Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 Standmount Speaker – Pair

The 705 S3 is Bowers & Wilkins’ pinnacle standmount speaker in the 700 Series, designed to showcase every delicate detail in your music that often goes unnoticed by other speakers. It features a Carbon Dome tweeter housed in a Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure, derived from the latest generation of the 800 Series Diamond. Additionally, the speaker incorporates a newly curved baffle with an innovative ‘pod’ housing for the Continuum Cone bass/midrange driver, delivering an immersive musical experience where the focus is on the music rather than the speaker’s cabinet.

Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 Speaker:

Technical Features:

Speaker Design:

• Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter for enhanced audio performance
• Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top configuration for improved sound dispersion
• Continuum™ cone bass/midrange driver for accurate and detailed audio reproduction
• Flowport™ technology for optimized bass response
• 2-way vented-box system design

Drive Units:

• 1x ø25mm (1in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency tweeter
• 1x ø165mm (6.5in) Continuum cone bass/midrange driver

Frequency Range:

• 45Hz to 33kHz for a wide range of audio playback

Frequency Response:

• +/-3dB from reference axis: 50Hz – 28kHz

Sensitivity:

• 88dB on-axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m, providing efficient sound reproduction

Harmonic Distortion:

• 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on-axis):
  • Less than 1% from 100Hz to 22kHz
  • Less than 0.5% from 150Hz to 20kHz

Nominal Impedance:

• 8Ω (minimum 3.7Ω), ensuring compatibility with a wide range of audio systems

Recommended Amplifier Power:

• 30W – 120W into 8Ω on unclipped program, for optimal performance

Dimensions:

• Height: 345mm (13.6in) for the cabinet, 413mm (16.3in) including tweeter
• Width: 192mm (7.6in) for the cabinet
• Depth: 297mm (11.7in) for the cabinet, 337mm (13.3in) including grille and terminals
• Net Weight: 9.6kg (21.1lbs), making it portable and easy to handle