Bowers & Wilkins 683 S2 Floorstanding Speakers (White) (Pair)

Bowers & Wilkins 683 S2 Floorstanding Speakers (White) (Pair) (Reconditioned)

Recommended Retail Price (RRP) - $2699 as of March 2016 based on a new product.

The largest speaker in the 600 Series. This floorstander is ideal for audiophile stereo and home theatre applications in larger rooms, delivering serious performance and amazing value.

The 683 S2 features a Decoupled Double Dome tweeter - technology evolved from Bowers & Wilkins CM10 speaker. The double dome design uses an extremely thin aluminium dome for lightness, surrounded by a thicker aluminium ring for rigidity. The result is a far more precise treble performance.

Specifications

• Woven Kevlar
• Crossover Tuning
• Nautilus Tapering Tube
• Flowport
• Mushrooms
• FST

Technical features

• Decoupled Double Dome aluminium tweeter with Nautilus™ tube loading
• Kevlar® brand fibre cone FST™ midrange driver
• Dual-layer aluminium cone bass driver
• Flowport™

Drive units:

• 1x dia 25mm (1 in) aluminium dome high-frequency
• 1x dia 150mm (6 in) woven Kevlar® cone FST™ midrange
• 2x dia 165mm (6.5 in) aluminium cone bass

Frequency range

• -6dB at 30Hz and 50kHz

Frequency response

• 52Hz - 22kHz ±3dB on reference axis

Dispersion

• Within 2dB of reference response
• Horizontal: over 60º arc
• Vertical: over 10º arc

Sensitivity

• 89dB spl (2.83V, 1m)

Harmonic distortion

• 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
• < 1% 95Hz - 22kHz
• < 0.5% 120Hz - 20kHz

Nominal impedance

• 8ohm (minimum 3.0 ohm)

Crossover frequencies

• 400Hz, 4kHz

Recommended amplifier power

• 25W - 200W into 8ohm on unclipped programme

Max. recommended cable impedance

• 0.1 ohm

General

• Dimensions (WxHxD): 190 x 985 x 364 mm EA
• Weight: 27.2kg EA

... Bundled item (SN:BW683S2WH) (226669-122)