Small speakers have innate limitations; the Laws Of Physics see to that. But these new Bowers & Wilkins compacts prove that with enough engineering knowhow those laws can be bent to produce surprising results. Meet the 707 S2s – the small speakers that go loud and dig deep.
Standing just 28cm tall, these boxes are the babies of the company’s new 700 series. The range sits in a rather uncomfortable place between the over-achieving entry-level 600s and the high-end juggernaut that is the diamond-tweetered 800s.
But unlike previous generations, these new 700s are ambitiously designed to offer a good slice of the performance and technology of their high-end relatives.
The new 700 series
Your £800/$1040 buys a beautifully made box. It’s available in three finishes; the gloss black of our review sample, a satin white and a rather nice rosenut wood option.
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