Bowers & Wilkins 705S3 loudspeakers
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Bowers & Wilkins 705S3 is the top stand-mounted model in the 700 S3 Series.
The 700 S3 series is defined by elegance and driven by performance. The range is enabled by technologies first developed for the flagship 800 Series Diamond, and with eight models to choose from, there’s a speaker to suit every home. Inspired by recording studios, made for living rooms: with the 700 Series, studio sound comes home.
The 705S3 is an uncompromising two-way speaker that reveals subtle nuances in music other comparable models can miss. Its high-performance features include a Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top design borrowed from the 800 Series Diamond.
705S3’s Carbon Dome tweeter is housed in a Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure evolved from the latest generation of 800 Series Diamond. That joins a new and subtly curved baffle endowed with an all-new ‘pod’ housing for its Continuum Cone bass/midrange driver.
On demonstration at our industry-leading facilities with part exchange available across the entire range.
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705S3’s Carbon Dome tweeter is housed in a Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure evolved from the latest generation of 800 Series Diamond. That joins a new and subtly curved baffle endowed with an all-new ‘pod’ housing for its Continuum Cone bass/midrange driver.
This uncompromising two-way speaker reveals subtle nuances in music others miss. Its high-performance features include a solid body Tweeter-on-Top design borrowed from the 800 Series Diamond.
A house for high frequencies
The 700 Series features the latest generation of iconic Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top housing. Its new, more elongated form incorporates a longer tube-loading system to produce an even more free and open sound with high frequencies. The carefully decoupled housing is milled from a single solid block of aluminium to better resist resonance.
Sharper detail
Carbon Dome tweeters are purpose-built for the 700 Series. Delivering a dramatic improvement on the aluminium double dome tweeter, they raise the breakup threshold to 47kHz, for pinpoint imaging accuracy and detail.
Dimensions
Height: 345mm (13.6 in) cabinet only 413mm (16.3 in) including tweeter
Width: 192mm (7.6 in) cabinet only
Depth: 297mm (11.7 in) cabinet only, 337mm (13.3 in) including grille and terminalsNet weight 9.58kg (21.1 lb)
Technical details
Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter
Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top
Continuum™ cone bass / midrange
Flowport™
Max recommended cable impedance 0.1Ω
Drive units
1x ø25mm (1 in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency
1x ø165mm (6.5 in) Continuum cone bass / midrange
Frequency range 45Hz and 33kHz
Frequency response 50Hz – 28kHz ±3dB
Sensitivity 88dB spl (2.83Vrms, 1m)
Harmonic distortion 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) <1% 100Hz – 22kHz
<0.5% 150Hz – 20kHz
Nominal impedance Ω (minimum 3.7Ω)
Recommended amplifier power 30W – 120W into Ω on unclipped programme
Finishes
Cabinet:
Gloss Black
Satin White
Mocha
Grille:
Black
Grey (Satin White only)
