Great sound, great looks for price

No longer made

System:
Speakers - B&W P6, bi-wired
Pre-amp - Rotel RC 971
Amps - 2 Rotel RB 970 BX, bridged mono
Disc player - a soon to go Luxman DZ 112

I am very pleased with these handsome speakers. Other than being good looking (high WAF), their sound reproduction can't be beat for the money. They produce a well balanced and very clean, natural and detailed sound. The sound staging is pinpoint wonderful. They MUST be bi-wired and driven by close to their maximum handling power. If not, you are running regular gasoline in a Ferrari. They produce excellent sound at low to medium-high volume, but seem to come apart a little when you attempt to irritate your neighbors and rattle the plates out of your cupboards.

I highly recommend them if you can find a pair.

What can I say? I got them at a bargain price, just about £550 in Sweden. This three-way system with top-mounted tweeter gives you all the details you could possibly want and a good amount of bass as well. The amplifier that I am currently using is the Marantz PM-16 (see my review) and a Marantz CD-67SE with Audiotruth cables. The CD-player is actually a little too weak in this team, but it sure gives value for the money!
Back to the P6´s; if you´ve got the proper equipment, there´s no doubt that you will be satisfied. It will go quite loud if you give it enough power and the sound at lower levels is just enchanting. The P6´s are placed somewhere between the 600 series and the cheaper Nautilus models regarding the price, but also if you take the time to listen, you will notice that they really fill the gap in sound quality. The P series doesn´t seem to be that popular, but I think it deserves to be!