Dubbed the Bass Station, it’s as stylish as its stablemate, though distinctly macho instead of mildly effete.Ĭombining no fewer than eight small drivers around a carefully flared port, this 18kg of textured MDF feels incomporably more solid that its partner. RSS Inc’s solution is to provide a subwoofer to partner a pair of Solids. The £200 Solid is (just about) big enough to be regarded as a full range speaker, though those young enough to appreciate its striking appearance are also likely to have an interest in music with serious bass content, which is the one area where its performance is significantly lacking. RSS Inc’s first product, a miniature speaker euphemistically named Solid, is already a notable success, thanks in no small part to the widely praised Morten V Warren designed plastic enclosure and trim, and clever integral stand/bracket. Following the modern principles of niche marketing, this is a sub-brand, clearly created to appeal to a much younger customer than B&W’s traditional cardigan-and-carpet-slippers constituency. Harder to find but worth listening to if you come across some.Rock Solid Sounds Inc is a division of B&W Loudspeakers, or so it says in the accompanying propaganda. While those were the only ones I've listened to, the reviews for their other products were pretty positive. Their best-selling product was a cool indoor/outdoor, ported, metal 2-way with a built-in swivel mount that could be matched with a compact subwoofer. They also made magnetically shielded HT sets. Rock Solid (often just Solid) was a so-called lifestyle brand with some experimental models like the Verticale and Ovale. I've posted plenty about Blue Room before and some people don't like them, so I'm not going to get into it here. In the '90s B&W ventured out and created Blue Room art speakers and the Rock Solid budget audio line. All are great home theater speakers and easy to find on EBay and CL. Series 2-3 added Nautilus tubes to the metal dome tweets. They were replaced by the 600 S1 when every box got ported and given Kevlar cones. The bookshelves were sealed cabinets with just paper, and later poly (the i series for "improved”), cones. When they began making them, only the towers had the Kevlar midwoofers. Anything in this range is an outstanding performer with good value.
Before that I had some Wharfedale Diamonds, Boston Acoustics HD5s, and some consumer-grade stuff I won't name. I've owned B&W bookshelves since the mid-'90s.
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