Versatile New Built-In From Bowers & Wilkins
Sleek, Angled Design Adapts to Ceiling, Wall Locations
B&W Loudspeakers, the British firm that stands as a leader in high-performance loudspeakers for custom-installation as well as high-end audio and home-theater systems, has announced a new architectural model. The CCM 817 is engineered to provide a versatile solution for diverse custom-install challenges, while delivering the performance advantages and audiophile-grade sonics that experienced audio fans and custom-install experts expect from B&W.
The two-way CCM 817 combines key elements of B&W’s acclaimed Nautilus range of free-standing speakers to achieve unprecedented quality from so compact and flexible an in-wall/ceiling design. These include its 7-inch woven-Kevlar® Nautilus bass/midrange driver, unique for its strength-to-mass and freedom from internal reflections for a clear, highly transparent response combined with unexpectedly powerful and dynamic bass. The CCM 817’s a 1-inch, tube-loaded aluminum-dome tweeter is also Nautilus-derived, contributing extended, extremely accurate response and freedom from distortion for impressively defined transients and superb spatial response.
Just as important, the CCM 817 positions these invaluable Nautilus elements in a unique, angled coaxial arrangement. A smoothly radiused tweeter “pod” eliminates the detrimental diffraction common to most coax layouts, while permitting the installer to orient the speaker for optimum coverage and ideal performance.
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These factors make the new B&W remarkably versatile: as a musically adept main-channel speaker for stereo or multichannel custom-installed systems; as wall- or ceiling-mounted surround-channel speakers, or as high-performance distributed speakers for secondary spaces throughout a whole-house media system.
The B&W CCM 817 presents an elegant, elliptical bezel of 10.7 x 9.5 inches, requiring a round cutout just 9.2 inches in diameter and a 4-inch installation depth. Its matte-white frame and grille are pleasingly usable as-is and are also suitable for pre-painting or custom finishing. A fast and accurate pre-mount installation kit is supplied.
The CCM 817 will be available November 2004, at a manufacturer’s suggested price of $700 each.
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) is Britain’s leading exporter of loudspeakers, and is also the number-one imported brand in North America. Since 1966, B&W’s "Quest for Perfection" has resulted in a succession of technical loudspeaker innovations that have satisfied the world’s most demanding listeners. B&W’s rave reviews and universal acceptance as the monitor for classical music recordings have helped B&W become the dominant premium loudspeaker company throughout the world.
Sleek, Angled Design Adapts to Ceiling, Wall Locations
B&W Loudspeakers, the British firm that stands as a leader in high-performance loudspeakers for custom-installation as well as high-end audio and home-theater systems, has announced a new architectural model. The CCM 817 is engineered to provide a versatile solution for diverse custom-install challenges, while delivering the performance advantages and audiophile-grade sonics that experienced audio fans and custom-install experts expect from B&W.
The two-way CCM 817 combines key elements of B&W’s acclaimed Nautilus range of free-standing speakers to achieve unprecedented quality from so compact and flexible an in-wall/ceiling design. These include its 7-inch woven-Kevlar® Nautilus bass/midrange driver, unique for its strength-to-mass and freedom from internal reflections for a clear, highly transparent response combined with unexpectedly powerful and dynamic bass. The CCM 817’s a 1-inch, tube-loaded aluminum-dome tweeter is also Nautilus-derived, contributing extended, extremely accurate response and freedom from distortion for impressively defined transients and superb spatial response.
Just as important, the CCM 817 positions these invaluable Nautilus elements in a unique, angled coaxial arrangement. A smoothly radiused tweeter “pod” eliminates the detrimental diffraction common to most coax layouts, while permitting the installer to orient the speaker for optimum coverage and ideal performance.
-over-
These factors make the new B&W remarkably versatile: as a musically adept main-channel speaker for stereo or multichannel custom-installed systems; as wall- or ceiling-mounted surround-channel speakers, or as high-performance distributed speakers for secondary spaces throughout a whole-house media system.
The B&W CCM 817 presents an elegant, elliptical bezel of 10.7 x 9.5 inches, requiring a round cutout just 9.2 inches in diameter and a 4-inch installation depth. Its matte-white frame and grille are pleasingly usable as-is and are also suitable for pre-painting or custom finishing. A fast and accurate pre-mount installation kit is supplied.
The CCM 817 will be available November 2004, at a manufacturer’s suggested price of $700 each.
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) is Britain’s leading exporter of loudspeakers, and is also the number-one imported brand in North America. Since 1966, B&W’s "Quest for Perfection" has resulted in a succession of technical loudspeaker innovations that have satisfied the world’s most demanding listeners. B&W’s rave reviews and universal acceptance as the monitor for classical music recordings have helped B&W become the dominant premium loudspeaker company throughout the world.
