The Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus is considered to be one of the most iconic statement loudspeakers ever manufactured. If you are looking for a performance speaker to make a visual impact, there isn’t another design quite like Nautilus. Then there is how they sound, Nautilus has been at the pinnacle of the B&W range for going on two decades so you know they are going to sound amazing providing you have enough budget, room and HI-Fi to accommodate this iconic speaker. Speaking of iconic then there is the shape, it is impossible not to get caught up in the majesty of this very special speaker!
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Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus Key Features;
- Hand-built to customer order
- Iconic high-end loudspeaker
- Ground-breaking sonic design
- Active Crossover (supplied)
Performance
- Freq. Response: 25Hz – 20kHz ± 0.5dB on reference axis
- Freq. Range: -6dB at 10Hz and 25kHz
- Power Handling: 100W – 300W into 8 ohms one amplifier channel is required for each drive unit.
- Electronic crossover supplied with the speaker.
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 1210mm x 430mm x 1105mm
- Net Weight: 110kg (loudspeaker: 60kg base: 50kg)
Amplification Requirements
- One channel per drive unit 100 – 500 W into 8 ohms
Drive Units:
- High Frequency: 2 domed units of anodised aluminium of similar construction, 50mm and 25mm in diameter, handle the 880Hz-3.5 kHz and 3.5 kHz-25 kHz ranges respectively. All drive units are completely mounted on silicone rubber O-rings to decouple them from the cabinet
- Mid-range/high frequency: From 220Hz to 880 Hz, a 100mm flat-fronted unit is employed to prevent the gentle cavity resonance found in conventional cone units at around 2 kHz interfering with the output from the upper/midrange unit. A rare-earth magnet assembly with a hollow pole is used to minimise the obstruction to the rear radiation from the diaphragm
- Bass: A 9.5kg (21lbs) magnet with a 100mm (4in) voice coil acts as the massive motor of the 300mm (12in) bass unit (10Hz-220Hz). This, when used in the exponential line enclosure, results in a high-pass behaviour so over-damped that the traditional second-order characteristic is replaced by two distinct first-order slopes and no stored energy. A 250-micron one-piece aluminium cone ensures coherent motion to beyond 1.5kHz
Choice of Standard Finishes Available:
Bowers & Wilkins also offer a special service that can match any colour from a sample or colour reference to make Nautilus truly yours
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