B & W 800D Reference Speakers

The top-of-the-range 800D inhabits an elegantly curved cabinet and stands on a heavy cast aluminium plinth that also houses the substantial crossover.

With twin Rohacell® sandwich cone woofers it can deliver prodigious amounts of bass when called upon to do so, even in large listening rooms. Bass output is reinforced by a down-firing Flowport™ and is configured to have a taut characteristic, enabling the 800D to work optimally in a wide range of ‘real world’ rooms and acoustics.

The geometry of the Marlan® midrange 'head' enclosure and the separate tweeter on top, allows the 800D to project an uncannily realistic and three-dimensional image, one that is more stable with changes in listener position than more conventionally shaped speakers.

While supremely powerful it may be, but the 800D can also portray the finest nuances from a recording. So good is it at revealing detail that top recording engineers have said that it will change the way they mix and edit programme. This level of detail retrieval is a result of the unique combination of our FST™ midrange driver and what is arguably the world's finest tweeter. With the first break-up of its diamond dome at 70kHz, it delivers truly pistonic motion up to and beyond the limits of human hearing.

As befits a speaker of this calibre, the 800D contains several unique refinements, most notably the ultimate in crossover capacitors using silver and gold.
B W 800D Speaker

800D Specifications

Technical Features	Kevlar® brand fibre cone FST™ midrange Rohacell® cone bass Nautilus™ head Matrix™ cabinet Flowport™
Description	3-way vented-box system
Drive units	1x ø25mm (1 in) diamond dome high-frequency 1x ø150mm (6 in) woven Kevlar® cone FST™ midrange 2x ø250mm (10 in) Rohacell® cone bass
Frequency range	-6dB at 25Hz and 33kHz
Frequency response	32Hz - 28kHz ±3dB on reference axis
Dispersion	Within 2dB of reference response Horizontal: over 60º arc Vertical: over 10º arc
Sensitivity	90dB spl (2.83V, 1m)
Harmonic Distortion	2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m) <1% 45Hz - 100kHz <0.5% 80Hz - 100kHz
Nominal Impedance	8Ω (minimum 3.1Ω)
Crossover frequencies	350Hz, 4kHz
Recommended Amplifier Power	50W - 1000W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
Dimensions	Height: 1180mm (46.5 in) (not including feet) Width: 450mm (17.7 in) Depth: 645mm (25.4 in)
Net weight	125kg (275 lb)

Brand: B & W Speakers

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