Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 bookshelf speakers (pair)

705 S3’s Carbon Dome tweeter is housed in a Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure evolved from the latest generation of 800 Series Diamond. That joins a new and subtly curved baffle endowed with an all-new ‘pod’ housing for its Continuum Cone bass/midrange driver.

• Description: 2-way vented-box system
• Technical features: Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter, Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top, Continuum™ cone bass / midrange, Flowport™
• Drive units: 1x ø25mm (1in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency, 1x ø165mm (6.5in) Continuum cone bass / midrange
• Frequency range: 45Hz to 33kHz
• Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis): 50Hz - 28kHz
• Sensitivity (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m): 88dB
• 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