Description
Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4 Tower Speakers
The Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4 Tower Speakers svelte proportions and beautiful painted or real-wood-veneer finishes make for an elegant living-room companion – but one that doesn’t compromise on performance. Perfect for reference-grade stereo listening and an excellent choice in home theatre applications.
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Review
“The Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4 produces less inherent sound than virtually any other loudspeaker, and reproduces music as it was originally recorded, completely unclouded.” avguide.ch
Features
- 1x 25mm (1in) Diamond Dome high-frequency, Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top housing
- 1x 150mm (6.0in) Continuum cone FST midrange, Biomimetic Suspension, Decoupled Turbine Head
- 2x 200mm (8in) Aerofoil Profile bass cones with Anti-Resonance Plug
- 3-way vented-box system with Flowport and Matrix
- Frequency range: 14Hz to 35kHz
- Frequency response: 17Hz – 28kHz (+/- 3dB from reference axis)
- Sensitivity: 90dB spl (on axis at 2.83V at 1m)
- Harmonic distortion: 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)
<1% 70Hz – 20kHz
<0.3% 100Hz – 20kHz - Nominal impedance:8ohms (minimum 3ohms)
- Recommended amplifier power: 50W – 500W into 8ohms on unclipped programme
Aerofoil™ bass cone
The Bowers & Wilkins Aerofoil bass cone technology remains an outstanding solution to the conundrum of combining low mass and high stiffness in bass cones. Thanks to its carbon-fibre skin and variable-profile foam core. Now, they have added the foam Anti-Resonance Plug for lower distortion and even cleaner bass.
Aluminium top-plate
Every stereo model in the new 800 Series Diamond™ range has a significantly upgraded cabinet with an all-new aluminum top-plate. This also provides a perfect mounting point for all-new Leather by Connolly trim, with luxurious black leather for dark cabinets and light grey for lighter finishes.
Decoupled midrange assembly
Like its floor-standing siblings in the new range, 802 D4 has a dedicated midrange cone using three key Bowers & Wilkins technologies: the Continuum™ cone, Biomimetic Suspension and midrange decoupling, the latter ensuring minimal interference from the operation of the loudspeaker’s bass drivers.
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Specifications
Size & weight
| Dimensions | Height: 1218mm (48 in) Width: 413mm (16.3 in) Depth: 602mm (23.7 in) |
| Net weight | 88.10kg (194.2 lb) |
Technical details
| Technical features | Diamond tweeter Solid body Tweeter-on-Top Continuum™ cone FST Anti-Resonance plug Biomimetic Suspension Turbine™ Head Matrix™ Aerofoil™ cone bass units Flowport |
| Description | 3-way vented-box system |
| Drive units | 1x ø25mm (1in) Diamond dome high-frequency 1x ø150mm (6in) Continuum cone FST midrange 2x ø200mm (8in) Aerofoil cone bass units |
| Frequency range | 14Hz to 35kHz |
| Frequency response | 17Hz to 28kHz (+/-3dB from reference axis) |
| Sensitivity | 90dB (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m) |
| Harmonic distortion | 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB,1m on axis) <1% 70Hz – 20kHz <0.3% 100Hz – 20kHz |
| Nominal impedance | 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω) |
| Recommended amplifier power | 50W – 500W into 8Ω on unclipped programme |
| Max recommended cable impedance | 0.1Ω |
Finishes
| Cabinet finishes | Gloss Black White Satin Rosenut Satin Walnut |
| Grille finishes | Black Grey Black Grey |
