Go long!

[Dusty Chalk]

[Dusty Chalk]

Alternate thread title:

Fourth down, time to punt!

[JBLoudG20]

Interesting. I was about to ask who makes it, then I checked the image. B & W... now I notice the small logo on the middle. Wonder how it sounds?

[boomana]

What is that thing? It looks like a really uncomfotable headrest with a lost ipod section attached.

[deepak]

blech.

Pffft

[n_maher]

It looks like the world's biggest stone shaped by the ocean.

[boomana]

Does it have a name? I wonder what an overpaid marketing team did with that one.

[Dusty Chalk]

Click on the image for more information. It's the B&W "Zeppelin".

[boomana]

Nevermind. I found it. The Zeppelin. That's about right.

[hungrych]

Madonna's folded bra?

[postjack]

h8

[jinp6301]

well lets see how it sounds before we all decide it sucks anyway

[deepak]

If it's made by B&W it probably sounds decent.

[Dusty Chalk]

well lets see how it sounds before we all decide it sucks anyway

Yeah, I haven't concluded it sucks, but I can still laugh and point.

If it's made by B&W it probably sounds decent.

Those are my thoughts as well. It's B&W, forpete'ssake -- I bet it sounds at least competent.

But I can still laugh and point.

[deepak]

And it's 'only' $600. For the crowd it's catering to B&W could have charged a heck of a lot more.

[jinp6301]

And it's 'only' $600. For the crowd it's catering to B&W could have charged a heck of a lot more.

wow, thats not that bad if it'll beat all the other shitty ipod speakers, how much were those bose ipod speaker things again?

and actually theres a review already

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipod/review/11212/

[bhjazz]

Zeppelin is the product of Bowers & Wilkins 40-plus years of experience and know-how in speaker design."

Looks like Klaus and Heinrich will be back workin the counter at Radio Shack again.

[mjb]

hrm... b&w is the bose of hi-fi. their speakers are overpriced and overhyped. that's not to say they don't sound good, just that there are much much better performers at any of their price points. they cater to the upper middle class guys building a home theater in their mcmansion.

that said, there is one exception, which are their reference loudspeaker, the nautilus 800's...those are absolutely fantastic speakers and compete well at the +15k level...methinks

i have not heard this football though, so maybe it's a winner!

mjb

[PFKMan23]

No offense, but Bose is the Bose of hi-fi. No ifs, ands or buts about it.

[Dusty Chalk]

One has to admire their high-end stuff -- I mean, c'mon, Abbey Road uses them as reference speakers (801's, I believe). But yeah, this?

[jinp6301]

I really like the 803Ds. and WTF is that?

[ojnihs]

that is one of the dumber things i've ever read.

x2.

[Dusty Chalk]

I really like the 803Ds. and WTF is that?

This

[Nanoha]

hrm... b&w is the bose of hi-fi. their speakers are overpriced and overhyped.

This only means that you've not heard enough of them (B&W and other speakers). You certainly aren't the the first person to say that; most likely you've heard people say this and joined the bandwagon. B&W may not be impressive, but they are decent. There may be many better speakers out there for the same price, but they're not overrated or overvalued. There certainly are a lot of worse speakers out there for the price. B&W is wide known and successful; success brings doubters. Though I'll have to say that their lower-end speakers aren't noticeably impressive in my opinion; there are certainly better speakers at these corresponding price points.

[ojnihs]

IMHO, B&W has some great speakers. Most of the people who bash them are, as Nanoha said, bandwagoners. Use your ears, not your fucking eyes. I mean that is what this hobby is right?