B&W Introduces New Subwoofer

5-Jan-04

The newest subwoofer from Bowers & Wilkins is the PV1 Pressure Vessel Subwoofer. The PV1 employs a unique, spherical enclosure and all-new driver and amplifier concepts. ìThe PV1 doesnít look like any other subwoofer, and its performance is equally uncommon,î says B&W Loudspeakers Executive Vice-President Chris Browder. The B&W industrial design moves the subwoofer from its traditional dark corner to pride of place, front and center, in todayís new tech ìlifestyleî audio/video systems. The new modelís aluminum-skinned pressure-vessel enclosure, visually unbroken by controls or input panels (or even the driver cones, which are also aluminum dished), will fit into design conscious setups such as the growing population of plasma monitor-based systems, especially those assembled around B&Wís Flat Panel Monitor Series (FPM).The PV1ís singular, spherical pressure-vessel cabinet is formed from aluminum and composite materials to be strong, rigid, and free from virtually all vibration and internal resonance. The PV1 delivers the output of its driver-amplifier system thatís free of the colorations and restrictions that inhibit virtually every other subwoofer.The PV1ís heavy duty, aluminum dish, 8-inch drivers operate back to back (an intrinsically distortion-canceling layout), and are powered by a dedicated 500-watt amplifier designed to be compact and efficient. The PV1 weighs 45 pounds and is just 13.2 inches high, 11.4 inches in width, and 13.7 inches in diameter. Useful output extends down to 18 Hz (-6 dB at 18 Hz, and 40/140 Hz adjustable) and produces musical response covering the full two and a half octaves of the true bass range. The B&W PV1 supplies line-level input with fully adjustable bass rolloff and level controls, and B&Wís unique Bass Alignment Control to optimize the subwoofer for maximum extension or maximum output. There are also speaker-level inputs via a space-saving RJ-11 connector, a pass-through ìLinkî line output, a phase-invert switch, and signal-sensing auto-on/off power controls.Finished in brushed aluminum, the B&W PV1 Active Subwoofer will be available February 2004, at a MSRP of $1,500.For more information, please visit www.bwspeakers.com. 

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