
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Nautilus Ultimate Loudspeaker (Pair)
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Nothing looks, or sounds, quite like B&W Nautilus™. A revolution when it launched and is still an icon today. Its ethos informs everything we do. Nautilus comes in three standard colors: midnight blue, black, and silver. We also offer a special service that can match any color from a sample or color reference.
5-year manufacturer's warranty
Redefining sound
The long, tapered damping tubes were a revolution, allowing the drive units to work optimally by gently absorbing stray energy.
Shaped by sound
At a glance, you can see Nautilus is no ordinary speaker, and after almost a quarter of a century, it still defines high-end audio.
Making magic
Constructing complex shapes and precision drive units demands decades of experience and exacting attention to detail.
Crafting a classic
Nautilus is hand-built to order, alongside the 800 Series Diamond™, by a dedicated specialist team in our Worthing factory.
Infinite colors
Nautilus comes in three standard colors: silver, black, and midnight blue. But, as befits such a unique speaker, we also offer a special service that can match any color you specify.
Setting the standard for the future
The striking spirals and tubes of Nautilus came from our research into making speaker drive units behave as we wanted: this Nautilus Tube™ technology, for which we won a Queen's Award for Innovation, is now found in almost every speaker we make.
Thinking beyond the box
Nautilus is quite unlike a conventional box speaker: to package our unique Nautilus tubes for use in the home, our designers developed the striking, and space-efficient, spiral form from which the speaker takes its name.
But why the Nautilus tube?
We want to hear a speaker driver, not its side effects – conventional boxes contain sound from the rear of the driver, but bring their problems. Nautilus tapering tubes soak up wayward energy and reduce resonances to the point of insignificance.
Drive units |
1x 300mm (12 in) aluminum cone bass 1x 100mm (4 in) aluminum/polymer sandwich cone lower midrange 1x 50mm (2 in) aluminum dome upper midrange 1x 25mm (1 in) aluminum dome high-frequency |
Frequency range |
-6dB at 10Hz and 25kHz |
Dispersion |
Within 2dB of response on the reference axis |
Horizontal: |
over 60-degree arc |
Vertical: |
over 10-degree arc |
Crossover frequency |
220Hz, 880Hz, 3.5kHz |
Power amplifier requirements |
4 channels per speaker, rated 100W-300W continuous into 8 Ohms on the unclipped program (each channel to have identical gain and phase) |
Dimensions |
Height: 1210mm (47.6 in) Width: 430mm (16.9 in) Depth: 1105mm (43.5 in) |
Net weight |
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Speaker: |
44.5kg (98 lb) |
Plinth: |
42kg (92 lb) |
Total: |
86.5kg (190 lb) |
Standard finishes |
Midnight Blue, Black, Silver |