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Bowers and Wilkings 685 Speakers

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Bowers and Wilkings 685 Speakers

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For hi-fi or home cinema in small to medium-sized rooms, you need a loudspeaker that doesn't take up floor area, but whose sound can still command the space. You'll find the 685, which can sit on a shelf, table, stand or wall-mount, an inspired choice.

Its 165mm diameter Kevlar® cone bass/midrange is based on a tried-and-trusted Bowers & Wilkins design, but its new fixed centre bullet helps to smooth the response in upper frequencies. Also, by setting the bass/midrange closer to the tweeter than in equivalent earlier speakers, we have improved the integration and vertical dispersion of sound from the two units. The NautilusTM tube-loaded, aluminium dome tweeter, featuring a new surround material to improve spaciousness and imaging, adds needle-sharp top end all the way to 50kHz and beyond.

The improvements to the drive units in the new 600 Series make it possible, for the first time, to introduce a minimalist crossover to the range. The use of components that are fewer in number but higher in quality - hand-picked in exhaustive listening tests - reduces the degradation of the signal significantly. So, whether you're enjoying hi-fi or home cinema, what you hear is that much closer to what was recorded.

Details:
DetailValue
BindingElectronics
BrandBowers & Wilkins
EAN0714346305681
FeatureMulti-Award Winner
Bookshelf, wall-mount or stand
Woven Kevlar cones
Cherry Wood cabinet
Item Height13.4 inches
Item Length12.3 inches
Item Width7.8 inches
LabelB&W
ManufacturerB&W
MPN685/BLACK
Package Height17.13 inches
Package Length21.26 inches
Package Weight35.78 pounds
Package Width18.31 inches
PartNumber685/BLACK
ProductGroupCE
ProductTypeNameABIS_ELECTRONICS
PublisherB&W
StudioB&W
TitleBowers and Wilkings 685 Speakers
UPC714346305681
UPCList - UPCListElement714346305681
Item Weight15.43 pounds
Model685
Size13.4" H x 7.8" W x 12.3" D
 

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Exceptionally clean

review by Co0s

Can be great stand alone for everyday tv/ movie watching, also great paired with the bowers and wilkins M1's as rear speakers and the B&W 600 series center the HTM61 or the 62.

The highs in the speakers (and any B&W for that matter) are exceptionally phenomenal and cannot be matched in sound by any other speaker in or below its price point.

ProsCons
Exceptional Highs
Decent mids
Accurate Bass
Beautifully Designed
Good selection of color finished
Mids compared to those of MartinLogan bookshelfs are lackluster and that is literally the only negative thing I can say about them.

Ratings
Overall5
Features5
Performance5
Color Accuracy0
Black Levels0
Value5
Design5
Video Quality0
Ease of Setup5
Remote0
The Film / Movie0
Audio Quality5
Special Features0
Quality5
Ease of Use5
 
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