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Features
Nautilus tweeter tube.
Dimple baffle design.
Advanced tweeter suspension.
Woven Kevlar cone.
Metal dome tweeters.
Flowport technology.
Pros
Compact design.
Even sonic patina.
Good power handling
Capable of good volume levels.
Cons
Need stadns to ally mke the system work.
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Distributor
Convoy International
TEL: 1800 817 787
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B&W 300 Series
Home theatre and hi-fi speaker system
Recommended retail price: $1796
(inc. GST)
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Reviewer: Richard Morgan
The new DM303 is the latest speaker to feature technology that's trickled down from the company's ultra-esoteric Nautilus design - the speaker that looks like a tall, slim sea shell. It's an entry-level speaker design (under $600) that aims to satiate even the most discriminating home theatre and hi-fi heads.
 It's the latest development in B&W's 300 Series speakers and takes the popular little performer to a new area of style, technology and performance. A matching centre speaker design, the LCR3, is matched to the model DM303 to cater for home theatre applications.
Buy four 303's and put them into your viewing room (not too close to the tellie because they're not shielded), plus the new LCR3 centre channel (which is shielded), connect a DVD player and AV receiver and you've got an excellent entry-level home cinema system.
The 303 is a compact but attractive two-way vented-box bookshelf system using a 160mm woven fibreglass bass/midrange driver and a 25mm metal-dome tweeter with tube loading.
The Nautilus Tapered Tube aims to improve the clarity of reproduction by totally absorbing unwanted rear sound radiation and lead to more focused and natural treble sound.
The unit uses B&W's Flowport technology too, which attacks the problem of sonic turbulence experienced in some speakers with a reflex-loaded cabinet design. Inspired by the aerodynamics of a golf ball, Flowport's dimpled and flared surface claims to virtually eliminate chuffing and reduce compression effects to let the speaker produce clean, balanced bass.
True to B&W form the speaker looks ultra contemporary, a fact assisted by the dimpled front baffle that reflects the sophisticated golf ball pattern of the Flowport system and itself assists in reducing unwanted reflections.
The 303/LCR3 system is tight, fast and accurate with a minimum of mid-bass bloat - small speaker makers sometimes enhance this area of the spectrum to give the products a false sense of bass production. Directional info is relayed very well, probably because there's a good deal of midrange presence due to cabinet-induced bass restrictions (I'll take accuracy any day.)
In home theatre mode you will probably need to add an active B&W sub woofer to get the maximum bass impact and then you'll have a system you can really brag about - or just let The Matrix playing at full bore do the bragging for you!
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