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[edit] Description
Now recognised as a design classic, the original Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus is not just their flagship product, but the very pinnacle of technological innovation to which all others must aspire. It is the result of a groundbreaking, five year research and development programme to achieve, as near as possible, the perfect loudspeaker.
The B&W Nautilus has been greeted worldwide as an outstanding loudspeaker which will shape the direction of the audio industry well into the new millennium. Already sought after by cognoscenti, it has been unashamedly designed with the serious audiophile in mind, not only because of its size and shape but also because of its active design – the crossover network is positioned between the pre and power amplifiers. This means that a full Nautilus system needs one stereo pre-amplifier and eight monobloc or four stereo power amplifiers per pair (amplifiers of 100 watts upwards are recommended, with 500 watts being the optimum for the low frequency drive unit).
[edit] Specifications
[edit] Technical Features
- Nautilus tube loading
- Active crossover
[edit] Description
- 4-way tube-loaded loudspeaker system
[edit] Drive units
- 1x 300mm (12 in) aluminium cone bass
- 1x 100mm (4 in) aluminium/polymer sandwich cone lower midrange
- 1x 50mm (2 in) aluminium dome upper midrange
- 1x 25mm (1 in) aluminium dome high-frequency
[edit] Frequency range
[edit] Frequency response
- 40Hz – 20kHz ±1dB on reference axis
[edit] Dispersion
- Within 2dB of response on reference axis
- Horizontal: over 60º arc
- Vertical: over 10º arc
[edit] Crossover frequencies
[edit] Power amplifier requirements
- 4 channels per speaker, rated
- 100W - 300W continuous into
- 8Ω on unclipped programme
- (each channel to have identical gain and phase)
[edit] Dimensions
- Height: 1210mm (47.6 in)
- Width: 430mm (16.9 in)
- Depth: 1105mm (43.5 in)
[edit] Net weight
- Speaker: 44.5kg (98 lb)
- Plinth: 42kg (92 lb)
- Total: 86.5kg (190 lb)
[edit] Finish
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