Item #FP43206

Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signature

Bookshelf Speakers - Midnight Blue Metallic - Pair
Item #FP43206

Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signature

Bookshelf Speakers - Midnight Blue Metallic - Pair
$4,000.00
Discontinued - New Model Available
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Overview

The 705 Signature is the bookshelf model in the new Signature Series. The audiophiles at Audio Advice are huge fans of bookshelf speakers. When you put them on a great speaker stand and properly position them, they can give you an amazing three-dimensional sound stage. The 705 Signature is finished in exclusive Midnight Blue Metallic and features optimized crossovers, a Continuum cone mid/bass driver, and a Carbon Dome tweeter housed in Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure.

*Stand/s not included.

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The 705 Signature, with all of its great driver technology and crossover upgrades has an effortless sound that is almost spooky. When you shut your eyes, the soundstage is incredibly wide and deep.

We think the 705 Signature will be one of the best possible choices you could make for a bookshelf speaker in a small to medium-sized room. Their bass performance reaches down to 50 Hz which is pretty darn low. And you could always augment their bass response with a fast subwoofer like the B&W DB4. If your room is larger than around 13 by 18, you’ll probably want to consider adding a sub or stepping it up to the 702 Signature!

Crafted. Honed. Perfected.
Featuring the Continuum cone and Carbon Dome, this compact standmount loudspeaker is finished in exclusive Datuk Gloss and features optimized crossovers, making it worthy of the Signature nameplate.

Optimized tweeter housing
Milled from a solid block of aluminum, the Solid Body Tweeter housing design creates an acoustically optimized housing that is exceptionally inert and resistant to resonances.

Sharper detail
Carbon Dome tweeters are purpose-built for the 700 Series and deliver pinpoint imaging accuracy and detailed insight in to your music.

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

Details & Specs

  • 1" Decoupled Carbon Dome Tweeter
  • Solid-Body Tweeter on Top
  • 6.5" Continuum bass/midrange, decoupled
  • Improved crossover components
  • Luxurious Midnight Blue Metallic finish
  • Brushed metal finish around midrange cone
  • Brighter silver-colored tweeter grill
  • Celebratory Signature identification plate

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Class leader with some tough competition

Little wonder this bookshelf design from B&W has won a host of top grades and 10/10 ratings in the audio press. Perched at that enviably clever constructed spot by B&W, where the typical 705 customer is getting some features handed down from the 800 series, while paying just a little more to do so. At $4k, this is a lot of speaker for the price. Compared head to head with the 805 D4, the little brother 705 signature is at about 85-90% in overall performance of that of the larger speaker. With the money saved, invest in a Rega Aethos integrated amp , just like I did and am not looking at purchasing any more audio gear for quite some time. Finally, for those who say amps will only make a small difference in SQ for any system. Speakers make all the difference etc. Consider my own experience. When putting together my new system, every addition was compared to the previous iteration. In terms of percentage improvement, both the speakers and amp shared a 10% gain each over before. True audiophile sound at a not insignificant price, yet still reasonable in view of what some others spend. This is the sweet spot before the law of rapidly diminishing returns in audiophile equipment comes into effect.