We are sorry for the sound. The mic was to close here. We will do it better next time :)

Nono, I‘m loving it 🫶

@@Stereopluss Try Samson ub1 (tested them vs a lot of mics), u will notice the difference (qite straight)

Thank you 😊

Tusen takk 😊

They actually were considered lifeless in their day. They had too much matrix construction with foam. Afterwards, B&W reduced the amount of matrix bracing in their subsequent designs.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt I get what you say, however, I like the neutrality of the speakers because there is ample room for adding a little colour here and there. B&W probably removed some of the foam because they were extremely expensive to make. I’ve never considered them lifeless. They have been a pleasure to listen to for many years and completely non-fatigue, powerful, deeply involving sound.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Interesting point however however , I like the neutrality of the speakers; there is ample room for adding a little colour here and there. B&W also probably removed some of the bracing also because they were extremely expensive to make . They’ve been a pleasure to listen to for many years with their completely non-fatigue, powerful, deeply involving sound.

if you throw money at a small driver you can get lower distortion. most people would just increase the size of the cone. also there can be problems with getting long throw woofers to work higher in freq

25mm is most likely the xmech, he mention the gap was included. so that is 12mm xmax. same as my 10" subwoofer driver. and about twice i get out of 5" midwoofers on my main speakers.

Please would you tell us more about this? Thanks

@@IvanTheUndertaker I owned it new in 1991 and you can find a video about someone who currently owns a pair on the Thomas and Stereo channel. It's from a year ago.

We placed the mic too close here. Nothing to do in post unfortunally

@@Stereopluss It's gain staging, not placement.

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator Both.

You seem not to be the benchmark, the design and the "form follows function" motto is and was unique.

@@Terranova911RS you seem not to get the joke here...

Best sounding speaker I have ever heard.

@@Terranova911RS Audio is subjective. Key here is “ I have ever heard.” I’ll take my Maggie’s or Klipsch over these.

Yes, subjective. I can say that I never heard a Klipsch sounding better than the Nautilus. @@SuppressiveSquirrel

I never seen a demo sample on KZfaq that gave me any idea of how the speakers sound. So we don’t do it. But this time, at Bristol HI Fi Show, there were no Nautilus speaker to test at all. I have seen other Nautilus-videoes with sound demo

@@Stereopluss wow, I didn't expect the video creator to reply to a comment thrown in frustration by a nobody like me. You have made a wonderful video explaining the technical details & wind profiling demos by blowing air in it... It was so nicely explained that after hearing all that, I was dying to hear how all this technology would finally sound when all put together.. after your video I viewed a few other KZfaq recommended videos but none had a sample of how nautilus sounded.. may be I was just going with technology involved recommendations instead I should have searched with some other keyword.. It's my bad, sorry for the rude comment. It was not in scope for your video. ,😊

@@meghalvasa Don’t think you were rude. I just wanted to explain how we are thinking. For sound demo try this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bK2fe5Z2tbSZc4k.htmlsi=Wd_okrZpN1__P_Di

@@Stereopluss I saw the same video before you gave the link just by self search. thanks though. I was expecting to hear some music with beats as well to check out clarity & bass. But I didn't find anything. This link just has vocal & piano. Speakers are good but don't sound so extraordinary like the price. I guess you should be very privileged to actually listen to one of the nautilus speakers in real life.

The drivers have been updated since they were introduced.

@@BrettinLux then they are about at the Niveau of the new 800 Series 2024? Or nearly?

They were only about $40,000 USD when they were new and the membranes were aluminum which isn't exactly like a 1970s paper cone.

Ok

Common KEF cope

But they sound amazing

I get how you feel and there is plenty of snake oil out there to lambast and impugn. That said, my favorite amp is around ten grand. My favorite speakers are about seven, turntable at eight, cabling for the whole system around two, steamer and DAC around three. That's a sweet spot for me and my budget. Where performance falls off compared to price. Those companies all treat their people well and pay extremely well. That's part of what I'm buying. Excellent service for all my possible questions. Of course, the sound profile I want. I think, relative to something like the hobby of collecting watches, audio represents a great deal more value in its use. Same for clothes and shoes, of course art is so relative, fine wines, etc. Dubious values and claims but somehow folks really dogpile audio specifically. Folks laud sommeliers with not a second thought. Hi-Fi folks are all essentially the audio version of The Simpson's comic book guy somehow. Not saying I haven't had a lot of twitchy pedantic customers in my time but they really are the exception. Not the rule. Most people spending more than $25k on a system have built it over decades. Flipping, trading up, and reinvesting. A lot of my clientele were maybe barely upper middle class and their money was important to them. I always tried to pretend I was the one laying out the cash to "value check" our build.