B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) 805 D3 (stands included)

We have a client that has purchased some new floorstanding speakers and he is selling off these bookshelf speakers and the stands are included.

These speakers are in great condition with no major blemishes or scratches on them, they have some the usual small marks on them from cleaning them which is typical of high gloss cabinets.

Even though they are not pictured the Grilles are included.

The stands which are included do have some scratches on them.
Small sounds beautiful The smallest speaker in the 800 Series Diamond range is also one of the most groundbreaking. Packed with cutting-edge technologies never seen before in a speaker of its class, it’s the only stand-mounted speaker in the world to feature a diamond dome tweeter. For lifelike spaciousness and detail, no other small speaker comes close.
Turbine head Hear the sound, not the cabinet. That’s the principle behind our separate head units – a feature we introduced when we launched the first 800 Series speaker in 1979. Now, thanks to a radical redesign, the 800 Series Diamond head unit performs better than ever. Constructed from a single piece of aluminium, braced with internal radial fins and with a raised, slimmer profile, the Turbine head is almost totally inert, producing a sound that’s free from cabinet coloration.
Solid body tweeter Vibration is the enemy of good sound. To minimise vibrations, you need components that are as stiff as possible. For the 800 Series Diamond, we created our stiffest tweeter enclosure yet. The tweeter assembly for the new range is housed in a solid piece of aluminium, while an improved gel decoupling system isolates the tweeter from the effects of cabinet resonance. The result? Pin-sharp acoustic detail, and new levels of insight into a musical performance.
Continuumcone Fordecades,wethoughtthatnothing couldbeatKevlar® asamidrangeconematerial.Butnow, following eight years of intensive development, we’ve finally come up with something even better. Thanks to its composite construction, the Continuum cone avoids the abrupt transitions in behaviour that can impair the performance of a conventional drive unit. The result is a more open, neutral performance. And a giant leap forward for loudspeaker design.
Aerofoil cone Sometimes, new technologies allow us to achieve things in engineering that wouldn’t have been possible a few years ago. The Aerofoil bass cone is a perfect example. By using advanced computer modeling and a new syntactic core material, we’ve been able to produce a cone of varying thickness, with maximum stiffness where it’s needed most. This optimised shape means the cone displays pistonic behaviour further up the audible range, producing bass that’s precise, controlled and utterly lifelike.
Reverse wrap cabinet When it came to designing the ideal shape for the 800 Series Diamond cabinet, we did a U-turn. Quite literally. Instead of a flat-fronted speaker with a curving back, we produced a cabinet with a front and sides formed of one continuous curve, held together with a spine of solid aluminium. Fewer joins make for a stiffer, more inert structure, and a curved front means less baffling around the drive units. So sound dispersion is improved, and cabinet reflection is reduced.
MatrixTM Matrix provides the backbone for our speakers. It’s an internal structure that works like the bracing of a ship’s hull, with criss-crossed interlocking panels keeping our cabinets rigid and inert. For the 800 Series Diamond, we’ve introduced our most radical rethink of the Matrix concept yet. The internal panels are thicker, solid plywood has replaced MDF, and metal components have been added to reinforce key stress points. All together it’s the most solid Matrix system we’ve ever built.


Technical features
Diamond Tweeter
Continuum cone bass mid
Solid body tweeter Tweeter on top Optimised Matrix
Anti-Resonance plug

Description
2-way vented-box system

Drive Units
1× ø25mm (1 in) diamond dome high-frequency 1× ø165mm (6.5 in) Continuum cone bass midrange

Frequency range
34Hz to 35kHz

Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis)
42Hz to 28kHz

Sensitivity (On axis at 2.83Vrms
88dB SPL (2.83Vrms at 1m)

Harmonic distortion
2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) <1% 70Hz – 20kHz <0.6% 120Hz – 20kHz

Nominal impedance (min)
8V (minimum 4.6V)

Recommended amplifier power
50W – 120W into 8V on unclipped programme

Max. recommended cable impedance
0.1V