The 800 Series isn't all about diamond tweeters, though. These models also benefit from B&W's FST midrange driver, a Kevlar construction that is very successful at blending stiffness and rigidity with a high inherent damping factor. There's also the Rohacell bass driver, which sandwiches an 8-millimeter piece of polymethacrylimide (i.e., hard-foam) material between two layers of carbon fiber for a beneficial blend of weight and mechanical properties with heat resistance. And, of course, there's the famous B&W cabinets, usually topped off by the distinctive, separate tweeter (and, occasionally, separate midrange) housing. This design does have important practical purposes, such as reducing cabinet diffraction and time smearing, in addition to giving many B&W speakers their unique look. Read on at Hometheatermag.com to learn more about this audio system.



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