B&W 702 S2

Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2

The B&W 702 S2 flagship floor-stander brings studio-quality sound to your home audio set up – Part exchange available

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Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2

Discontinued

Studio sound comes home

Featuring a Carbon Dome™ tweeter in a solid-body housing and a decoupled Continuum™ midrange, the 700 Series’ flagship floor-stander brings studio-quality sound to your home audio set up.

The speaker relays textural details with goosebump-inducing accuracy, making even large scale recordings sound stunningly lifelike.

With three dedicated Aerofoil™-Profile bass drivers and a solid body tweeter housing on top, the 702 S2 brings the goosebump-inducing clarity and detail of studio-quality sound to your home audio set-up.

 Solid Body tweeter 

Milled from a solid block of aluminium, the solid body tweeter housing design creates an acoustically optimised housing for the tweeter – one that’s exceptionally inert and resistant to resonances.

Carbon Dome™ tweeter 

Carbon Dome tweeters are a brand new technology purpose-built for the 700 Series. Delivering a dramatic improvement on the aluminium double-dome tweeter, they raise the breakup threshold to 47kHz, for pinpoint imaging accuracy and detail.

Continuum™ Cone 

First introduced with the 800 Series Diamond, the Continuum cone represents the biggest step-change in midrange performance since the yellow cone. Its woven, coated material provides highly controlled break-up, resulting in a more open, neutral midrange.

Decoupled midrange 

The midrange driver in the floor-standers feature a decoupled design, adapted from a similar system in the 800 Series Diamond. Decoupling reduces cabinet colouration, and boosts midrange clarity.

Technical Specifications B&W 702 S2

B&W 702 S2

Description 3-way vented-box system

Technical features Decoupled Carbon Dome™ tweeter

Solid Body Tweeter on top

Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange

Decoupled midrange

Aerofoil™ Profile bass cones

Flowport™

Drive units 1x ø25mm (1 in) Decoupled Carbon Dome high-frequency

1x ø150mm (6 in) Continuum cone FST midrange

3x ø165mm (6.5 in) Aerofoil Profile bass

Frequency range (-6dB) -6dB at 28Hz and 33kHz

Frequency Response -3dB 45Hz – 28kHz ±3dB

Sensitivity 90dB spl (2.83VRMS, 1m)

Harmonic distortion 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m)

<1% 86Hz – 28kHz

<0.5% 110Hz – 20kHz

Nominal impedance 8Ω (minimum 3.1Ω)

Recommended amplifier 30W – 300W into 8Ω on unclipped power programme

Dimensions Height: 994mm (39 in) cabinet only

1087mm (42.8 in) including tweeter and plinth

Width: 200mm (7.9 in) cabinet only

366mm (14.4 in) including plinth

Depth: 337mm (13.3 in) cabinet only

364mm (14.3 in) including grille and terminals

452mm (17.8 in) including plinth

Net weight 29.5kg (65 lb)

Finishes Cabinet: Rosenut/ Gloss Black/ Satin White

Grille: Black

Grey (Satin White only)

Additional information

Colour

Gloss Black, Rosenut, Satin White

Brand

Bowers & Wilkins

Bowers & Wilkins

1960s: Humble beginnings

The sleepy coastal town of Worthing in South England might not look like a hotbed of 1960s freewheeling experimentation, but for audio fans it’s a place that’s synonymous with innovation. Thanks to the first Bowers & Wilkins speakers built here in the early years of the company, music lovers could experience albums such as Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds in new, mind-expanding depth and clarity

1966: Beginings

John Bowers begins assembling speaker systems in the workshop of his electronics shop in Worthing, South East England Following an inheritance of £10,000 from a satisfied customer, John Bowers sets up his own loudspeaker company

1966: P1

The first Bowers & Wilkins loudspeaker. The profit from P1 allowed the company to invest in new calibration equipment

1968: Domestic Monitors

The DM1 and DM3 were launched to bring high quality audio to more customers, at an affordable price point

1970s: A decade of milestones

With the company established and growing fast, Bowers & Wilkins developed its reputation for innovative design backed up by world-leading R&D. They introduced new forms and design concepts including Tweeter-on-Top, new cone materials such as Aramid fibre, and it all culminated in the launch of the iconic 801, soon to become the reference speaker of choice for many of the world’s leading recording studios

1970: DM70

With its curved cabinet, the DM70 changed the shape of loudspeaker design

1980s: The application of science

Extensive investment in research led to the establishment of the company’s dedicated R&D facility in Steyning. The era of MTV pop superstardom and bombastic stadium rock also saw Bowers & Wilkins buck the trend and introduce something small and unobtrusive: the “compact monitor”, or CM1

1990s: Rewriting the rulebook

The 1990s saw the pioneering work of the Steyning research team realised in spectacular fashion with the launch of Nautilus™, a speaker that rewrote preconceived notions of speaker design. It also saw major product launches at both ends of the spectrum, with the unveiling of the highly regarded entry-level 600 Series and the flagship Nautilus 800 Series

2000s: Expansion in to new categories

The decade that brought us iPods and smartphones saw them embrace the new world with the launch of the iconic Zeppelin. They also expanded into the car audio category and transformed the performance of their 800 Series with the development of the Diamond-dome tweeter

2015: 800 Series Diamond

The latest version of their flagship introduced a complete redesign and revolutionary new technologies, such as the Continuum™ cone

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