Lee & T, crazy about Bowers & Wilkins

The Soup Nazi · 11.28.2019, 02:29 AM

I don't think this has been discussed here previously (apologies if it has). Following a link from... I can't remember where, really, it's four in the morning here, whaddayawant from me - THE POINT IS I got to a Facebook post by Lee from back in May in which he enthuses about Bowers & Wilkins hi-fi speakers:

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Since 2002 Bowers & Wilkins high-fidelity speakers have been my reference of choice, both in the studio and at home. Now that same great sound is available wirelessly through their new #FormationSuite system; just open the boxes, pull up the app and go - amazing. #sponsored

Meanwhile, Thurston seems quite happy with the same brand's P-9 Signature over-ear headphones:

Has anyone here tried Bowers & Wilkins products? I haven't and I most certainly won't; as you can check over at their site, this stuff is expensive LAMF. And I need to buy some chemicals ASAP. And my whole country's going down in flames, thank you Milton motherfucking Friedman. (At least that asshole is dead; when is Henry Kissinger gonna die? Come on, the guy's 96!). Anyway, Lee and Thurston wouldn't go nuts about these thingumybobs if they didn't sound pretty sweet, I'm guessing...

_tunic_ · 11.28.2019, 08:51 AM

I would go nuts on eating horse poo, if I got funded sufficiently

hmm, I'll start a gofundme campaign. Limitations are that it would either be the horse of Sinterklaas or Britt Dekker, wouldn't settle for anything less

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holy cow, this speaker Nautilus costs 65.000 Euro a pair!! It looks awesome though

h8kurdt · 11.28.2019, 09:32 AM

*squints* I can see something. Don't look like headphones though.

The Soup Nazi · 11.28.2019, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

I would go nuts on eating horse poo, if I got funded sufficiently

I very much doubt they did it for the money. If that were the case, they would be telling wonders about Dr. Dre's execrably and excretably shitty Beats headphones.

h8kurdt · 11.28.2019, 05:17 PM

Or Dr Dre and Iovine didn't want them advertising their headphones

The Soup Nazi · 11.28.2019, 05:31 PM

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Or Dr Dre and Iovine didn't want them advertising their headphones

Ha, good point.

Iovine has produced albums that are crucial to my life (Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Easter), but the guy is a DICK for stealing Neil Young's Pono concept of an audio "ecosystem" in order to promote bullshit sound.

h8kurdt · 11.29.2019, 08:20 AM

Did you see the defiant ones documentary? The first three episodes are brilliant, but my god that last one is basically Iovine and Dre sucking each other off. Both total dickheads.

There's a bit where Iovine is like "nah, we don't want that noise cancelling stuff on these headphones. We want people realising that the party is there" Has anyone EVER had some douche playing music loudly through his headphones and people have thought "oh wow, I gotta hang out with that guy. He seems totally cool".

The Soup Nazi · 11.29.2019, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

There's a bit where Iovine is like "nah, we don't want that noise cancelling stuff on these headphones. We want people realising that the party is there" Has anyone EVER had some douche playing music loudly through his headphones and people have thought "oh wow, I gotta hang out with that guy. He seems totally cool".

mil_pl · 12.05.2019, 10:07 AM

I'm the owner of B&W speakers, as well as PX headphones. Clear and cool sound.

The Soup Nazi · 12.06.2019, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mil_pl

I'm the owner of B&W speakers, as well as PX headphones.

Like, what, the whole company?

11.28.2019, 08:51 AM	#2
_tunic_ invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: I could live in eurHope Posts: 3,941	I would go nuts on eating horse poo, if I got funded sufficiently hmm, I'll start a gofundme campaign. Limitations are that it would either be the horse of Sinterklaas or Britt Dekker, wouldn't settle for anything less edit: holy cow, this speaker Nautilus costs 65.000 Euro a pair!! It looks awesome though __________________ what comes first, the music or the words?
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11.28.2019, 09:32 AM	#3
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	squints I can see something. Don't look like headphones though. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Or Dr Dre and Iovine didn't want them advertising their headphones __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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11.29.2019, 08:20 AM	#7
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Did you see the defiant ones documentary? The first three episodes are brilliant, but my god that last one is basically Iovine and Dre sucking each other off. Both total dickheads. There's a bit where Iovine is like "nah, we don't want that noise cancelling stuff on these headphones. We want people realising that the party is there" Has anyone EVER had some douche playing music loudly through his headphones and people have thought "oh wow, I gotta hang out with that guy. He seems totally cool". __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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12.05.2019, 10:07 AM	#9
mil_pl expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 2,467	I'm the owner of B&W speakers, as well as PX headphones. Clear and cool sound. __________________
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