Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables
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Choosing your System
As you progress through the amplifier range, you’ll notice an increase in power output, resulting in enhanced control over your speakers. This allows for louder volumes with reduced harshness, leading to a smoother and more enjoyable listening experience. Greater power translates to tighter bass and improved clarity, with better separation and stereo imaging.
For optimal performance based on room size, we recommend the following speakers:
- Small Rooms: Bowers & Wilkins 607 S3 Bookshelf Speakers
- Medium-Sized Rooms: Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3 Bookshelf Speakers
- Larger Rooms: Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 Floorstanding Speakers
A Room Filling Sound
The Arcam A15 integrated amplifier is celebrated for its signature Arcam sound—rich, smooth, and immersive. Building on the success of the A5, the A15 offers even greater clarity, power, scale, and precision. With 60% more power than the A5, the A15 elevates music dynamics to a whole new level.
Delivering 80 watts of power, the Arcam A15 effortlessly drives Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 speakers.
The 603 S3 floorstanding speakers provide outstanding high-end clarity and detail. With dual bass units, these speakers deliver enhanced bass and weight for those who prefer a robust sound. As a 3-way speaker, the dedicated woofers focus exclusively on bass, ensuring that mid-range details like vocals remain clear and uncoloured.
In larger rooms, this combination effortlessly fills the space with your favorite tunes. The detail, separation, and stereo imaging become more pronounced, resulting in an open and full sound. With the Arcam A15, you can enjoy your music at higher volumes without harshness or noise, ensuring a superb listening experience.
Layered, beautiful details
The new 606 S3 introduces our all-new Titanium Dome tweeter, which combines exceptional resolution and insight with smooth, refined high-frequency reproduction. The result? An accurate and immersive insight into your favourite music.
Precision and transparency
Thanks to its composite construction, the Continuum cone avoids the abrupt transitions in behaviour that can impair the performance of a conventional drive unit. With 606 S3, experience a more open, neutral performance that delivers voices and instruments with precision and transparency.
Speaker Features
- Compact form with powerful and scaled sound.
- New Titanium Dome tweeter for exceptional resolution and smooth high-frequency reproduction.
- Acoustically transparent tweeter grille mesh for enhanced realism and detail.
- Continuum bass/midrange cone for accuracy and transparency.
- Upgraded speaker terminals for improved signal path.
Perfectly balanced sound
Painstakingly developed, the Arcam A15 features a highly optimised Class AB amplifier. With new components and materials, the sound quality is cleaner and more precise, while still retaining the smooth and richly detailed sonic signature that has made Arcam so popular over the past decades. As well as delivering more power than the A5 model, the A15 also produces lower distortion, giving you a more natural and true-to-life sound.
Features
- ARCAM Class AB amplification - provides brilliant musicality
- 80W per channel (8 ohms) - powers loudspeakers with ease
- Bluetooth with aptX™Adaptive Technology - for the best sound with the most convenience
- Specially selected components and materials - to deliver on sound quality
- Wired or Wireless Headphones - connect your headphones for quiet listening with, or without wires
- All new Radia design - Purposeful yet playful
- MM phono stage - ready for Turntables
- Hi-Res Digital Audio Inputs
- Plastic Free Packaging - for easy disposal of natural materials
Ample power
Outputting 80 watts per channel, the A15 has ample power to drive most speakers in a typical living room environment. With vanishingly low levels of distortion, it maintains higher volume levels without sounding strained or harsh.
A treat for your turntable
Much more than just a box-ticking exercise, the Arcam A15’s built-in phono stage makes a top quality connection for your turntable. Suited to turntables with MM (Moving Magnet) cartridges, the high spec phono stage draws a deep seam of information from your vinyl, letting you hear subtle details from the music that might previously have been missed.
Stream from your smartphone in Hi-Res audio
For simple yet high quality music streaming, the A15 features Bluetooth with Qualcomm AptX Adaptive technology. When used with a compatible source device such as tablets, phones or PC, this delivers up to 24-bit Hi-Res music streaming, giving you better than CD-quality, from a wireless connection.
Arcam A15 Specifications
Continuous power output (0.5% THD), per channel
2 channels driven, 20Hz - 20kHz, 8Ω 80W
2 channels driven, 1kHz, 4Ω 120W
Harmonic distortion, 80% power, 8Ω at 1kHz 0.002%
Analogue Inputs
Number of inputs 3 (RCA pairs)
Signal/noise ratio (A-wtd, ref. 50W, 1V input) 106dB
Frequency response 20Hz—20kHz ± 0.2dB
Phono (MM) Input
Input impedance 47kΩ + 100pF
Frequency response (ref. RIAA curve) 20Hz—20kHz ± 1dB
Signal/noise ratio (A-wtd, ref. 50W, 0dBFS) 109dB
Digital Inputs
Supported Sample Rates (kHz)
Coaxial (RCA) 192, 176.4, 96, 88.2, 48, 44.1
Optical (Toslink) 192, 176.4, 96, 88.2, 48, 44.1
Bit depths (bit) 24, 16
Frequency response (fi lter 1) 20Hz—20kHz ± 0.2dB
Signal/noise ratio (A-wtd, ref. 50W, 0dBFS) 109dB
Headphone Output
Maximum output level (RMS) into 32Ω/300Ω 2.5V/5Vrms
Load range 16Ω - 2kΩ
General
Mains voltage 100V or 110–120V or 220–240V, 50–60Hz
Power consumption (maximum) 500W
Power consumption (standby) <0.5W
Dimensions W x D (including speaker terminals) x H (including feet) 431 x 344 x 98mm
Weight (net) 10kg
Weight (packed) 13kg
Supplied accessories
Mains lead(s)
Remote control with 2 x AAA batteries
Quick Start Guide
Important Safety Instructions
Speaker Specifications
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Size & weight
Dimensions Height: 985 mm (38.8 in) cabinet only
1,020 mm (40.2 in) including plinth
Width: 190 mm (7.5 in) cabinet only
260 mm (10.2 in) including plinth
Depth: 340 mm (13.4 in) cabinet only
368 mm (14.5 in) including grille and terminals
402 mm (15.8 in) including plinthNet weight 27.5kg (60.6 lb) Technical details
Technical features Decoupled Double Dome Titanium tweeter
Continuum™ cone FST™ midrange
Paper bass cones
Flowport™Description 3-way vented-box system Drive units 1x ø25mm (1 in) Titanium Dome high-frequency
1x ø150mm (6 in) Continuum cone FST midrange
2x ø165mm (6.5 in) Paper bass coneFrequency range -6dB 29Hz - 33kHz Frequency response (+/-3dB from reference axis) 46Hz - 28kHz ±3dB Sensitivity (on axis at 2.83Vrms at 1m) 90dB Harmonic distortion 2nd and 3rd harmonics (90dB, 1m on axis)
<1% 100Hz - 22kHz
<0.5% 350Hz - 12kHz
Nominal impedance 8Ω (minimum 3.0Ω) Recommended amplifier power 30W - 200W into 8Ω on unclipped programme Max recommended cable impedance 0.1Ω Finishes
Cabinet finishes Black
White
OakGrille finishes Black (Black)
Grey (White and Oak)
Supplied with a 3 metre pair of terminated Chord C-ScreenX Speaker Cable.
This system is ready to play your favorite tunes in minutes…
Free NEXT DAY DELIVERY
Free next working day delivery
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Testimonials
Bought some Rega Kyte speakers, stands and chords from DB online and they were incredibly helpful. They updated my delivery address very quickly and recommended a longer cut of cables which they did complimentary. They also noticed I didn’t order with banana plugs so called me back to double check, which I did mean to order. When i had some issues connecting my cables and speakers, I called for some advice which they happily gave. Excellent service and next day delivery to London. Thoroughly recommend.
James F.
Probably one of the best companies in the world. They had to special order in the speakers which took a fair bit of time, which is totally understandable, but they kept in touch with me throughout the entire time with updates (even on a Sunday!!!) and once the speakers were with them, they were dispatched and arrived next day.
The entire sound system that I purchased is insanely good, but still not as good as Doug Brady HiFi!
Guy H.
I have recently purchased a HiFi package with Doug Brady and I could not be more thrilled with my experience with them.
When I walked into the store, I was made to feel welcome and was introduced to some of the products. I produces a list of specific items I was interested in and John was really helpful in showing me these items. He set the system up so I could experience it, he made some suggestions which made the package even better. Nothing seemed too much trouble for him, he was very knowledgeable about the products and gave great advice. I didn't feel pressured to buy anything, or didn't feel that he was upselling at any point. I left with an amazing package and I'd like to thank John and the team for the fantastic experience.
Kaylay L.