No-Compromise Center Speaker with Tweeter-on-Top Technology
For uncompromising vocal performance with movies, multi-channel music, and more, the Bowers & Wilkins HTM71 S3 now features Tweeter-on-Top technology, ensuring perfect integration with similarly equipped 700 Series models in a surround sound system.
Bowers & Wilkins flagship center-channel speaker boasts a Carbon Dome drive unit housed in a Tweeter-On-Top enclosure, a 5" Continuum Cone FST™ midrange driver – particularly important for clarity with dialog – and twin 5" Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones. It's the perfect partner for the Bpwers & Wilkins 705 S3, 703 S3, and 702 S3 speakers.
800 Series Diamond Technology Onboard
The HTM71 S3 draws on design and technology from the Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond. Among the beneficial changes are a flat baffle with protruding drivers, an anodized solid-body tweeter-on-top with improved decoupling, and an improved speaker terminal tray. Inside the cabinet are upgraded driver motors, chassis, and crossover, along with the company's breakthrough Biomimetic Suspension.
To improve performance and maintain similar height to the previous-model HTM71 S2, the driver configuration has been upgraded from the HTM71 S2's 4" midrange driver and two 6" low-frequency drivers to the new HTM71 S3's 5" midrange driver and two 5" low-frequency drivers.
Biomimetic Suspension
Sometimes, making a big difference takes unconventional thinking. Drawn from the revolutionary Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond speakers, the new Biomimetic Suspension revolutionizes midrange performance by greatly reducing the unwanted air pressure and coloration that a traditional fabric spider can generate. The result? Midrange transparency you wouldn't believe.
Solid Body Tweeter Housing
The 700 S3 Series features the latest generation of Bowers & Wilkins iconic Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top housing. Its new, more elongated form incorporates a longer tube-loading system to produce an even more free and open sound with high frequencies. The carefully decoupled housing is milled from a single solid block of aluminum to better resist resonance.
The solid body tweeters are a high-performance design feature found previously only on the 800 Series Diamond. Designers often argue that a product's functional and aesthetic qualities are closely related. Bowers & Wilkins couldn't agree more. The solid body tweeter is engineered first and foremost for acoustic performance. But in its minimal simplicity, it's also undeniably beautiful. It's a philosophy that runs deep in the DNA of the 700 Series – a speaker range that's music to your ears and very easy on your eyes.
Carbon Domeâ„¢ Tweeter
Carbon Dome tweeters are purpose-built for the 700 Series. Delivering a dramatic improvement on the aluminum double dome tweeter, they raise the breakup threshold to 47kHz, for pinpoint imaging accuracy and detail.
Continuumâ„¢ Cone Midrange Driver
Every three-way loudspeaker in the new 700 S3 Series has a dedicated midrange cone using four key Bowers & Wilkins technologies: the Continuum cone, FSTâ„¢, Biomimetic Suspension, and midrange decoupling, the latter ensuring minimal interference from the operation of the loudspeaker's bass drivers.
Thanks to its composite construction, the Continuumâ„¢ cone avoids the abrupt transitions in behavior 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.
First introduced with the 800 Series Diamond, the Continuum cone represents the biggest upgrade in midrange performance since Kevlar®. Its woven coated material provides highly controlled break-up. The midrange drivers in the floorstanders also feature a decoupled design, adapted from a similar system in the 800 Series Diamond. Decoupling reduces cabinet coloration, and further improves midrange clarity.
The floorstanding loudspeakers in the series employ a new FEA-optimized aluminum chassis for the midrange drivers. This new design is stiffer than the zinc chassis of the CM Series, for improved control and cleaner midrange presentation.
Aerofoilâ„¢ Profile Cone Woofer
Developed using advanced computer modelling techniques, the Aerofoilâ„¢ Profile bass cone has variable thickness, providing stiffness and rigidity where it's needed most. The result: deep and dynamic bass. The variable thickness design draws from the bass cones in 800 Series Diamond speakers.
700 S3 Series Upgrades
Offering outstanding performance at an attainable price, the Bowers & Wilkins 700 Series gives you exceptional capability for a real-world price-tag with an easy-to-accommodate footprint.
Packaged with advanced technology, the new 700 Series S3 range includes more overt celebrations of the 700 Series' relationship to the Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond. The first and most obvious change is the introduction of a new and longer tweeter-on-top form, inspired by the design introduced in 2021 for the new 800 Series Diamond.
The second notable change is the introduction of curved front sections to each speaker cabinet of the floorstanding and bookshelf speaker models, with drive units mounted in distinct ‘pods’, as per 800 Series Diamond. Alongside this curvature, all new models feature slimmer front elevations than before, which reduces the cabinet baffling effect for even better sound than ever before.
The new S3 line also introduces new plinths, new grilles, a new tweeter grille mesh, and a new finish–Mocha Wood. This joins the existing finish mix of Gloss Black and White.
Studio Sound Comes Home
The 700 Series provides a class-leading combination of beautiful design and supreme performance. Featuring a wealth of state-of-the-art technologies, many derived from the 800 Series Diamond range, the 700 Series provides true Bowers & Wilkins performance in a class-leading yet accessible package.
With two center channel speakers and a subwoofer to choose from, the 700 Series also performs brilliantly in any home cinema set-up. It is a particularly strong aspect of the range's appeal. The updated design means that the 700 S3 line looks every bit as good as it sounds. It's the perfect combination of elegance and performance.
