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B&W Panorama 3 Overview
Bowers & Wilkins has a long history of making high-quality loudspeakers, and the Panorama 3 is no exception. It's also a very good-looking soundbar that should fit easily under most TVs, even those with a 50-inch screen size or greater.
B&W is a brand that has a reputation for creating beautiful, well-made products with a design flair that's quite different from the rest of the industry. You may have heard of the Zeppelin wireless speaker, but that's just one example of its design ethos, and it's the same with this soundbar.
It's a simple and effective design, and it's very easy to set up. Once you've installed the bar in your home, simply connect it to your TV using either an HDMI eARC or optical digital input and get ready to listen. It's a pretty straightforward process, and it will automatically use the right one for your source device (though you can force it to switch to HDMI by using the app).
B&W Panorama 3 Features
The design is unobtrusive, with a slimline build that's not too thick to sit under most TVs. It's 46 inches wide and only 2.5 inches tall, which means it should fit under most TVs that have a 50-inch screen or larger.
You can find the HDMI eARC and optical digital ports on the back of the soundbar, along with a USB-C port for charging, an Ethernet port for wired internet access, and the power input. There's an optical digital audio output too, but only for services that are supported by the soundbar, such as AirPlay 2, Alexa, and Spotify Connect.
There's an onboard Wi-Fi antenna, as well as Bluetooth, so you should be able to stream to the bar directly from your phone or tablet if you have an active network. It's worth noting that the Bluetooth connection isn't perfect, and you may experience occasional lag or drop-outs when streaming from your phone.
Music playback is a joy to listen to, thanks to the sharpness and clarity of the high frequencies. The vocals on Takuya Kuroda's Fade are incredibly crisp and lean in tone, while the cymbal crashes on the soundtrack to Selling Sunset reveal plenty of detail without any sibilance or harshness.
The Bass is very good too, although it's not quite as deep or dynamic as you'd expect from a soundbar with dedicated bass drivers, and the subwoofers don't do much in the way of mid-range.
Despite the lack of dedicated speakers, the soundstage is spacious and very detailed - especially when listening to Dolby Atmos content on both 4K Blu-rays and video streams. The only area where it can be slightly dull is with lossy Atmos tracks compared to true HD or lossy Digital Plus versions of movies.
The only real omission is that there's no support for wireless rear speakers to add a sense of surround sound. This would make the Panorama more suitable for those who want to create a full surround set-up, though it's not a problem that we can't see B&W solving in the future.
B&W Panorama 3 Specifications
| Dimensions |
Height: 65mm (2.5in) Width:1210mm (46.6in) Depth: 140mm (5.5in) |
| Net weight | 6.5kg (14.3lb) |
| Technical features |
HDMI eARC Discrete Dolby Atmos® 3.1.2 Dolby® True HD Compatible with Bowers & Wilkins Music App Alexa enabled Bluetooth Spotify Connect Airplay 2 |
| Description | Wireless Dolby Atmos® Soundbar |
| Drive units |
3 x 19mm (0.75in) Titanium dome tweeter 6 x 50mm (2in) Woven glass fiber cone bass/midrange 2 x 50mm (2in) Woven glass fi ber cone atmosdrive unit 2 x 100mm (4in) Low profi le bass unit |
| Frequency response | 43Hz- 48kHz |
| Amplifier power output | 400W |
| Input voltage | 100V - 240V, 50/60Hz |
| Power consumption | Below 2W (Standby)* |
| Connections |
1 x HDMI eARC 1 x Digital Audio In (Toslink) 1 x RJ45 Ethernet 1 x USB-C (service connection only) |
| Bluetooth |
Bluetooth 5, class 2 AptX™ Adaptive AAC SBC |
| AirPlay 2 compatibility | iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 11.4 or later, Apple TV 4K or Apple TV (4th Generation)with tv OS 11.4 or later, Mac or PC with iTunes12.8 or later. |
| Finishes | Black |
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