Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3
Floorstanding Speaker
Item #BW:603S3-EA
Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3
Floorstanding Speaker
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Overview
The 603 S3 is the largest loudspeaker in the 600 Series and is ideal for larger rooms and home theaters. It combines our new Titanium Dome™ tweeter with the accuracy and transparency of our acclaimed Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange driver.
High Notes
High-Value Performance
Having trickle-down technology from Bowers and Wilkins 700 and 800 series speakers gives the 600 S3 an edge in performance.
New Tweeter
The new 600 S3 series uses a brand new titanium dome tweeter with a new acoustically transparent mesh grille, giving your highs more insight and realism.
Options for Any Situation
The 600 S3 line has speakers for almost any room size or living situation, From a large multi-channel home theater to a small studio apartment. Bowers and Wilkins has you covered.
For the love of music
This isn't just another loudspeaker range. The new Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series is designed for every music and movie lover; it’s the attainable and affordable way to bring the joys of True Sound to your music-listening or movie-watching experiences. 600 Series: for the love of music.
Built from heritage
The new 600 Series is the latest iteration of one of our longest-running, most highly regarded and most successful loudspeaker ranges. Available in a compact bookshelf, powerful standmount, room-filling floorstander and a crystal-clear centre channel, the 600 Series has a model to cater to every customer need.
603 S3
The 603 S3 is the largest loudspeaker in the 600 Series, and is ideal for larger rooms and home theatres. It combines our new Titanium Dome™ tweeter with the accuracy and transparency of our acclaimed Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange driver. Room-filling scale and authority come courtesy of two bass drivers, while improved terminals and enhanced drive unit positioning make 603 S3 the most sophisticated affordable floorstanding loudspeaker we've ever made.
Titanium Dome™ tweeter
The 603 S3 introduces our all-new Titanium Dome™ tweeter which combines exceptional resolution and insight with smooth, refined high-frequency reproduction. The result? An accurate and immersive insight into your favourite music.
Upgraded speaker terminals
Derived from the speaker terminals recently introduced in our 700 Series range, the speaker terminals on the new 600 Series feature an improved layout and a cleaner signal path between your amplifier and your loudspeakers.
Continuum™ cone
Continuum™ cone Thanks to its composite construction, the Continuum™ cone avoids the abrupt transitions in behaviour that can impair the performance of a conventional drive unit. The result is a more open, neutral performance that delivers voices and instruments with precision and transparency.
Details & Specs
| Technical features | Decoupled Double Dome Titanium tweeter Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange Paper bass cones Flowport™ |
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| Description | 3-way vented-box system |
| Drive units | 1x ø25mm (1 in) Titanium Dome high-frequency 1x ø150mm (6 in) Continuum cone FST midrange 2x ø165mm (6.5 in) Paper bass cone |
| Frequency range | -6dB 29Hz - 33kHz |
| Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis) | 46Hz - 28kHz ±3dB |
| Sensitivity (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m) | 90dB |
| Harmonic distortion | 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) <1% 100Hz - 22kHz <0.5% 350Hz - 12kHz |
| Nominal impedance | 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω) |
| Recommended amplifier power | 30W - 200W into 8Ω on unclipped programme |
| Max recommended cable impedance | 0.1Ω |
| Dimensions | Height: 985 mm (38.8 in) cabinet only 1,020 mm (40.2 in) including plinth Width: 190 mm (7.5 in) cabinet only 260 mm (10.2 in) including plinth Depth: 340 mm (13.4 in) cabinet only 368 mm (14.5 in) including grille and terminals 402 mm (15.8 in) including plinth |
| Net weight | 27.5kg (60.6 lb) |
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