Recent content by AshleyB

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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Currently playing around with Spotify since it's lossless Audio has dropped - however may look to move to Tidal/Qobuz once a streamer has arrived
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Yes they do look brilliant in black! makes them look slightly less retro. Yes Passion AV is a preamp with limited connections and sound control. Well I have basically got all this kit for free, apart from the 1k spent on repairing upgrading them. So in terms of a streamer spend, I can look...
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Good afternoon all, Been a while since I posted but an update on my current situation. The speakers were sent to Wilmslow Audio who did an excellent job with the following repairs/upgrades: New coils/domes fitted to the tweeters Midrange refurb with new rubber surrounds Bass units...
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Thanks for this, is it quite easy to add the ballast? In addition to the Marantz 30, I have also been looking at the Rotel RA-1572MKII which looks like it will play well with the speakers.
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    I read your post with great interest! I took the speakers apart and checked the connections, no corrosion but alas the tweeter is still not firing. Need to take the bottom half apart at the weekend and see if there is anything I can see from the board. If you posted any videos would like to...
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Thank you all so much for your answers really appreciated! I set up the old Amp yesterday to have a test - wonderful speakers but unfortunately have run into some issues. I picked up different sounds from the speakers, switching to left speaker only noticed the Tweeter is not firing at all -...
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    B&W Speaker help with Amp

    Good morning all, I hope you are well. Had an interesting acquisition from a family member. A lovely pair of B&W Matrix 802 Series 2. The nice history is that these are from Abbey Road studios as my Uncle in law was the sound manager (and worked on numerous Beatles albums!) My question is...