S3 which I bought slightly used for a lot of $$$ about 20 years ago
I would love to have a pair of those sitting in my lounge room, bet they sound brilliant.
I have a pair of Matrix 801 S3 which I bought slightly used for a lot of $$$ about 20 years ago
Finally snagged a pair of DM14 yesterday.
I would love to have a pair of those sitting in my lounge room, bet they sound brilliant.
Thanks. I wish I still had my KEF 103.2 so I could compare them. Both are very smooth sounding, have great "imaging" as the audiophiles say, and are inefficient.Nice score, yes l bet they will really sing with your Luxman.
Well, the owners (who one the company now) want people to call them Bowers and Wilkins and not B&W as it sounds too much like BMW or BNW (which is a white van speaker brand).
I was patient.... Finally snagged a pair of DM14 yesterday. The cabinets aren't terrible but will need a little work. I've got them hooked up to a Yamaha CA-810 and I'm not disappointment in the sound. Hopefully the Luxman R1120a, which has twice the power of the Yamaha, will be back from the shop soon. That should really make them sing. Does anyone know the MSRP of these in USD when new?
That is very reasonable if true. MSRP on KEF 103.2 was in the $900 range. I wish I still had mine so I could compare, but they definitely have some similarities. I'm impressed with the DM14. They also seem to have held their value well over the years.Sooooo, I also enjoy my B&W DM-14's, luckily the pair I bought were in near perfect shape.
They were not that expensive in 1981 compared to some offerings from the little I've seen, high $400's....
If I am wrong, please enlighten me.
Great speakers if you can stumble on to a pair.
My Luxman R-1120 sounds better than I would have suspected with my second pair of DM23s. The definitely-in-need-of-an-alignment tuner can barely pull in WPFW 89.3 in stereo (I bought that Luxman from a guy who smoked, and he owned a long haired cat that liked the heat that the Luxman gives off).
I had the older pair of walnut DM23s (purchased for cheap from a certain auction site years ago, and the cabinets weren't in good shape then) re-capped, and they are the best bookshelves I have owned, hands down, prior cabinet damage and all. I ought to get that Luxman and the other 23s recapped/restored, as well.