Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signature Bookshelf Speaker (Pair)

Standmount speaker

The 705 Signature is finished in exclusive Datuk Gloss and features optimized crossovers, a Continuum cone mid/bass driver and a Carbon Dome tweeter housed in Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top enclosure.

705 Signature

Our most compact Tweeter-on-Top model gets the Signature treatment.

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.

Features

Decoupled Carbon Dome tweeter

Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top

Continuum™ cone bass/ midrange

Flowport™

Drive units

1x ø25mm (1 in) Carbon Dome

high-frequency

1x ø165mm (6.5 in) Continuum cone bass / midrange

Frequency range

6dB at 45Hz and 33kHz 

Frequency response

50Hz - 28kHz ±3dB

Sensitivity

88dB spl (2.83Vrms, 1m)

Harmonic distortion

2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m) 

<1% 100Hz - 22kHz 

<0.5% 150Hz - 20kHz

Normal impedance

8Ω (minimum 3.7Ω)

Recommended amplifier power

30W - 120W into 8Ω on

unclipped programme

Dimensions

Height: 340mm (13.4 in) cabinet only 407mm (16 in) including tweeter

and plinth 

Width: 200mm (7.8 in)

Depth: 285mm (11.2 in) cabinet only 301mm (11.9 in) inc. grille and terminals including plinth

Net weight

9.3kg (20.5 lb)