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Originally Posted by Reaves
Replacing 4 when only one is damaged would certainly cause me some pain.  |
It pains me more (trust me!
). These things are designed for the cabinets. They cross at 200 Hz, so finding a 12" driver with the appropriate specs could be very painful. If I were to replace them, I'd probably go with some good old British B & W's if I have to.
Those B & W 801's are somewhat attractive to me as an alternative. They have a 15" driver on the front, but I prefer drivers on the sides if at all possible, so I sort of fault this design. With a driver on the front, you create wavelengths in your room that hit in some places and miss others. This creates sweet spots since a low frequency wave is very long. If the driver fires from the side, and you have many drivers (4 in this case), then you create a much more even and smoothed out sound.
However, I cannot fault the B & W Nautilus design which is based on the inner ear cochlea. Last time I was in Definitive Audio, a guy pulled up in his Enzo Ferrari and bought 6 of them. Someday, maybe I'll break for simply two of them!
They are as much an art object as a near perfect speaker in my opinion.
B & W Nautilus:
