801 Abbey Road Limited Edition Vintage Walnut

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801 Abbey Road Limited Edition Vintage Walnut

Name: 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition Vintage Walnut
Brand: Bowers & Wilkins
SKU: BOWERS-WILKINS-801-ABBEY-ROAD-LIMITED-EDITION-VINTAGE-WALNUT

Special-edition flagship 800 Series Diamond floor-standing loudspeaker

Model FP46485 · Series 800 Series Diamond

Celebrating the unique 45-year relationship between Bowers & Wilkins and Abbey Road, the 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition takes the 801 D4 Signature and reframes it in homage to the home of music making.

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All specifications

Sensitivity: 90 dB (2.83 V / 1 m)
Nominal impedance: 8 ohms
Frequency response: 15 Hz to 28 kHz
Dimensions (W × H × D): 451 × 1,221 × 600 mm
Weight: 100.6 kg
Number of ways: 3

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Overview

In 1979, John Bowers and his team developed the first 801 – a loudspeaker crafted for

unrivalled accuracy. The engineers at Abbey Road immediately understood its value

and adopted it as their monitor of choice full-time.

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

45 years of iconic sound
Over the last 45 years, successive generations of 800 Series loudspeakers have graced Abbey Road’s control rooms and contributed to the endlessly iconic music and film scores recorded there.
Celebrating a timeless legacy
The 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition is a celebration of the unique 45-year relationship between Bowers & Wilkins and Abbey Road. It takes the best loudspeaker Bowers & Wilkins currently manufactures and reframes it in homage to the home of music making.
Abbey Road-inspired finish
Directly inspired by the famous studio, the 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition boasts a carefully crafted Vintage Walnut cabinet, complemented by a bespoke red Leather by Connolly trim.
A benchmark in performance
Today, the latest incarnation of the 801, the 801 D4, remains the benchmark by which other high-performance loudspeakers are judged. It’s the ultimate expression of True Sound, and ideally suited to its role as the loudspeaker of choice for Abbey Road.

Specifications

Sensitivity: 90 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: 15 Hz to 28 kHz; The range of pitches it reproduces, from deep bass to the top of the treble.
Dimensions (W × H × D): 451 × 1,221 × 600 mm; Width, height and depth, without cables.
Weight: 100.6 kg; Per unit, out of the box.
Number of ways: 3
Driver size: 25 mm
Model code: BOWERS-WILKINS-801-ABBEY-ROAD-LIMITED-EDITION-VINTAGE-WALNUT; Quote it when you ask a specialist.

Size & weight

Dimensions: Height: 1221mm (48.1in) Width: 451mm (17.8 in) Depth: 600mm (23.6 in)
Net weight: 100.60kg (221.8 lb)

Technical details

Technical features: Diamond tweeter Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange Anti-Resonance plug Biomimetic Suspension Turbine Head Matrix™ Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones Flowport™"
Description: 3-way vented-box system
Drive units: 1x ø25mm (1in) Diamond Dome high-frequency 1x ø150mm (6in) Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange 2x ø250mm (10in) Aerofoil™ Profile bass
Frequency range: -6dB 13Hz - 35kHz
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 - 1,000W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
Max recommended cable impedance: 0.1Ω
Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis): 15Hz - 28kHz ±3dB
Sensitivity (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m): 90dB