Bowers & Wilkins SEVENTH HEAVEN 700 user manual

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SEVENTH HEAVEN
B&W’s new 700-series neatly fills the gap between its ‘budget’ 600s and upmarket Nautilus 800s
PRODUCT B&W 703
TYPE 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker
PRICE £2,000
KEY FEATURES Size (WxHxD): 23x101x36cm
Tube-loaded alloy dome tweeter 165mm Kevlar
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midrange driver 2x 165mm paper/Kevlar bass drivers
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CONTACT  01903 221500 q www.bwspeakers.com
he largest of all the specialist hi-fi
speaker brands, Worthing-based B&W is
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HFC247.bw 22/9/03 7:13 pm Page 49 B&W 703 loudspeaker [ ] Review pioneered by the more upmarket Nautilus “The 703 is much less laid back than the models, and which provides one of the better reasons for adopting the extra complexity of a Signature, and actually sounds much more three-way, as distinct from the two-and-a-half- way configuration used in the 704. upfront than any B&W in recent memory.” In the vast majority of three-ways, the midrange driver is either the same as, or a scaled dow

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HFC247.bw 22/9/03 7:13 pm Page 50 [ ] Review B&W 703 loudspeaker Detail Alloy dome SET-UP tweeter is mounted externally, coming with its own loading tube and grille Enclosure slightly 165mm FST narrower at rear (surroundless) than front 0.8-1m 0.8-1m Kevlar cone 2-3m midrange driver 1-1.5m 1-1.5m 3-4m 2x 165mm paper/Kevlar cone/dome bass drivers Twin terminals set nice and low, for bi-wiring/ amping ‘Flowport’ reflex port POSITIONING For the smoothest and most even bass delivery, Solid b