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Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables


Sale price£2,649.00 Regular price£3,098.00

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Arcam Radia Integrated Amplifier Option:

Arcam Radia Integrated Amplifier Option

Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series Speaker Option:

Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series Speaker Option

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Speaker Finish

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Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables

Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables

Arcam Radia A15 Integrated Amplifier / Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 Floorstanding Speakers / Black

Doug Brady HiFi

Pickup also available, usually ready in 1 hour

Kingsway Studios
Kingsway North
Warrington WA1 3NU
United Kingdom

+441925828009

Doug Brady HiFi (Warehouse)

Pickup also available, usually ready in 2-4 days

Kingsway Studios - Warehouse
Kingsway North
Warrington WA1 3NU
United Kingdom

+441925828009

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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

Bowers 7 Wilkins 607 S3 Titanium Dome tweeter

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

Bowers & Wilkins Continuum cone

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

  • 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 plinth
    Net 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 cone
    Frequency 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
    Oak
    Grille 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…

Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables
Arcam A15 + Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 + Cables Sale price£2,649.00 Regular price£3,098.00