Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4 Floorstanding Speaker

Description

802 D4

Built to similar proportions as the flagship 801 D4, the Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4 offers much of the performance of its sibling, including the same Turbine™ Head enclosure for its midrange drive unit, yet is more affordable overall.

Featuring Aerofoil bass cone technology, which remains an outstanding solution to the conundrum of combining low mass and high stiffness in bass cones, thanks to its carbon-fibre skin and variable-profile foam core. Now, B&W have added the foam Anti-Resonance Plug for lower distortion and even cleaner bass.

Every stereo model in the new 800 Series Diamond™ range has a significantly upgraded cabinet with an all-new aluminium top-plate. This also provides a perfect mounting point for all-new Leather by Connolly trim, with luxurious black leather for dark cabinets and light grey for lighter finishes.

Like its floor-standing siblings in the new range, 802 D4 has a dedicated midrange cone using three key Bowers & Wilkins technologies: the Continuum™ cone, Biomimetic Suspension and midrange decoupling, the latter ensuring minimal interference from the operation of the loudspeaker’s bass drivers.

802 D4 is a very special loudspeaker in its own right, with a thrilling blend of performance and style that other loudspeakers will find hard to emulate. Only one model in the 800 Series range can best it – the flagship 801 D4, which has 250 mm (10-in) bass cones in a more substantial low-frequency enclosure.

Features

• 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.

Specifications

• Drive Units:
• 1 x 25 mm (1-in) Diamond dome high-frequency
• 1 x 150 mm (6-in) Continuum cone FST midrange
• 2 x 200 mm (8-in) Aerofoil cone bass units
• Frequency Range: 14 Hz – 35 kHz
• Frequency Response: 17 Hz – 28 kHz (+/-3 dB from reference axis)
• Sensitivity: 90 dB (on axis at 2.83 V rms at 1 m)
• Harmonic Distortion: 2nd + 3rd harmonics (90 dB, 1 m on axis), <1 % 70 Hz – 20 kHz, <0.3 % 100 Hz – 20 kHz
• Nominal impedance: 8 Ω (minimum 3.0 Ω)
• Recommended amplifier power: 50 W – 500 W into 8 Ω on unclipped programme
• Max recommended cable impedance: 0.1 Ω
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 1218 x 413 x 602 mm
• Net Weight: 88.10 kg

Finishes

• Gloss Black, with Black Grilles.
• Satin Walnut, with Grey Grilles.
• White, with Grey Grilles.
• Satin Rosenut, with Black Grilles.

Included

• 802 D4 Loudspeakers
• Grilles (x3 Per-Speaker)
• Documentation

Full Bowers & Wilkins Range Available

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More Information

• 802 D4 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.