B&W 684 S2 Floorstanding Speakers – Black Ash

Here we have a pair of Bowers & Wilkins highly regarded 684 “budget” floorstanding speakers that are in excellent condition. They are supplied in original factory packaging along with plinths, grilles, manual, feet and our standard three month warranty.
Bowers & Wilkins Say…
The 600 Series continues the award-winning promise of its predecessors – the audio performance you demand from Bowers & Wilkins, power to fill any room, yet at a budget that allows everyone access to true, audiophile sound. It
adopts technologies from our premium speakers plus innovations and engineering solutions unique to the range. Bowers & Wilkins believes everyone should be able to experience truly great sound. With the new 600 Series, everyone can.
It doesn’t matter where your music comes from. You might personally prefer classic vinyl, lossless FLAC files or Spotify streams. What really matters is how good the music sounds to you. And in a world of streaming, wireless and cloud-based audio, in a world where music has to compete with everything else happening in your life, it matters more than ever that music sounds brilliant. After all, what else can soothe you to sleep, excite and invigorate you, or clear and
calm your head to let you think and feel? Cut through the chatter, sit back and really listen… and you’ll see.
Room-filling sound without a room-filling speaker cabinet. Slimmer than ever, the 684 offers an amazing combination of serious floorstander power, spectacular audio performance and unbeatable value thanks to its new and vastly improved bass/midrange drivers and the Decoupled Double Dome tweeter.
Switching to 5-inch drivers from the previous 6.5-inch designs means the new 684 is significantly slimmer than its predecessor, yet Bowers & Wilkins engineers have still improved its audio performance. The two Kevlar-cone drivers now feature smaller voice coils to increase sensitivity. The 5-inch drivers now also feature Anti-Resonance Plugs that improve
the behaviour of the voice coil and smooth response, a technology taken from our high-end PM1 speakers. The result is a breathtaking performance from a modestly proportioned loudspeaker.
Specifications:
Features: Decoupled Double Dome aluminium tweeter with Nautilus™ tube loading; Kevlar® brand fibre cone bass/midrange drivers; Flowport™
Description: 2-way vented-box system
Drive Units: 1x ø 25 mm aluminium dome high-frequency; 2x ø 130 mm woven Kevlar® cone bass/midrange
Frequency Range: -6dB at 45Hz and 50kHz
Frequency Response: 72 Hz – 22 kHz ± 3 dB on reference axis
Dispersion: Within 2 dB of reference response; Horizontal: over 60º arc; Vertical: over 10º arc
Sensitivity: 87 dB spl (2.83 V, 1 m)
Harmonic Distortion: 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90 dB, 1 m); < 1 % 140 Hz – 22 kHz; < 0.5 % 180 Hz – 20 kHz
Nominal Impedance: 8 Ω (minimum 4.0 Ω)
Crossover Frequency: 4 kHz
Recommended Amplifier Power: 25 W – 150 W into 8 V on unclipped programme
Max. Recommended Cable Impedance: 0.1 V
Dimensions: 920 (H) x 160 (W) x 234 (D) mm; With Plinth 955 (H) x 235 (W) x 238 (D) mm
Weight: 14.2 kg