BOWERS & WILKINS FP37494 803 D3 Floorstanding Speaker - Black

The BOWERS & WILKINS FP37494 803 D3 Floorstanding Speaker - Black is the first of its kind: a full-range, studio-quality speaker built for the home, and the most compact headed unit we’ve ever produced. While this elegant speaker comes in a living room-friendly size, it shares the same revolutionary technologies and design features as its larger siblings, including our turbine head and reverse-wrap cabinet.

Hear small details in a big way
Mounted atop the main enclosure, the Diamond dome tweeter in its solid aluminum housing delivers space, ambience and precise soundstage imaging.

Less resonance, more dispersion
The Turbine Head's massive midrange housing is carefully shaped and inert, ensuring voices and instruments are delivered with extreme purity.

Truly amazing sound
Voices and instruments are delivered with purity and precision, thanks to the smooth, accurate Continuum™ cone midrange driver.

Nimble and powerful
Solid, dramatic bass is delivered through the rigidity and lightness of the uniquely-shaped, variable thickness Aerofoil™ cone.

Braced for impact
Unwanted resonances can blunt the punch of the sound: advanced Matrix bracing keeps the cabinet ultra-rigid and damps out superfluous vibrations.

Stable foundations
Perfect sound is about moving air, not the speakers: a stable plinth makes for easy positioning, then keeps it rock-solid for listening.

Technical features

• Diamond tweeter
• Continuum™ Cone FST™
• Anti-Resonance plug
• Turbine head
• Aerofoil™ cone bass units
• Flowport™
• Optimized Matrix
• Solid body tweeter
• Tweeter-on-Top

Description

• 3-way vented-box system

Drive units

• 1x ø25mm (1 in) Diamond dome high-frequency
• 1x ø130mm (5 in) Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange
• 2x ø180mm (7 in) Aerofoil™ cone bass units

Frequency range

• 16Hz to 35kHz

Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis)

• 19Hz to 28kHz

Sensitivity (1m on axis at 2.83Vrms)

• 90dB

Harmonic distortion

• 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis)
• <1 % 70Hz - 20kHz
• <0.3% 100Hz - 20kHz

Nominal impedance (min)

• 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω)

Recommended amplifier power

• 50W - 500W into 8Ω on unclipped programme

Max. recommended cable impedance

• 0.1Ω

Dimensions

• Height: 1160mm (not including feet)
• Width: 334mm
• Depth: 498mm

Net weight

• 65.5kg (144lb)

Cabinet finishes

• Gloss black
• Satin white
• Rosenut

Grille finishes

• Black
• Gray