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NEW AND EVOLVED TECHNOLOGIES
Complementing the significant design and finish upgrades are an extensive number of acoustic, mechanical, and electrical improvements aimed at taking the already stellar performance of the outgoing 800 Series Diamond range to all-new heights. Wherever possible, critical performanceenhancing componentry from the 800 Series Signature loudspeakers has been cascaded to the new D5 range, resulting in more openness, lower distortion, heightened resolution and superior dynamics. In addition, extensive measurement and simulation work by the research team at the worldrenowned Southwater Research Establishment( SRE) has uncovered even more opportunity to deliver cabinet-based enhancements that further reduce the acoustic impact
of the loudspeaker enclosure. Thanks to its extensive use of aluminium components, including all-new Space Frame Bracing to the rear of the cabinet, the new D5 generation of 800 Series Diamond features the best performing and most mechanically‘ quiet’ enclosure that Bowers & Wilkins has ever created.
Some technology highlights include:
Space Frame Bracing Featuring parallel aluminium bracing rails that are periodically reinforced longitudinally and transversely, the Space Frame Bracing system bolts directly to the rear of the Matrix inside each D5 cabinet. It performs a similar function to the aluminium bracing to the front of the loudspeaker, by stiffening the inside of the enclosure and thereby further reducing the unwanted impact of vibration and cabinet-borne resonance. The result is an even more believable and threedimensional sound stage.
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