The top of the line bookshelf model 705 S3 2-Way Stand Mount Loudspeaker uses the exact same solid body external tweeter you get on the 702 S3 and 703 S3 models. It has a 6 Continuum cone midbass driver with the curved cabinet. If you are into great bookshelf speakers, like we are here at , you know they can produce an outstanding 3 dimensional sound stage. The external tweeter takes that even further.
If you put these on a pair of the new stands, which also are improved, place them a bit out into your room, you will find they totally disappear and give you a wonderful image where you can almost reach out and touch the instruments. These get you pretty close to the great sound of the famous Diamond 805 for far less money.
These actually reach down pretty far into the low bass region, rolling off around 50 Hz so for medium to small rooms you should get plenty of impact. But if you pair them up with a fast subwoofer like the B&W DB4, you will have a setup that has a huge soundstage, effortless top end, the fast, deep bass.
We do recommend for best performance to position these on a pair of stands out in your room. If you need to put a speaker inside a bookcase, we would suggest you look at the 706 S3 as it will cost less and being inside of a bookcase will negate some of the advantages of the separate tweeter housing.
One question we are sure will come up is, which is a better choice, the 704 S3 or the 705 S3 since the 705 S3 has the better tweeter. The S2 versions were closer together, but for the new S3 series, we have to give the nod to the tower. It has the Continuum midrange with the new Biomimetic suspension which to our ears produces a much better midrange and a lot of the musical spectrum is in the midrange band.
