Bowers & Wilkins 801D4 loudspeakers
36000
36000
The Bowers & Wilkins 801D4 is described by its manufacturer as: ‘The loudspeaker that sets the standard all high-end designs will be judged by for years to come. Endowed with every new technology the 800 Series Diamond has to offer, the 801 D4 also marks the return to our portfolio of one of our most iconic model names.’
Each new generation of 800 Series Diamond™ is a landmark event for Bowers & Wilkins. This is their benchmark, their icon; the most advanced range of loudspeakers they know how to make. For Bowers & Wilkins, the 800 Series Diamond is everything they know, and everything they are.
Other loudspeakers merely replay recorded music. 800 Series Diamond makes it. The monitor speaker of choice for recording industry professionals for decades, it has helped artists, composers and studios the world over to create the music and film soundtracks that have shaped a generation.
Bowers & Wilkins’ design always has a purpose. Decades of advanced research into the acoustic and mechanical fundamentals of loudspeaker cabinets have endowed them with a deep understanding of how to make them sound wonderful. And if that same knowledge also inspires beautiful forms, who’s complaining?
Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond
Excellence. Evolved.
801 D4
The loudspeaker that sets the standard all high-end designs will be judged by for years to come.
Endowed with every new technology the 800 Series Diamond has to offer, the 801 D4 also marks the return to our portfolio of one of our most iconic model names.
Turbine Head
Our all-aluminium Turbine Head is a phenomenally stiff and inert housing for the crucial midrange cone, carefully damped to avoid unwanted resonances and decoupled from both the bass enclosure and the tweeter body. The result? The most realistic midrange sound yet.
Matrix TM
Every model in the new 800 Series Diamond benefits from an upgraded Matrix design. Aluminium reinforced interlocking panels brace the speaker’s cabinet walls in all directions, reducing resonance and creating a more believable soundstage.
Description
3-way vented-box system
Diamond tweeter
Solid body Tweeter-on-Top
Continuum cone FST™
Anti-Resonance plug
Biomimetic Suspension
Turbine Head
Matrix™
Aerofoil cone bass units
Flowport™
Drive units
1x ø25mm (1in) diamond dome high-frequency
1x ø150mm (6in) Continuum cone FST™ midrange
2x ø250mm (10in) Aerofoil cone bass units
Frequency range – 13Hz to 35kHz
Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis) – 15Hz to 28kHz
Sensitivity (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m) – 90dB
Harmonic distortion 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB,1m on axis)
– <1% 30Hz – 20kHz
– <0.3% 100Hz – 20kHz
Nominal impedance – 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω)
Recommended amplifier power – 50W – 1000W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
Max. recommended cable impedance – 0.1Ω
Dimensions
Height: 1221mm
Width: 451mm
Depth: 600mm
Net weight 100.60kg
Finishes
Cabinet:
Gloss Black
Satin Rosenut
Satin Walnut
White
Grille:
Black
Grey
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