Hi all, Does anybody have a pair of 808s in oak that they could post a pic of? I am trying to choose a finish but not finding any oak photos on line.
Thanks to anybody who can help!
Robbo, I think you’ll find that the Oak finish is a more recent addition to the Titan range therefore you might struggle to find many photo’s on line.
I would contact Derek at Kudos I found him to be most helpful when I was choosing a finish for my T606s.
I did reach out to Kudos and they pointed me to the C20 oak pics… but nothing quite like seeing the actual model in the wood. I am thinking black gloss, but oak could be an option if I could only actually see it! 
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When I purchased mine my dealer had the 505 in Tineo and the 606 in Walnut neither looked exactly like the Brochure colour so choosing from the Brochure could be a bt of a gamble.
I did contact Derek and explained that I had mid Oak furniture and a Quadraspire rack in Bamboo hence the decision of the Tineo finish and to be fair hey blend in lovely in my room. The Oak appears to be a very light Oak finish.
I would agree that the oak finish is very light. I demoed S20s in oak and was quite surprised at how light the finish was. I ended up with 606 in walnut. I’d say the walnut is darker than it appears in the brochure but that suited me fine. What I would say is that both looked better in real life and that the photos don’t generally do justice to the quality.
I have seen photos of the walnut finish where it looks pretty light, kind of Nordic feel - which I liked - but a chat with the folks at kudos put me right, they confirmed it is pretty dark in reality.
Worried that black gloss may be quite imposing on such a big speaker. Hence considering oak.
What I really want though is the pippy oak of the ATC but on the kudos 808 
Black makes things look smaller. It’s an optical illusion.
Robbo, the Walnut in the flesh looks much darker than the photo suggests it should be the Tineo that I eventually chose appears lighter in real life than the brochure ?
I do like the tineo, it makes a statement, but worried that it is quite orange. Is that the case in reality?
@TimOopNorth should help. I remember he had difficulties in choosing the right colour for his 808.
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I will probably end up going black - I mean at least with black I do know what I am getting, right but good to get people’s opinions who have seen these in the flesh.
Of course then there is black oak or black gloss…
I found the tineo quite orange and its stripes were rather lairy (though the orange was very difficult to capture in photos), so I have walnut instead. The walnut suits our room a lot better but is relatively subdued. For me black would be a bit monolithic
This is tineo in my room - none in natural light I am afraid
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The Naim / kudos dealer in otley had photos of a customers 808s in oak on their website. Very light as people have said
The above picture is walnut from their website and I would say it’s similar to the shade of mine in my room
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Thank you Tim!
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Not keen on the scary faces in the grain of the promo shot pair, but Tim’s own set have much nicer grain and also seem to be a richer colour. I think Peter’s latest dem room pair at Cymbiosis are also Walnut. Very nice in the flesh and a great improvement on the Tineo’s AFAIC. Oak looks interesting too. I’m generally more a fan of Oak over Walnut as a rule.
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Tim, that’s a lovely grain effect looks very natural totally different from the Walnut T606s I had out on demo and a lot lighter in colour.
I think that is one of the problems with a natural wood finish they are all different to a varying degree.
And very difficult to capture in photographs - or rather they vary a lot depending on the light source