Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Matrix 801 Series 2 Wood

These incredible speakers are too much for my humble abode. I lucked into them when a family friend was retiring and downsizing. I have listened to some amazing records on these beauties, however, these beasts deserve a better home than I can give them. There's no shortage of people waxing lyrical about the the sound quality that these speakers can deliver[1] [2] and the Bowers & Wilkins website mentions that the "breakthrough moment for the 801 came when EMI adopted it as its reference monitor at Abbey Road Studios, leading many other facilities around the world to follow suit.  A contemporary picture shows a pair of 801s – all 47kg apiece of them! – mounted on tall open-frame stands in the studio, and this co-operation between Abbey Road and Bowers & Wilkins – and the ongoing installation of successive generations of 800 Series speakers – continues to this day, as does their use in many other world-leading recording facilities."[3]

The cabinets have some light scratches, mostly on the rear. I was given them with caster feet installed. I was not given the metal foot spikes. One of the larger grills is slightly bent, but it it's difficult to notice unless removed.

Description: Three-way, reflex-loaded, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: 1" (26mm) metal-dome tweeter, 5" (126mm) Kevlar-cone midrange unit, 12" (300mm) high-power polymer-cone woofer. Crossover frequencies: 380Hz and 3kHz. Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz ±2dB free-field. Sensitivity: 87dB/W/m. Nominal impedance: 8 ohms (not falling below 4 ohms). Amplifier requirements: 50-600W.
Dimensions: 39 11/16" H by 17" W by 22" D. Weight: 110 lbs. [4]

[1] - www stereophile com/floorloudspeakers/506/index.html
[2] - www theabsolutesound com/articles/tas-legacy-bowers-wilkins-801-loudspeaker
[3] - www bowerswilkins com/en-us/blog/products/history-of-800-series
[4] - www stereophile com/content/bw-matrix-801-series-2-loudspeaker-specifications

Sorry about the links. Reverb strips them if they're proper links.