Question for you B&W Guys

Some serious kit there. If you love the B&W sound, it might be worthwhile to explore the latest Diamond series although they may cost higher than the older Nautilus and S series. I have listened to a pair of N802 and although good, not outstanding. Personally I feel the Nautilus range is already well past its era as the new Diamond series have significantly improve on it. Not too sure if the S series are a substantial improvement over the N series. If considering between the N and S series, personally I think you would be better off going with the latter.

Hopefully some folks with experience would chime in with their thoughts.

Good luck.

I always liked the Matrix series myself..I nice pair of 801/3 or 802/3 would be the sweetspot I would look for..I realize they are an older line of B&W's but very reasonable cost and very high in performance ( per dollar spent ) ...

The only substantive difference between 804 and 803 is in the bass, 803 being better in that regard. But since you have a sub, the 804 should be just fine and you won't need to spend as much. I have the 804 Diamonds with no sub but with a punchy amp, and I think the bass is quite sufficient. As for differences in the series, I'd lean to the S over the N. The newer Diamonds are a definite step up from the S, but even though I have the Diamond series, I am not so sure the increase in the price is justified by the degree of improvement in the sound. List prices new for the Diamond series went up 50% over list prices new for the S series, that's quite a jump. One last point -- don't get confused on the series terminology. There is also an older "D" series, which is often confused with the current "Diamond" series.