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From the press release:

Within their elegantly curved exteriors the new 800 models feature a rigorously developed balance of all-new technologies and refinements to existing ideas, while further incorporating the full range of detail improvements brought by the highly acclaimed Signature 800 and Signature 805.

Technology

Diamond Dome Tweeter
 Perhaps the new 800 Series’ most radical innovation is the pure diamond dome tweeter used by the six top designs, identified by the “D” suffix of their model names.  In classic B&W style, the diamond dome technology began purely as a lengthy research project conceived to reach a better understanding of the relationship between drive-unit behavior and actual sound quality. (This research is detailed at length in the 800D Development Paper, and presented in simpler terms on the B&W DVD by B&W’s Head of Research Dr. Gary Geaves.)  Read more...