Bowers & Wilkins 703 S3 Floorstanding Speaker

Description

703 S3

The new Bowers & Wilkins 703 S3 now features the iconic B&W Tweeter-on-Top configuration for the first time, alongside a decoupled FST™ Continuum cone midrange driver – enhanced by the addition of the revolutionary new Biomimetic Suspension and twin Aerofoil Profile bass drivers.

The 700 Series features the latest generation of iconic Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top housing. This 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.

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 47 kHz, for pinpoint imaging accuracy and detail.

Thanks to its composite construction, the Continuum™ cone avoids the abrupt transitions in behaviour that can impair the performance of a conventional drive unit. The result is a more open, neutral performance that delivers voices and instruments with precision and transparency.

Every three-way loudspeaker in the new 700 Series – including the Bowers & Wilkins 703 S3 – has a dedicated midrange cone using four key Bowers & Wilkins technologies: the Continuum cone, FST™, Biomimetic Suspension and midrange decoupling, the latter ensuring minimal interference from the operation of the loudspeaker’s bass drivers.

Developed using advanced computer modelling techniques, the Aerofoil™ Profile bass cone has variable thickness, providing stiffness and rigidity where it’s needed most. The result: deep and dynamic bass.

Features

• Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter.
• Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top.
• Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange.
• Decoupled midrange.
• Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones.
• Flowport™

Specifications

• Description: 3-way vented-box system
• Drive Units:
• 1 x 25 mm Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency
• 1 x 150 mm Continuum cone FST midrange
• 2 x 165 mm Aerofoil Profile bass
• Frequency Range: 30 Hz – 33 kHz
• Frequency Response: 46 Hz – 28 kHz ±3 dB
• Sensitivity: 90 dB spl (2.83 Vrms, 1 m)
• Harmonic Distortion: 2nd + 3rd harmonics (90 dB, 1 m on axis) / <1 % 90 Hz – 22 kHz / <0.5 % 12 0Hz – 20 kHz
• Nominal Impedance: 8 Ω (minimum 3.1 Ω)
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 30 W – 200 W into 8 Ω on unclipped programme
• Max Recommended Cable Impedance: 0.1 ω
• Height: 1010 mm cabinet only / 1117 mm including tweeter and plinth
• Width: 192 mm cabinet only / 290 mm including plinth
• Depth: 316 mm cabinet only / 353 mm including grille and terminals / 372 mm including plinth
• Net Weight: 28.81 kg
• Cabinet Finishes: Gloss Black / Satin White / Mocha
• Grille Finishes: Black / Grey (Satin White only)

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More Information

• 703 Series 3 Loudspeakers, by Bowers & Wilkins

Additional information

Brand

Bowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) is now a very large company, with distribution chains and customers all over the world. However it began in 1966 with John Bowers hand-assembling speaker systems for local clients in Worthing, West Sussex, in the back of the electrical store that he ran with his friend Roy Wilkins.

Five decades later the company is a global leader in sound, and in 2016 Bowers & Wilkins were incredibly proud to celebrate their 50th anniversary – and even more proud that the ethos, passion and drive of its founder is still a vital element in its continuing success.