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While all of our customers share an uncompromising
attitude to sound quality, some are keener
than others to avoid the visual disruption that
conventional, free-standing loudspeakers can bring
to a room. And if you want to preserve the clean
lines of your listening environment, you’ll be glad
to know that these speakers are some of the most
discreet we’ve ever produced. For the CI 600 Series,
we’ve introduced some clever new features that
make sure your speakers are heard but not seen.
Thin bezels
No matter how carefully a custom speaker is
integrated into a wall or ceiling, the protruding
front cover of the speaker - the bezel - can
draw attention and spoil the effect. Our CI 600
Series speakers have shallow bezels no thicker
than 5mm. Once sprayed in the colour of your
choice they are barely noticeable.
Hiding the source
To disguise the inner workings of a custom
speaker, most make use of a translucent gauze
behind the grille called a scrim. While the scrim
does the job of hiding the drive units, it creates
its own problems, masking the sound and
making the grille difficult to paint. It’s quite a
challenge – but we’ve found a simple, elegant
solution. Instead of using a scrim, we’ve made
sure that nothing behind the grille stands out.
Our traditional yellow Kevlar® drivers are now
dark blue, and we’ve introduced anodised black
aluminium tweeters. The result? Drive units that
blend into the background, and a sound that’s
anything but shy and retiring.
A choice of grilles
The shape of a grille can make a big difference
to how well a speaker integrates with its
environment. With the CI 600 Series, each
ceiling speaker comes with a choice of square
or round grilles, so you can pick whichever
best suits your space. Want the directionality
of a circular speaker with the straight lines of a
square grille? Now you can have it.
In most custom installation set-ups, listeners will
rarely stand directly underneath a speaker – This is
why most Bowers & Wilkins speakers feature both
a variable angle-tweeter and an EQ switch; the
combination of which allows you to enjoy perfect
sound no matter where your favourite seat is in the
room.
Off-Axis Tweeter Optimisation
Equalisation for improved listening experience
Great sound from any angleDesign
Tweeter
Almost all of the tweeters in the range can be
positioned in a variety of angles. However this
only solves half the problem in focussing the
sound to the required area of the room.
EQ
The majority of CI 600 speakers utilise an EQ
switch to balance the angled tweeter with the
bass-mid driver. The switch is conveniently
located on the front of the baffle and has three
positions 0°-15°-30°.