Bowers & Wilkins CT8 LR, CT8 CC, CT8 DS, CT8 SW, CT8 XO Mk2 Brochure

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Custom Theatre

The language of dreams

There’s a reason why they call it the movies. And

it’s not just to do with what’s happening on screen. Cinema moves you. It transports you to other places: different times, faraway lands, alien worlds. It’s the language of emotions, of dreams.

Bowers & Wilkins knows a thing or two about dreams. After all, our company was founded on one. John Bowers always dreamed of building the perfect loudspeaker – one that brings the listener as close as possible to sound as it was recorded.

That was our goal more than 40 years ago, and it

remains so this day.

Cinema speaks in transformative experiences. It brings its audience so close to a dream of reality that, just for a moment, they feel as though they can reach out and touch it. At B&W, that’s a language we understand very well.

Even if you’ve never heard of James Newton Howard, you’ll be familiar with his music. One of Hollywood’s most sought after ﬁlm composers, James has written unforgettable scores

for ﬁlms including Pretty Woman, The Sixth Sense and Peter Jackson’s fantasy epic King

Kong, recorded using B&W 800 Series speakers. Find out about James’ work and inspirations at the Society of Sound. Visit www.bowers-wilkins.com/sos

Where cinema sound is born You’re looking at the place where Hollywood puts music

to movies. This is the control room of Skywalker Sound in Marin County California. It’s one of the most advanced audio production facilities in the world, and probably the ultimate multi-channel listening environment. Naturally, it uses the world’s ultimate reference speaker system, featuring B&W 800 Series speakers. For speakers capable of revealing cinema sound as it was meant to be heard, you can trust B&W. The people who make movies already do.

Custom Theatre 800 Imagine blasting into the Death Star with Luke

Skywalker. Riding shotgun through the streets of San Francisco with Steve McQueen. Feeling Lauren Bacall’s breath on your cheek. The most thrilling cinema experiences do more than create an impression of reality – they make you feel like you’re there, right in the heart of the action. That’s

exactly what happens with B&W Custom Theatre 800 speakers.

CT8 LR

At the heart of this front channel speaker is technology borrowed directly from our ﬂagship 800 Series: twin Rohacell Kevlar high frequency driver. The spherical midrange/ tweeter head can be angled for perfect alignment with the listening area.

Our ﬂagship CT800 range combines referencestandard power, clarity and control with a design that allows each speaker to be concealed in home theatre cabinetry. Once installed, the speakers are virtually invisible. What’s impossible to ignore is the sound. You’ll be experiencing everything from the roar of a jet engine to the subtlest creak of a staircase in breath-taking, three-dimensional detail. Welcome to the best home theatre system in town.

FST™ midrange driver and a metal dome

bass drivers, a woven

CT8 CC

The CT8 CC centre speaker borrows its Nautilus™-inspired driver line-up from the CT8 LR front speaker. The same Rohacell woven Kevlar dome high frequency driver are employed, but arranged with the twin bass drivers positioned either side of the combined midrange and highfrequency adjustable pod.

FSTTM midrange driver and metal

bass drivers,

CT8 SW

Used with each CT8 LR, this passive subwoofer is designed to extend the front channel speaker’s bandwidth down to 13Hz, perfectly reproducing low frequency signals without compromising dynamics and imaging. Closed box loading, a 15" Rohacell enclosure mean home theatre bass will never be quite the same again.

driver and a 70-litre Matrix™-braced

CT8 XO Mk2

The CT8 XO Mk2 is the conductor for the CT800 home theatre orchestra: an active crossover/ equaliser providing all the necessary ﬁltering and control functions to make sure that your system sings in perfect harmony.

CT8 DS

To generate an authentically three-dimensional listening experience, the CT8 DS surround speaker handles both dipole and monopole surround dispersion. Along with a forward-facing Kevlar

midrange and metal-dome high-frequency

FST drivers, the CT8 DS also carries side-facing

midrange/high frequency drivers.

Kevlar

Custom Theatre 8.4 and 8.2 Range and versatility. Qualities that all great screen

performers have in common. The latest additions to the CT800 range are no exception. The CT8.4 LCRS packs advanced CT800 Series technology

into a compact design that performs brilliantly in a variety of different conﬁgurations. When space

is at a premium, it’s happy to stand in for its larger sibling, the CT8 DS side/rear channel speaker, within a CT800 set-up. It’s equally comfortable taking on more of a leading role, performing front, side and rear-channel duties in its own home theatre system.

The CT8.2 LCR takes the concept of ﬂexibility

even further, while maintaining Bowers & Wilkins’ un-compromising approach to sound quality. Its unique modular bafﬂe design allows for it to be used as a LCR speaker in either vertical or horizontal positions. Both of these recent additions deliver the same three- dimensional listening experience as the rest of the CT800 range.

CT8.4 LC RS

The CT8.4 LCRS is designed as an al ternat ive to the CT 8 DS when space is at a premiu m: it’s a smaller, more co mpact ve rtical surround sound speaker that gene rates a similarl y 3D experi ence. It also pac ks enoug h power t o act as a stan d-alone loudsp eaker wh en posit ioned front, side or rear.

CT8.2 LC R

The CT8.2 LCR mar ries high effici ency and SPL capabi lity to outstand ing fidelity for cinema and music playback . Its uni que modu lar baffl e design allows for it to b e used as a LCR spea ker in either vertica l or hori zontal positions.

Perfect partner: for a home theatre system made up of CT8.4 LCRS and/or CT8.2 LCR speakers, the bass channel should be provided by one of our CT SW subwoofer models, such as the CT SW15 (shown right, not to scale).

Custom Theatre 700

CT7.3 LCRS

The top of the range speaker offers unparalled clarity combined with powerful low frequency effects thanks to a pair of whopping 8" paper/

bass units and a dedicated Kevlar® FSTTM

Kevlar midrange.

“It can’t be done.” That was most people’s reaction

when we said we wanted to bring a premium Custom Theatre sound system to market at an affordable price. At B&W, that’s exactly the sort of challenge we like.

Our CT700 range represents nothing less than a revolution in what’s possible in home theatre sound when space and budget are limited. The range

incorporates pioneering technologies found in our most advanced speakers – innovations such as Kevlar® drive unit cones and NautilusTM tube-loaded

tweeters. It creates cinema sound more lifelike, more immersive, and more powerful that you would ever have imagined possible. And it brings you all this in compact design that can be adapted for many different home theatre environments, large or small.

With CT700 system, what you get is nothing less than the true cinema experience at home. Popcorn not included.

CT7.5 LCRS

The entry-level speaker delivers outstanding spaciousness, imaging and deﬁnition through its single 7" Kevlar

bass/midrange unit.

CT7.4 LCRS

The mid-point speaker in the range offers superior performance at lower frequencies through its two

bass/midrange drivers.

6" Kevlar

A CT700 home theatre system should be coupled with one of our CT SW subwoofers. Choose the size to ﬁt your needs. (Not shown to scale)

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