B&W Nautilus 803

Data

General

• Manufacturer: B&W Bowers & Wilkins
• Model: Nautilus 803
• Years of manufacture: 1999 - 2005
• Made in: England
• Colour: Black ash, Cherry wood, Cherry wood red
• Dimensions: 1.046 x 285 x 431 mm (H x W x D)
• Weight: 30,0 kg
• Original 1999 price approx.: € 5.000,- (RRP pair)

Technical Data

• Type: 3-way bass reflex, floorstanding speaker
• Chassis:
  • woofer: 2x 180 mm (paper/Kevlar cone).

midrange driver: 1x 150 mm (FST-Kevlar fabric cone)

• • tweeter: 1x 25 mm

Power handling (nominal/music):

• Recommended amplifier power: 50 - 250 W
• Efficiency: 90 dB (2.83 V, 1 m)
• Frequency response: 42 - 20,000 Hz (±3 dB)
• Transitional ranges: 350 / 4,000 Hz
• Impedance: 8 Ohm (minimum according to B&W = 3.0 Ohm, thus the impedance according to DIN/IEC = 4 Ohm)

Special features

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Remarks

Other models in the same series:

• Nautilus 800
• Nautilus 801
• Nautilus 802
• Nautilus 803
• Nautilus 804
• Nautilus 805
• Nautilus HTM1
• Nautilus HTM2

Pictures

Reviews

• Audio issue 10/1999; 28 products tested: "Reference class" (93 points, rating: 5 out of 5 ears); sound: "outstanding"; workmanship: "outstanding".