Bowers & Wilkins 803 D5 Reference Speaker

The Bowers & Wilkins 803 D5 Reference Speaker is a high-performance floor-standing loudspeaker designed for dedicated two-channel stereo systems and immersive surround-sound home cinema installations. Bringing the engineering pedigree of the flagship 800 D5 family into a more compact footprint, this speaker delivers clean, transparent sound that lets you experience recordings exactly as artists and sound engineers intended.

Pure, Natural Highs with Diamond Precision:

High frequencies are reproduced by an ultra-rigid diamond dome tweeter housed in an elongated solid-body aluminum top assembly. By placing the tweeter in its own dedicated, acoustically decoupled enclosure, the speaker prevents internal cabinet vibrations from muddying delicate overtones, ensuring strings, cymbals, and vocal details sound open, airy, and fatigue-free during extended listening.

Crystal-Clear Midrange in an Isolated Housing:

Human voices and acoustic instruments live in the midrange, where accuracy matters most. The iconic all-aluminum Turbine Head encases a dedicated Continuum cone FST midrange driver, completely isolating it from the bass enclosure below. This mechanical separation eliminates resonance and colorations, giving dialogue and lead vocals lifelike presence, texture, and emotional depth.

Fast, Controlled Bass That Complements Real Rooms:

Low frequencies are anchored by twin Aerofoil bass drivers operating within a heavily braced enclosure featuring Space Frame reinforcements and internal Matrix interlocking panels. This structural rigidity allows the bass drivers to start and stop instantly, delivering deep, well-defined low-end authority that integrates seamlessly into medium and larger living areas without boomy overhang.

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Key Features and Benefits:

• Diamond Dome Tweeter: Delivers pristine, effortless high frequencies with exceptional clarity and zero harshness.
• Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top: Milled from a solid block of aluminum to isolate high frequencies from lower-cabinet resonances.
• Aluminum Turbine Head: Houses the midrange driver in an inert, decoupled structure for open, uncoloured vocals.
• Continuum Cone Midrange: Preserves tonal accuracy and subtle harmonic details across critical vocal frequencies.
• Aerofoil Profile Bass Cones: Generates articulate, tight bass with minimal distortion even at demanding volumes.
• Matrix and Space Frame Bracing: Minimizes cabinet wall flexing for a pure, authentic soundstage.
• Sold as Each: Configurable per individual speaker unit for versatile stereo pairing or reference multi-channel home cinema arrays.

Technical Specifications:

• Design: 3-way vented-box floor-standing speaker system
• Drive Units: 1x 25mm (1 in) Diamond dome high-frequency, 1x 130mm (5 in) Continuum cone FST midrange, 2x 180mm (7 in) Aerofoil cone bass units
• Frequency Range: 16Hz to 35kHz (-6dB)
• Frequency Response: 19Hz to 28kHz (±3dB from reference axis)
• Sensitivity: 90dB SPL (2.83Vrms at 1m)
• Nominal Impedance: 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω)
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 50W – 500W into 8Ω on unclipped program
• Max Recommended Cable Impedance: 0.1Ω
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 1,165 mm x 357 mm x 511 mm (45.9 in x 14.1 in x 20.1 in)
• Net Weight: 62.15 kg (137 lbs) each