Best Buy webpage for B&W

hoosier21
hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
edited November 2010 in The Clubhouse
Looking for a TV, went to Best Buy's website, and among other things saw they are now selling B&W speakers, poking around on this page

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Bowers+and+Wilkins+-+6-1/2%22+2-Way+Bookshelf+Speakers+(Pair)+-+Black+Ash+Vinyl/1277364.p?id=1218246226126&skuId=1277364


too funny, who writes this stuff

Product Features
•2-way speaker system
Sounds like 1 source rather than several separate sources.
•Flowport dimpled port design
Offers reliable use.
•Vented box system
Ensures adequate ventilation to keep the speaker cool.
•88dB sensitivity
For powerful sound.
•8 ohms nominal impedance
Effectively conducts power.
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Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2010
    Those descriptions are funny.

    And I can think of A LOT of ways to better spend $650!!:rolleyes:
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2010
    LMAO!! :tongue:

    I thought you were making that up until I clicked the link. Who wrote that, a 12 year old girl? Vented to keep the speaker cool? :confused::tongue:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited November 2010
    Best Buy is the devil...
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Best Buy is the devil...

    They would try to sell you a three year extended warranty on toilet paper if they sold it!! :mad:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2010
    Well the guy did remove the grills so he could show off the yellow kevlar woofers and name plate :rolleyes: That brings his credibility factor to the next level! :tongue:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited November 2010
    "Effectively conducts power" WTF?!:tongue:

    White Van sites have better marketing:eek:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,697
    edited November 2010
    "•88dB sensitivity
    For powerful sound.



    That's good. I wanted to be sure my 20 watt/channel AVR would drive them.
    Sal Palooza
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited November 2010
    I can't wait to have a kid trying to explain what B&W stands for.

    The best thing I think about this is the one day I walked into a place not too far from me. They carried some higher end stuff and B&W was one. When asked about I think it was def tech and if they carried it (as not a lot of places around me do) the sales guy scoffed and stated why would we sell a speaker that a mere best buy would sell right down the road? We don't waste our time with such speakers...

    Guess I'll have to go to their super clearance sale of the 24K B&W's they had just sitting around ;)
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2010
    phail!!!

    I was out at "aluminum dome tweeter" eeeesh
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2010
    Yeah...but you can "Enjoy lush audio with this 2-way vented box speaker system that features a 6-1/2" cone woofer and a 1" aluminum dome tweeter for a wide range of sounds.

    Who doesn't want LUSH AUDIO with A WIDE RANGE OF SOUNDS?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2010
    And BTW...IMO there is nothing LUSH about them...the entry level B&W gear makes my ears hurt.
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited November 2010
    was actually in BB yesterday, had CM9 and 683 hooked up.....but they did ask for protection plan on toy story 3 blu-ray/DVD pack i bought
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited November 2010
    I saw this a while back...but never bothered to read the text till now. Wow, I better run out a buy a pair of those, immediately....LUSH SOUND....?

    I've heard the mid to lower end bookshelves from B&W on a number of rigs and, with, shack, the sound is too edgy to me. Give me a pair of LSI bookshelves any day!

    Does anyone know what is up with Best Buy....B&Ws, MartinLogan's, Energy, etc.? What market is that targeting? Are they trying to fill in the space that the demise of Tweeter and a number of others left?

    cnh
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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited November 2010
    Let me take a few shots of something strong, and I'll start writing product descriptions for them.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited November 2010
    I think, I'd spend the extra $10, and get a a pair of DT Studio Montor 450's.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited November 2010
    I thought B&W folded?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2010
    B&W is Bowers and Wilkens...the largest British speaker mfg. and they are alive and well.

    You are thinking of B&K which was a small US audio equipment mfg. that has ceased operations (probably bankrupt).
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,597
    edited November 2010
    obieone wrote: »
    I think, I'd spend the extra $10, and get a a pair of DT Studio Montor 450's.

    I like the ones I modded.

    Out of the box I would rather take a drill and scramble my brains.
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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited November 2010
    shack wrote: »
    B&W is Bowers and Wilkens...the largest British speaker mfg. and they are alive and well.

    You are thinking of B&K which was a small US audio equipment mfg. that has ceased operations (probably bankrupt).


    Behind on my reading.


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  • resperc
    resperc Posts: 41
    edited November 2010
    B&W at BB...who would have ever imagined it?

    Is Classe next?
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