Bowers & Wilkins · DB Series
$4,500
Bowers & Wilkins · DB Series
The DB3D is the compact DB Series model: two opposed 8-inch Aerofoil drivers, 1,000 watts of digital amplification and full app-based room correction in a cabinet just over a foot wide.
Price is for one subwoofer.
Authorized Bowers & Wilkins dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The DB3D makes the DB Series fit rooms where a larger subwoofer would dominate. Two 200 mm Aerofoil cone drivers in a balanced back-to-back arrangement cancel each other's reaction forces, and a 1,000-watt Class D amplifier with a digital preamplifier and Dynamic EQ drives them to the same 10 Hz low-frequency limit as its bigger siblings, with less absolute output.
Setup is from the Bowers & Wilkins DB Subwoofers app over Bluetooth LE, including a room measurement with your phone and Room EQ correction, so the DB3D can be tucked into a corner or beside a bookshelf and still sound right. Balanced XLR and RCA inputs, 12 V triggers and RS-232 are standard. It pairs especially well with 600 Series and 700 Series speakers, and with 805 D4 stand-mounts in smaller rooms.
All finishes are the same price. Choose the finish above; if you would like to see samples, ask us for a listening appointment.
| Type | Active closed-box subwoofer |
| Drive units | 2 × 200 mm (8 in) Aerofoil cone, balanced configuration |
| Amplifier | 1,000 W digital (Class D), Bowers & Wilkins specification |
| Frequency response | 10 Hz–350 Hz, –3 dB (centered on 100 Hz) |
| Frequency range | –6 dB at 8.5 Hz and 500 Hz |
| Inputs | 2 × XLR, 2 × RCA, 2 × 3.5 mm 12 V trigger, RS-232 (9-pin D) |
| Control | Digital preamplifier with Dynamic EQ and Room EQ; app setup over Bluetooth LE |
| Dimensions (H × W × D) | 14.1 × 12.6 × 11.8 in (360 × 320 × 300 mm) |
| Weight | 55.1 lb (25 kg) |
| Finishes | Stealth Black (black grille), Warm White (grey grille) |
| Sold as | Single unit |
Bowers & Wilkins makes two subwoofer families: the DB Series, with Aerofoil drivers, digital preamplifiers and app-based room correction, and the ASW Series, with long-throw drivers and simple analog controls.
Plan your Bowers & Wilkins system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Bowers & Wilkins dealer in Portland, Oregon. We can help with subwoofer matching and placement, delivery and setup, and arrange a listening appointment. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
Hear the DB3D Subwoofer by appointment in one of our two purpose-designed demonstration rooms, with your own music and time to compare without pressure.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
