B&W 705 S2 Standmount Speakers – Rosenut

A small but very stylish standmount loudspeaker from British specialist Bowers & Wilkins. This pair of 705 S2’s are in good condition with a minor mark on the front of one of the speakers – please see photographs. They come in their original factory packaging, with our standard three month warranty.
Bowers & Wilkins Say….
Bring the breathtaking clarity and definition of studio sound home with the new 700 Series. Replacing the CM Series, the range combines studio-grade 800 Series Diamond technologies with purpose-built innovations to elevate home audio to an entirely new level. And all this from room-friendly cabinets designed to fit beautifully into your home environment. The new 700 Series. Inspired by recording studios. Made for living rooms.
With state of the art features such as the tweeter-on-top design borrowed from the 800 Series Diamond, this uncompromising high performance two-way speaker reveals subtle nuances in music others miss. Even challenging
instruments such as the piano are conveyed with uncanny realism, presence and transparency.
The 700 Series is an entirely new range of speakers. Compared with the outgoing CM Series, every transducer has changed and radically improved. To do this, we’ve borrowed some of the most advanced technologies from our flagship 800 Series Diamond, adapting them to suit a more attainable price point. And we’ve introduced entirely new technologies, designed specifically for this range.
The 705 speakers employ solid body tweeters, a high-performance design feature found previously only on the 800 Series Diamond. Its acoustically optimised form is milled from a solid block of aluminium, forming a structure that’s
exceptionally inert and resistant to resonances.
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.
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.
Designers often argue that a product’s functional and aesthetic qualities are closely related. We couldn’t agree more. In fact, the solid body tweeter on top of the 705 and 702 speakers is a case in point. It’s an object engineered first and foremost for acoustic performance. But in its minimal simplicity, it’s also undeniably beautiful. It’s a philosophy that runs deep in the DNA of the 700 Series. A speaker range that’s music to your ears. And very easy on your eyes.
Specifications:
Technical Features: Decoupled Carbon Dome Tweeter; Solid Body Tweeter on top; Continuum cone bass / midrange; Flowport
Description: 2-way vented-box system
Drive Units: 1 x ø 25 mm Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency; 1 x ø 165 mm Continuum cone bass / midrange
Frequency range (-6 dB): -6 dB at 45 Hz and 33 kHz
Frequency response: 50 Hz – 28 kHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity: 88 dB spl (2.83 VRMS, 1m)
Harmonic distortion: 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90 dB, 1 m): < 1 % 100 Hz – 22 kHz; < 0.5 % 150 Hz – 20 kHz
Nominal impedance: 8 Ω (minimum 3.7 Ω)
Recommended amplifier power: 30 W – 120 W into 8 Ω on unclipped programme
Dimensions: 407 (H) x 200 (W) x 285 (D) mm including tweeter
Weight: 9.3 kg

To read a review from US publication “The Absolute Sound!” please click here