Brown Button Estate Sales
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Art + Antiques + Audio Equipment - Online Auction

Fri, Sep 6, 2024 06:15PM EDT - Mon, Sep 9, 2024 08:00PM EDT
Lot 79

Pair of Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus 805 Speakers w/ Stands (Retail $2,600)

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Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $1
$5 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$75,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

A classic pair of audiophile-grade speakers with matching stands. Retailed for around $2600 for the pair when they were released. Fully tested and working. Matched pair, serial numbers 012724 & 012723.

These speakers were part of a professionally installed home theater system.

“Two-way, stand-mounted, reflex-loaded dynamic loudspeaker. Drive-units: one 1" (25mm) metal-dome cooled tweeter, one 6.5" (165mm) woven-Kevlar bass/midrange cone with 1.24" (32mm) voice-coil. Crossover frequency: 3kHz. Crossover slopes: third-order Butterworth alignment with 49Hz cutoff. Frequency response: 49Hz-22kHz, ±3dB. Sensitivity: 88dB/W/m (2.83V). Nominal impedance: 8 ohms (minimum: 4.6 ohms). Amplifier requirements: 50W minimum, 120W maximum. Maximum recommended cable impedance: 0.2 ohms.

Condition

Fully tested and working. Shows a few small scuffs on the cabinets.