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705 S3 Signature Midnight Blue Metallic

Name: 705 S3 Signature Midnight Blue Metallic
Brand: Bowers & Wilkins
SKU: BOWERS-WILKINS-705-S3-SIGNATURE-MIDNIGHT-BLUE-METALLIC

High-performance 700 Series Signature stand mount speakers

Model FP43583 · Series 700 Series Signature

The 705 S3 Signature is expertly engineered to deliver sonic brilliance in a more compact form.

At a glance

All specifications

Sensitivity: 88 dB (2.83 V / 1 m)
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Frequency response: 50 Hz to 28 kHz
Dimensions (W × H × D): 192 × 345 × 297 mm
Weight: 10.4 kg
Number of ways: 2

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Overview

Featuring optimised technology from our most advanced loudspeakers, as well as our proprietary Continuum mid-bass drive unit and Tweeter-on-Top, the 705 S3 Signature utilises an upgraded mid-bass motor system, improved capacitors, revised speaker terminals, plus a more open tweeter grille mesh, as developed for our 800 Series Signature loudspeakers.

About Bowers & Wilkins

There’s nothing quite like experiencing the True Sound of a performance. At Bowers & Wilkins, our dedicated engineers develop and integrate the highest calibre of performance audio technology into our products. The result allows you to hear music and movies with the striking accuracy and realism of the original recording, with nothing added and nothing taken away.

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Features

Crafted
We are inventors, pioneers and innovators, continuously developing technologies and products that raise the bar for audio excellence. Bowers & Wilkins engineers craft our 700 Series Signature models with the same care and precision that all our category-defining audio systems are renowned for. The results, however, are unique.
Honed
Built on the foundations of our most advanced technologies, we carefully optimize our 700 Series Signature models to reflect the latest developments in audio excellence. The small details can make the biggest difference – and these are the ones we pay close attention to fine-tuning.
Perfected
We’re passionate about providing the best, truest listening experience we can. Our 700 Series Signature models draw from this lifelong goal and offer a pinnacle in performance and design. We’ve evolved these loudspeakers to optimum heights. This is the best of our best.
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Specifications

Sensitivity: 88 dB (2.83 V / 1 m); How loud it plays for a given signal. Higher sensitivity needs less amplifier power.
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms; The electrical load your amplifier drives. System Builder checks it against the amplifier you pick.
Frequency response: 50 Hz to 28 kHz; The range of pitches it reproduces, from deep bass to the top of the treble.
Dimensions (W × H × D): 192 × 345 × 297 mm; Width, height and depth, without cables.
Weight: 10.4 kg; Per unit, out of the box.
Number of ways: 2
Driver size: 25 mm
Model code: BOWERS-WILKINS-705-S3-SIGNATURE-MIDNIGHT-BLUE-METALLIC; Quote it when you ask a specialist.

Size & weight

Net weight: 10.35 kg (22.8 lbs)
Dimensions: Height: 345mm cabinet only 413mm including tweeter Width: 192mm cabinet only Depth: 297mm cabinet only 337mm including grille and terminals

Technical details

Drive units: 1x ø25mm (1in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency 1x ø165mm (6.5in) Continuum cone bass / midrange
Frequency range: -6dB 45Hz - 33kHz
Frequency response: 50Hz - 28kHz ±3dB
Harmonic distortion: 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) <1% 100Hz - 22kHz <0.5% 150Hz - 20kHz
Nominal impedance: 8Ω (minimum 3.7Ω)
Recommended amplifier power: 30W - 120W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
Sensitivity: 88dB spl (2.83Vrms, 1m)
Technical features: Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top Continuum™ cone bass / midrange Flowport™
Description: 2-way vented-box system
Max recommended cable impedance: 0.1Ω