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Bowers & Wilkins

705 S3

speaker

$3,800

Used market: $2,735*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

5 of 7 values have a recorded source
System Type
Passive Bookshelf·
Input Terminals
Binding posts·
Min Impedance Dip ohms
3.7✓
Nominal Impedance ohms
8✓
Recommended Power watts
Max Continuous: 120 · Min Continuous: 30✓
Sensitivity dB 2.83V 1m
88✓
Updated At
2026-08-05T23:17:57.943Z·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Amplification Warning

The stand-mount with the separate Solid Body tweeter housing on top. Its published electro-acoustic numbers are identical to the 706 S3's - same bandwidth, same distortion limits, same 8 ohms with a 3.7-ohm minimum, same 88 dB - so on paper the tweeter-on-top construction changes nothing that B&W measures and prints.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/6/2026