Features
| Warranty length | 5 Years |
|---|---|
| Brand | Bowers and Wilkins |
Tech Specs
- Technical features
- Decoupled Double Dome Titanium tweeter
- Continuum™ cone bass / midrange
- Flowport™
- Description - 2-way vented-box system
- Drive units - 1x ø25mm (1 in) Titanium Dome high-frequency - 2x ø130mm (5 in) Continuum cone bass / midrange
- Frequency range - -6dB 42Hz - 33kHz
- Frequency response - 72Hz - 28kHz ±3dB
- Sensitivity - 87dB spl (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m)
- Harmonic distortion - 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis) - <1% 100Hz - 22kHz - <0.5% 120Hz - 12kHz
- Nominal impedance - 8Ω (minimum 4.3Ω)
- Recommended amplifier power - 30W - 120W into 8Ω on unclipped programme
- Max recommended cable impedance - 0.1Ω
- Finishes
- Cabinet finishes
- Black
- White
- Oak
- Grille finishes
- Black (Black)
- Grey (White and Oak)
Product Description
The Bowers & Wilkins HTM6 S3 Centre Speaker has been voiced to go with the rest of the 600 series which comprises two sixes of stand-mounted speakers and a larger three-way floor-stander. It is relatively small but still packs a punch with its dual Continuum bass/midrange drivers. There is also a titanium-domed tweeter that has exceptional performance. This centre speaker will make dialogue more audible and enhance centre channel effects. The power handling is up to 120 watts.
A Titanium dome tweeter for well-dispersed high-frequencies
As with the rest of the 600 series the Bowers & Wilkins HTM6 S3 Centre Speaker features a titanium dome tweeter. This unit provides great musical insight as well as remarkable resolution. Titanium is used by the space industry and resists break-ups at high powers. Additionally, It is also extremely temperature resistant. Lastly, the attractive grille protects the tweeter and is acoustically transparent. It also acts as a waveguide to widen the high-frequency dispersion.
Twin composite bass/midrange units
Two composite bass/ midrange units are contained in the Bowers & Wilkins HTM6 S3 Centre Speaker. These are the renowned composite Continuum units. The composite material is designed to mitigate abrupt transitions in the frequency response. As a result, the sound is delivered with verve and precision. This is particularly important with the centre vocal channel. Finally, to boost the bass response a rear-firing Flowport bass reflex system is used.
Upgraded speaker terminals
The speaker terminals of the Bowers & Wilkins HTM6 S3 Centre Speaker have been upgraded so that they can be bi-wired. Bi-wiring involves running two sets of cables from a single output on an amplifier. This provides more current capability, particularly at high volume levels. Notably some active speakers that use Class D amplifiers, actually have a separate amplifier driving the woofer and tweeter.
A word about crossovers
The crossover in the Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 Speaker HTM6 S3 Centre Speaker is used to split the audio into bands. In effect, a high pass filter is used to feed the high-frequency signals to the tweeter. The filter is made up of inductors and capacitors. The values are selected to give the correct cut-off frequency to match the bass/midrange unit. The capacitors need to be high quality as they have to last for decades without changing value or going leaky.
About home cinema and centre channels
The 600 series from Bowers & Wilkins can be used to create home cinema systems in fact there is a speaker package available. A basic surround system comprises a front left and right pair of speakers along with a rear surround pair. The is also a centre channel. The centre channel is normally used for movie dialogue and effects. However, some music tracks are also surround encoded. More complex sound systems, such as Dolby Atmos, can have up to eleven surround channels. These include ceiling and side channels. Lastly, some surround systems feature a subwoofer.
