^ But if they were $199 nobody would be talking about them..

 

well between the tweets and the mids...it's in the 2 G range. They're made to compete with the Alpine F1 I'd imagine.

 

Doesn't apply? Well I guess it's all subjective because we are talking about hearing of course, and nobody ever knows what the next guy hears or how he interprets it. I'd love to hear the B&W Nautilus and I've pre-decided that it would sound utterly fantastic and would be a reference against everything else. Why would I pre-decide that? Cuz they are upwards of $50k for a pair ($80k? I really can't recall), I'm a fan of B&W so therefore it HAS to be awesome. If it wasn't, I'd be pretty disappointed and would second guess how I'm hearing something solely because if it's THAT expensive than it must be that good and I'm flawed. That sounds silly just typing it.

That all said, I heard the same song off the Focal No. 5 disc on a set of faily pricey B&W's at a shop that I listened to on a couple of other systems including my own car and I found a range of frequencies distinctly muted and I thought they sounded off. Almost like a driver was out of phase. Anyway.....