Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3

B&W sets an impressive level of speaker performance, but is it enough?

View online review whf.cm/705_S3 The 705 S3 is the top standmount speaker model in B&W’s 700 Series 3 range, and features plenty of acoustic technology trickled down from the step-up 800 Series Diamond range. The new 705 S3 is a classy design, and part of that is down to the slight curve to the speaker’s front baffle – it looks lovely and svelte. The cabinet is a touch slimmer, than previous models too, and the build quality is impeccable. Everything is built and finished to a high quality. The 705 S3 is a two-way design that incorporates B&W’s distinctive solid-body tweeter-on-top enclosure, which is milled from a single, solid block of aluminium and houses the 25mm carbon-dome tweeter. An evolution of the tweeter-on-top found in the 800 Series Diamond, this…

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