B W 705s2 Review
It also reaches further with the first break up mode now at 47khz rather than the 38khz of before.
B w 705s2 review. Very little gets updated for the sake of it and the cm series that the 700 series replaces were still more than holding their own. Bass is there as it should be if not a little light the mids are creamy on the 705 s2 and a little more forward on the s40. The highs are sweet seductive and yet detailed all at same time on the 705 s2 and more snappy with the s40 s.
B w says that aluminum alone breaks up at around 30khz while the diamond tweeter used in their 800 speakers breaks up at 70khz. Last year the bowers wilkins 805 d3 was the audiophiliac s speaker of the year so i couldn t turn down a chance to sample the company s new 705 s2 in the cnet listening room. As mentioned above the review pair came in a gorgeous rosenut wood veneer while b w also offers gloss black and mat white finishes.
The 705 s2 s sensitivity is stated as 88db while the impedance is quoted to be nominally 8 ohms with a minima of 3 7 ohms. Having spent some time with them the reason why the 705 s2 exists are clear. Bowers wilkins 705 s2 speaker review bowers wilkins is not an especially prolific company.
After a few months of constant listening i want to say bowers wilkins new 705s2 s kick major ass but that would be so un british. The bowers wilkins 705 s2 is a lot of speaker for the money the stands up the ante a bit but are not entirely essential to the end result i tried some custom design stands of the same height with a blu tack interface and got results that were close in all but the bass. Today listening to emerson lake and palmer s brain salad perjury an ambient electronica remix of a major slice of their catalog i continue to be impressed at the sheer scale these compact monitors deliver.
Like siblings in the 700 series the 705 s2 features a new carbon reinforced aluminium tweeter dome that s more rigid than in previous generations. The 705 s2 is the top model of the three bookshelf speakers in the 700 series 2 all two way designs. It is priced at 2500 pair with companion fs 700 s2 stands sand filled by the vendor at 500 pair.
B w claims that this raises the dome s breakup frequency to 47khz. But they really do. The 705 s2 under review is the top bookshelf monitor the one with the cherry i mean tweeter on top.
My 705 s2s were white speakers on silver stands.
