When Bowers & Wilkins label a loudspeaker ‘Signature’, we know we’re in for something extra special.
This is a tag reserved for the crème de la crème of speakers, the best in class, boasting significant performance upgrades. In Bowers & Wilkins near 60-year history the Signature name has been bestowed upon products only seven times...
Now there is an eighth, which is why we’re both uber-excited and privileged to be the first UK dealer to receive the latest in this distinguished line up: 700 Series Signature, comprising 702 S3 Signature floorstander and 705 S3 Signature standmount.
Watch John’s exclusive unveiling on our YouTube channel below.
Designed and engineered at Bowers & Wilkins’ headquarters in Worthing, 700 Series Signature combines the best elements of the enormously successful 700 Series with some key technologies trickled down from 800 Diamond Series.
700 Series Signature comes in two stunning finishes - Datuk Gloss wood veneer and Midnight Metallic Blue, taken from arguably B&W’s most iconic product, Nautilus. Both feature vibrant gold trim on the drive units and tweeter housings and a unique identifying Signature logo plate on the rear. So, certainly Signature aesthetics, what about underneath?
Well, a number of design, engineering and technical improvements raise 702 S3 and 705 S3 to Signature level:
Speaker terminals: New and upgraded speaker terminal posts feature high-quality brass cores to ensure a cleaner signal flow into the speaker.
Drive unit suspension: All-new, upgraded suspension or ‘spider’, the crucial mechanism that keeps the voice coil and cone aligned and balanced, allowing free but precise movement of the cone and improving clarity and control.
Crossover upgrades: both models feature improved capacitors, inductors and revised bypass capacitors. On 702 S3, Mundorf capacitors have been upgraded to the Evo range.
Motor System: upgraded mid-range and low-frequency motor systems on 702 and upgraded mid-bass motor system on 705.
Tweeter (702 & 705): 25mm Carbon Dome tweeter housed in decoupled aluminium enclosure with new protective grille mesh (from 800 Series) for increased openness and transparency.
Mid/Bass (705): B&W’s proprietary decoupled Continuum Cone FST midrange drive unit (6.5”) with acclaimed Biomimetic Suspension, designed to reduce unwanted colouration emanating from behind the drive unit.
Mid (702): 6” Continuum Cone FST midrange.
Bass (702): Three x 6.5” Aerofoil Profile bass drivers with upgraded drive-unit suspensions.
We are already big fans of 700 S3 so we cannot wait to have some proper listening sessions with the two Signature models. With the all of these improvements we are expecting very special things!
To hear for yourself, contact:
Nigel at Carlisle - 01228 546756 or [email protected]
Danny at Newcastle - 0191 285 7179 or [email protected]
One more speaker in 700 Series has received the S3 Signature treatment: HTM71 centre channel, ideal to compliment a surround sound or home cinema set up.
