Description

Our flagship centre-channel speaker features a Carbon Dome drive unit housed in a Tweeter-On-Top enclosure, a 130mm (5in) Continuum Cone FST™ midrange driver – particularly important for clarity with dialogue – and twin Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones. It’s the perfect partner for the 705 S3, 703 S3 and 702 S3.

A house for high frequencies

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

Sharper detail

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 47kHz, for pinpoint imaging accuracy and detail.

Truly amazing sound

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.

Clean and clear

Every three-way loudspeaker in the new 700 Series 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.

A triumph of science

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.

Specifications

• Size & weight

  Dimensions		Height: 165 mm cabinet only 233 mm including tweeter Width: 628 mm cabinet only Depth: 318 mm cabinet only 356 mm including grille and terminals
  Net weight		17.45kg

  Technical details

  Technical features		Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones Flowport™
  Description		3-way vented-box system
  Drive units		1x ø25mm (1 in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency 1x ø130mm (5 in) Continuum cone FST midrange 2x ø130mm (5 in) Aerofoil Profile bass
  Frequency range		45Hz – 33kHz
  Frequency response		50Hz – 28kHz ±3dB
  Sensitivity		89dB spl (2.83Vrms, 1m)
  Harmonic distortion		2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) <1% 90Hz – 22kHz <0.5% 120Hz – 20kHz
  Nominal impedance		8Ω (minimum 3.1Ω)
  Recommended amplifier power		30W – 200W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
  Max recommended cable impedance		0.1Ω

  Finishes

  Cabinet finishes		Gloss Black Satin White Mocha
  Grille finishes		Black Grey (Satin White only)

  Option	Gloss Black, White, Mocha, Rosenut