Bowers & Wilkins
702 S2
With three dedicated Aerofoil™-Profile bass drivers and a solid body tweeter housing on top, the 702 S2 brings the goosebump-inducing clarity and detail of studio-quality sound to your home audio ...
£3,299.00
With three dedicated Aerofoil™-Profile bass drivers and a solid body tweeter housing on top, the 702 S2 brings the goosebump-inducing clarity and detail of studio-quality sound to your home audio set-up.
Technical features:
- Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter
- Solid Body Tweeter on top
- Continuum cone FST midrange
- Decoupled midrange
- Aerofoil profile bass cones
- Flowport™
Description :
- 3-way vented-box system
Drive units :
- 1x ø25mm (1 in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency
- 1x ø150mm (6 in) Continuum cone FST midrange
- 3x ø165mm (6.5 in) Aerofoil profile bass
Frequency range
- -6dB at 28Hz and 33kHz
Frequency response
- 45Hz - 28kHz ±3dB
Sensitivity
- 90dB spl (2.83Vrms, 1m)
Harmonic distortion 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
<1% 86Hz - 28kHz
<0.5% 110Hz - 20kHz
Nominal impedance 8Ω (minimum 3.1Ω)
Recommended amplifier power
- 30W - 300W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
Dimensions
- Height: 994mm (39 in) cabinet only - 1087mm (42.8 in) including tweeter and plinth
- Width: 200mm (7.9 in) cabinet only - 366mm (14.4 in) including plinth
- Depth: 337mm (13.3 in) cabinet only - 364mm (14.3 in) inc. grille and terminals
Net weight
- 29.5kg (65 lb)
Finishes Cabinet:
- Rosenut
- Gloss Black
- Satin White
- Grille: Black
- Grey (Satin White only)
- Satin White
Solid Body tweeter
Milled from a solid block of aluminium, the solid body tweeter housing design creates an acoustically optimised housing for the tweeter – one that’s exceptionally inert and resistant to resonances.
Carbon Dome™ tweeter
Carbon Dome tweeters are a brand new technology 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.
Continuum™ Cone
First introduced with the 800 Series Diamond, the Continuum cone represents the biggest step-change in midrange performance since Kevlar. Its woven, coated material provides highly controlled break-up, resulting in a more open, neutral midrange.
Decoupled midrange
The midrange driver in the floor-standers feature a decoupled design, adapted from a similar system in the 800 Series Diamond. Decoupling reduces cabinet colouration, and boosts midrange clarity.
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins, or B&W, is a British company that produces audio equipment, most notably loudspeakers. B&W was founded in 1966 by John Bowers at Worthing, West Sussex, England. Currently, B&W, while still based in Worthing, is part of the B&W Group Ltd., which also includes audio equipment manufacturers Rotel and Classé.
B&W previously offered a range of electronics, such as amplifiers, under the Aura brand, but it was discontinued in 1997. Other sub-brands were 'John Bowers' for the Active One loudspeaker and preamp and 'Rock Solid' for a lifestyle speaker range. The B&W 'Blue Room' brand for 'Pod' speakers disappeared as these are currently produced and sold by Scandyna.[1] From 1988 to 1996 B&W ran their own record label.