B&W Nautilus Loudspeaker story - Laurence Dickie.

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @catleaderk
    @catleaderk 4 года назад +8

    It's my pleasure to find and watch this video, I appreciate the glamorous natural design !

  • @btsr2553
    @btsr2553 Год назад +1

    That‘s what I call it a full perfect loudspeaker. I’m proud to say, I heard them several times. Each time it blowes me away. At every presentation I had from the first second pure goosebumps and tears in my eyes. The problem nothing comes so close since them.

  • @robm8067
    @robm8067 3 года назад +3

    💯🔥🤩I never really cared to make a lot of money until I think of these speakers…. Beautiful!

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  3 года назад

      We have a pair at our studio - although they are not functioning at the moment.

  • @zoxwolf2133
    @zoxwolf2133 8 лет назад +15

    Awesome video. I am so glad i stumble upon.
    I met Laurence few years ago in my small town during summer vacations. He is very interesting person. He even check my loudspeakers as well :) I am so glad bout that.
    Thanx for upload Jake
    Cheers

  • @Octocoupler
    @Octocoupler 3 года назад +1

    Laurence is the man, his new stuff is amazing, I told him when I win the lottery I'll give him a call.

  • @linandy1
    @linandy1 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for sharing this video !

  • @julesdumont1492
    @julesdumont1492 8 лет назад +5

    You have my gratitude for the gorgeous sound track update.

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  7 лет назад

      I am glad that was appreciated Jules! Took some digging and restoration. Sounds good now doesn't it?

  • @20gibbon
    @20gibbon 2 года назад +2

    These are in a league of there own in many ways, so clear, open and transparent, they will always look like a piece of art in any home, I'm tempted to sell my house to buy a pair, but i don't think they will sound so good in a tent! 😜

    • @tonyhiu6995
      @tonyhiu6995 Год назад +2

      But you will have a “Picasso” in your tent! 😂😂😂

  • @brutiebear964
    @brutiebear964 6 лет назад +8

    I have a pair of B&W DM2 and also DM5 monitors. Both from the 1970's. I loved them then and I love them now. I wanted the DM 70 but I could neither afford them nor fit them into my home . Wonderful to see the company has elevated itself to the top of the heap World wide.

    • @SgtSteel1
      @SgtSteel1 Год назад +1

      I still have a pair of CDM1's from about 1997 or something. As you say, I still love them now. At the time they blew me away. I wish I had gone for Audiolab amplification when I got them as they are more transparent sounding amps than the Arcam I got. The sound ended up being a tad rich and weighty.

    • @btsr2553
      @btsr2553 Год назад +1

      I‘m proud to say that in our main music room contains a pair of a Diamond 803 D3 amplified by a pair of Devialet Experts. Believe it or not, the procurement was a hard job, especially with respect to my minister of finance. After tough negotiations and seemingly endless discussions about the latest financial budget, the female acceptance factor finally triumphed. In the end, it was a purchase for the rest of our lives and very likely beyond. Neither of us has regretted it to this day.

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 9 лет назад +2

    Nice that this video exists. Thanks for the upload.

  • @jeremytravis360
    @jeremytravis360 5 лет назад +6

    Thank you for this amazing video. When I was the assistant manger of the Hi Fi department at Harvey Nichols in London back in the seventies the buyer had opened an account with B&W.
    The DM70s were amazing but beyond my wallet at the time. I did settle for a pair of DM4s as my speakers. I later built a transmission line cabinet for the DM4s to sit on.
    I have never been able to afford a better set up but I would consider a pair of these now if I could still try buy them.

  • @onemantwohands5224
    @onemantwohands5224 6 лет назад +3

    My God they are beautiful!!! :-) this is what sound looks like :-) :-) :-)

  • @Formatdon
    @Formatdon 4 года назад +5

    Копил деньги 💰 со школьных обедов, потом продал папкину машину и недавно бабушкину квартиру и вот наконец-то моя мечта сбылась! Я приобрел этот шедевр! Теперь Свинка Пеппа зазвучала новыми красками!!!

  • @endrizo
    @endrizo Год назад +1

    also check VIVID audio speakers

  • @guidewell
    @guidewell 8 лет назад +6

    The B&W flagship DM70 of the late 1970s was the talk of hi-fi shows with its stunning white finish and black grilles in a wide, curved-front cabinet - a revelation in those days of walnut-veneered, grey-fronted rectangular boxes. The only rival in sonic quality and appearance was the long-in-the-tooth Quad ESL with its more crystal upper range but no real comparison in the low frequency department. The DM70 had the family character of the D and DM series but more of everything and it was an aspirational product with very few in private hands. While less in grandeur than today’s top models, it had a less hard edge which might still appeal to some - and you only needed moderately powerful dual mono vacuum tube amplifiers like Quad 202s to power it effectively!

    • @scottlowell493
      @scottlowell493 5 лет назад

      Actually, rivals included KEF 107, ADS/Braun, infinity and Gale. All those I mentioned were as good or better.

  • @99thDimension
    @99thDimension 4 года назад +1

    When Bob Carver made a pair of natural resonance headphones he said he got them to work only one problem the tuning ports stuck out 30 feet on each side.

  • @bertramlefarge69
    @bertramlefarge69 5 лет назад +3

    I remember the DM1600 with the matrix cabinet, excellent speaker, you never see them for sale :(

  • @stevefisher3337
    @stevefisher3337 3 года назад +1

    Great article with superb soundtrack. Can anybody tell me what the background music is?

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  3 года назад +1

      There is a mix of music - its mentioned in the end credits.

    • @stevefisher3337
      @stevefisher3337 3 года назад

      @@theprof291166 Thanks

  • @andershammer9307
    @andershammer9307 5 лет назад +1

    We sold the 802 at Audio gallery but it was too warm sounding. we did sell some.

  • @youghurt2k
    @youghurt2k 3 года назад

    I wish I could have listened to these 30 years ago, but now my ears are shit, so it doesn't matter.
    I have heard some other speakers that was great too, and I loved it.
    Time waits for nobody. If you ever get a chance... just do it.

  • @metalmartin6.6.6
    @metalmartin6.6.6 3 года назад +1

    Incredible technology!

  • @vangmx
    @vangmx 6 лет назад +5

    A nice and interesting video. Anyway, to reference the author's story of finding the original optical disc audio master, I find it interesting that analog/digital video has gone through various formats and technical development throughout the last decades, where one can visually see the differences in quality, yet it's audio that has primarily remained the same. A well recorded piece of audio from decades ago survived better today than analog video footage taken from the same era. Or in other words, you got low resolution 240i video that looks horrible on today's HDTV screens yet decades' old stereo audio still sound great if not better on today's hifi equipment. :)

    • @vain8687
      @vain8687 6 лет назад +1

      Absolutely. This video was shot on broadcast equipment and cameras which by today's iPhone and Galaxy standard is almost hopelessly dreadful. But back then there was no other way other than film which would have cost 10 times as much. However digital audio (44.1kHz) was reasonably mature. The master video tape only had a analogue linear track and it wasn't that good. I am glad I had the sense to do a digital back up to a CD-R.

    • @vangmx
      @vangmx 6 лет назад +4

      You're absolutely right. Shooting on film would've been very expensive, even if the production team decided to save money by using 16mm rather than 35mm. And unfortunately a lot of material will only exist on low resolution analog video. Though with the resolution of digital video cameras today which has surpassed the resolution that the human eye can visibly see, I wonder if decades from now people will say 1080p looks like junk on their 24k TVs. :)

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  6 лет назад +1

      @@vangmx It will!

  • @cerka92
    @cerka92 9 лет назад +2

    Interesting story. Iliked this

  • @bujoun76
    @bujoun76 9 лет назад +11

    Wonderful! If I only had 57,000 dollars I would get a pair...

    • @scottlowell493
      @scottlowell493 7 лет назад

      I believe they are more like $27,000.

    • @Glock_4717
      @Glock_4717 7 лет назад +1

      Pick up a pair of pioneer sp-fs52 or a pair of Polk audio t50’s they are both under 200$ I have the pioneers they are a good starting point to get you into high end audio

  • @nrs6956
    @nrs6956 4 года назад +2

    Impressive and wondrous video. Have four B&W sound devices. All exhibit extremely enjoyable levels of performance. When I purchased such devices I realized these are design and application of an extremely high level. When I reviewed simple "ear buds" some one remarked about there are better. But to me they were and are more than adequate. The nature of such sound is to a degree subjective. Installed in a BMW auto, I wonder if such engineering can be appreciated. In a residence questionable. Sound specifically music is the "unseen magic of life," with the exception of the application of technology, totally invisible. Nevertheless I applipluade B&W, along with others to pursue the holy grail of application. Thank you.

  • @tomaburque
    @tomaburque 5 лет назад +1

    Fascinating.

  • @juliaset751
    @juliaset751 6 лет назад +5

    Imagine if B&W and KEF got together to work on a speaker. B&W on the enclosure and KEF on the drivers.

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  6 лет назад +5

      KEF are only just catching up. 30 years later!

    • @odincoulombe706
      @odincoulombe706 5 лет назад

      lol that q driver is nothing more than a coaxial driver lol,,dont know much ayy

    • @lowerthetone
      @lowerthetone 5 лет назад +3

      @@odincoulombe706 Coaxial drivers and particularly the UNI Q one's are a great idea, they're just a pain to manufacture. Getting a tweeter inside of a mid-driver is hard... Getting it to sound correct is even harder. Why do KEF do it? Because if you get it right, you can set up a UNI Q driver at any distance from the listening position. This is why the LS50 is such a flexible speaker. Tweeters and Mids that are separated out in the front baffle are set to fail unless (according to the manufacturer) the speaker is totally level, the room is the perfect dimension and the listening position is in the "right place..." This is foreign speak for people living in the real world. We want speakers that fit in with our lives, not to make our lives fit in with the speaker!

    • @mornecoetzee735
      @mornecoetzee735 5 лет назад +1

      What you are talking about is basically Vivid Audio.

  • @LordVictorHalgaard
    @LordVictorHalgaard 4 года назад +6

    A shame they never applied much of this to their production loudspeakers, other than in visuals, and now somewhat in baffle design.

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  3 года назад +1

      It did - but it went to break away company from B&W now called 'Vivid Audio Loudspeakers'. You will see all the Nautilus tech there now.

  • @whollymindless
    @whollymindless 5 лет назад +3

    Updated audio track was worth the re-upload.

  • @aug.jam.1
    @aug.jam.1 8 лет назад +5

    Love the narration, like as if I was listening to a Harry Potter movie :P

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  4 года назад

      Yes - an old fashioned tone. The voice of Peter King. Long deceased RIP.

  • @SealedOrPorted
    @SealedOrPorted 3 года назад

    This is what I envisioned HiFi magazines to be in the future back when I was a child.

  • @michaelprexler9351
    @michaelprexler9351 5 лет назад

    Ich habe schon fast alle Modelle gehört ! der Mittelton ist das beste was ich je gehört habe ! der Diamanthochtöner ist mir noch eine Idee zu Zahm !

  • @MusicAnirban
    @MusicAnirban 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing.

  • @bottomburp
    @bottomburp 3 года назад

    I would love to own a pair of these , but I could only afford a pair of DM 603 series 1 which I still have and love.

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  3 года назад

      I sympathise. But the spirit of Nautilus lives on in Vivid Audio and for £6000 you can get the astonishingly good S12 now. Its small but it does everything the Nautilus did in a small form factor. And easier to afford too - with some saving.

  • @fabiotardivelli6104
    @fabiotardivelli6104 3 года назад

    Il diffusore dei miei sogni.

  • @arswendoswissrianto3406
    @arswendoswissrianto3406 9 лет назад +2

    The Legendary Loudspeaker. Very interesting to know the story...

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  8 лет назад

      +Arswendo Swissrianto Thanks for the comment - Salaams Jake

  • @hapkrs
    @hapkrs Год назад

    Badass speaker.

  • @pinoynga
    @pinoynga 7 лет назад +1

    Sound reproduction, most especially music (from vocals, to jazz, to classical, movies, etc.) is always a work in progress. I'm happy with my old B&W speakers.

    • @guitarfoundry
      @guitarfoundry 7 лет назад

      i've had a pair of series 80 802's (pre matrix) which have given me decades of joy. I have a pair of N802's which ARE superior, but that 80's are still a joy to listen to in their own right...just so....'musical'.

  • @gilmoreskeen1234
    @gilmoreskeen1234 5 лет назад

    The speaker box design is new but the operational principle is not, it's just an acoustical labyrinth invented in the sixties.

  • @boggsy84
    @boggsy84 5 лет назад +1

    So why didn't they call it the snail?

    • @jeanpierresnyman652
      @jeanpierresnyman652 5 лет назад +5

      Because nobody would want a speaker called the snail

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  5 лет назад +3

      @@jeanpierresnyman652 Yes, that is right. The marketing boys came up with the 'Nautilus' name. Sounds more snazzy. Actually its original prototype name was 'Brian' from the snail on BBC's Magic roundabout children's programme of the 70s.

    • @tonyhiu6995
      @tonyhiu6995 Год назад +1

      It’s funny that it didn’t bother the whole world by calling it the “Snail”!
      Very Iconic.

  • @ampaioyarzo5624
    @ampaioyarzo5624 10 лет назад +2

    creo que es el mejor sonido del mundo, me gustaria tener uno !

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  10 лет назад +1

      Check out Vivid Audio then. They are also made by Laurence Dickie using more advanced techniques, and more affordable!

    • @ampaioyarzo5624
      @ampaioyarzo5624 10 лет назад +1

      Jake de que pais eres

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  8 лет назад

      +kopjesenseo Actually the Vivid Audio IS a Nautilus speaker. But because it can't obviously be a snail shell - because B&W own that, it has to be a different shape. And the horns are internal on Giya G1 and G2 but are showing on the Giya G3.

  • @logotrikes
    @logotrikes 6 лет назад

    Brilliant commentary on the Nautilus. Way above my pensioner paygrade sadly. I've heard the soundtrack with the organ before, and feel that I should know it, but I don't. Can anyone enlighten me?

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  6 лет назад +1

      Yes glad you liked the video. The music you are thinking of is Saint-Saens Organ symphony.

    • @logotrikes
      @logotrikes 6 лет назад

      Thanks for that Jake, I would never have got that. I thought perhaps Tchaikovski. I'll hunt it down, a great piece. My BIL has a pair of B&W speakers. Large ones, at least 20 years old. He swears by them and never thought to change them. I'd have them for sure if he gave them away;)

    • @ct5006360
      @ct5006360 5 лет назад

      @@theprof291166 #3

  • @Dubselekt
    @Dubselekt Год назад

    Классный фильм!

  • @kksurfraz7027
    @kksurfraz7027 Год назад

    super sir

  • @NelsonBigGunP200Fan
    @NelsonBigGunP200Fan 8 лет назад +1

    wish i had a couple grand to buy a set of these. I heard em before at a hifi store. Best i ever heard.

    • @simeh8458
      @simeh8458 8 лет назад

      A couple of grand? Last I checked they were £19,000 for each speaker (£38k for the pair), and that's when they're available to buy brand new.

    • @misho2184
      @misho2184 5 лет назад

      I've paid $140.000 for a PAIR in mid nineties!
      TWO PAIRS (Piano gloss AND bright Yellow) - including delivery, new cables, crossover's "reconditioning" etc... cost me OVER $300.000.
      WAS IT WORTH IT ???
      (At that time when l could buy a bedsitter at Sydney's CBD or a brand new average HOUSE in Sydney's (Australia) suburbs for the similar price???
      NOW l could sell the properties at FIVE TIMES more than purchasing price, and l will be happy to get AU$100.000 for the B&W ! (Each pair, 190.000 for the two sets) !
      Loudspeakers are EGO, (mine is bigger than yours) !
      Sonically?
      Hmmm.
      There is a SPECIAL category (like with EVERY other item(s).... for THIS kind of speakers...
      They are someone's pinnacle - zenith of their career.
      They (or a team) dedicated years of their lives to this speaker design...
      RESPECT IN ANY WAY TO THOSE PEOPLE;
      But l think they are like a "Super cars") - Show ponies, not practical for EVERYDAY USE.
      You need the "ROOM" FIRST,
      (and if you are renting a two b/r unit in multistory building) -
      THEY ARE NOT YOUR PRIORITY, (EVEN IF YOU WIN THE LOTTO).
      BUT - IF YOU HAVE A CONDITIONS TO AFFORD THIS (and dedicated room to put them, l'll be happy to hear from you).
      ORIGINAL B&W NAUTILUS :
      _____________________________
      PIANO GLOSS: AU$100.000
      BRIGHT YELLOW: AU:100.000
      -----------------------------
      BUY TOGETHER: AU:190.000
      Or nearest offer...
      IMAGINE IF you could to choose between
      B&W NAUTILUS,
      FOCAL's UTOPIA GRANDE and WILSON'S AUDIO "ALEXANDRA"...
      (It can be arranged too).
      P.S.
      PLEASE ONLY SERIOUS OFFERS, AND CONSIDER THE CUSTOM DUTIES WHEN YOU MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR AUDITION OR PICK UP.
      Location: AUSTRALIA
      I think l was honest explaining WHY l am selling the speakers addressing potential buyers.

  • @alex336k
    @alex336k 6 лет назад

    Bowers and Wilkins keeps me all ways busy.

  • @PedroECalvo
    @PedroECalvo 7 лет назад +2

    Ok this is a transmission line speaker with a non traditional form .

  • @petrovicdragan446
    @petrovicdragan446 4 года назад +1

    👍

  • @FVDaudio
    @FVDaudio 11 месяцев назад

    ✨✨👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🎶🎶

  • @MauricioRodriguez-xf8hs
    @MauricioRodriguez-xf8hs 4 года назад

    ❤️😍

  • @barnauletskirill8606
    @barnauletskirill8606 5 лет назад

    Я так и не понял?! Они что, лучше RADIOTEHNIKA S-90?

  • @marcusm5127
    @marcusm5127 6 лет назад

    I wish they made a new nautilus with new electronics and bigger woofers.

    • @theprof291166
      @theprof291166  5 лет назад +2

      See Vivid Audio Loudspeakers.

    • @marcusm5127
      @marcusm5127 5 лет назад +1

      @@theprof291166 Cool.

    • @DGFishRfine1
      @DGFishRfine1 5 лет назад +2

      Honestly, at $60,000 base per pair, I'm sure B&W would gleefully customize your speakers for a bit of extra cash. (Let's face it... If you can spend $60k on these, you can spend $100k too)

  • @xprcloud
    @xprcloud 5 лет назад +3

    B&W snail speaker - pursues flat FR. WHILE IGNORING NON LINEAR DISTORTION (IMD,THD). and efficiency.
    The later being waaaay more important than FR BS. FR which your room and the recording engineer turn into a mess anyway,
    B&W meant for highly paid CEO's that never actually listen to them.

  • @trevorwaterfield604
    @trevorwaterfield604 6 лет назад +1

    I'll stick with me amstrad....

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 5 лет назад

    cool

  • @johnmejia4222
    @johnmejia4222 7 лет назад +3

    Bowers and Wilkins Listen and you'll see! Real World! ¨Passion for Sound and Music¨

    • @guitarfoundry
      @guitarfoundry 7 лет назад

      'Bowers and Wilkins Listen and you'll see'*
      'Bowers and Wilkins Listen and you'll HEAR'.
      you're welcome.

    • @johnmichaelrichards
      @johnmichaelrichards 6 лет назад

      Indeed, even the humble but wonderfully sonic DM22 of the early 80s used the tag line "Bring your music into focus."

  • @Kolfonik
    @Kolfonik 6 лет назад

    Yes... a snail.

  • @joeyg7458
    @joeyg7458 5 лет назад

    What ticks me off is that these days the drivers are built in China

    • @joeyg7458
      @joeyg7458 5 лет назад +1

      Assembled yes made in China

    • @joeyg7458
      @joeyg7458 5 лет назад +1

      Brian Barratt they are all made in China under licensing ...look it up...cabinets and assembly in England.Even the Nautilus

    • @joeyg7458
      @joeyg7458 5 лет назад +1

      Brian Barratt all the drivers are made in China period..Crossovers I don’t know .Cabinets and assembly are in England for the nautilus line and above..Cheaper ones upto 9000$ models are also made in China..All people pay for is the name..Since B&W bought out classe this is the move they’ve made.

    • @blarkdexture8899
      @blarkdexture8899 5 лет назад +1

      China = better quality

    • @mornecoetzee735
      @mornecoetzee735 5 лет назад +1

      @@joeyg7458 You
      are sorely mistaking. The Nautilus and 800 range of products are still COMPLETELY made in England.

  • @toono21
    @toono21 6 лет назад

    so where o& earth exactly is this fa&tastic beemer??

  • @cpunter
    @cpunter 4 года назад

    Really? Commercials after only 1,5 minutes?

  • @mariog711
    @mariog711 6 лет назад

    Tienen un sonido increible yo los escuche la primera vez hace 27 años en una exposicion de electronica y recuerdo q eran de la marca yamaha creo q ellos fueron los q los diseñaron

  • @guitarfoundry
    @guitarfoundry 7 лет назад +1

    oh no..it's that bloke with the poorly fitting dentures with the herbert the pervert whistle....i always laugh when i hear him whistling away..
    I have a pair of 802 Nautilus speakers in cherry which i adore, and a vintage pair of 802 series 80's which i also love and have had for nigh on 20 years.
    almost everybody tells me that the Nautilus 802's look like Daleks!

  • @odincoulombe706
    @odincoulombe706 5 лет назад

    At the end of this video i was hoping to hear,,and in the end the most ugly pair of speakers was born with a price not many are willing to pay lofl.

  • @kevinbeckenham3872
    @kevinbeckenham3872 6 лет назад

    All B&W lack decent clean sub bass.

  • @robpeters5204
    @robpeters5204 4 года назад

    Kill the background music!

  • @Ride_on54
    @Ride_on54 4 года назад

    What a horrible looking speaker looks disgusting I’d never buy anything like this

    • @blazuma111
      @blazuma111 Год назад

      I know, and these probably sound worse whenever you listen to dubstep music as these seem like they are only built for either music with vocals, or classic music using real instruments, and I've also heard that these Don't kick the bass to it's absolute best. I use a single pioneer S-p340v bookshelf speaker which I bought for 50 dollars and it outputs bass for those amazing sounding drops and wubs from the bass of dubstep and electronic music! These are likely a huge scam and ripoff big time!