Wilson Benesch
Discovery 3zero

2.5-way standmount monitor

THE THIRD GENERATION OF A WILSON BENESCH CLASSIC

The original ‘Discovery’ name was a reference to the development of the unique acoustic presentation that the first Discovery loudspeaker delivered when it was launched in 2002. A 2.5-way standmount monitor like no other, the Discovery 3zero deploys the same unique drive topology as the original classic, placing the Fibonacci Tweeter and a dedicated Tactic 3.0 midrange drive unit in close proximity to the powerful Isobaric Drive System that sits directly on the underside of the loudspeaker in the vertical plane. With all drive technologies placed within a few inches of one another, time alignment and integration across the Discovery 3zero frequency band is unmatched. The Discovery 3zero delivers a lightning-fast, punchy, highly accurate and endlessly captivating presentation.

"...virtually every element in the speaker, from the cabinet and drivers to the spikes and terminals, is manufactured in-house, giving the company complete control of form, function, consistency and tolerance."

- ROY GREGORY, THEAUDIOBEAT.COM

FINISHES

GALLERY

SPECIFICATIONS

Drive technology

  • Midrange: 170mm (7”) Tactic 3.0
  • Tweeter: 25mm (1”) Fibonacci Hybrid Silk-Carbon Tweeter
  • Isobaric Drive System: 2x 170mm Tactic 3.0 (Clamshell)

Crossover technology

  • Midrange: First Order, 5kHz Low Pass Filter
  • Tweeter: Second Order, 5kHz Low Pass Filter
  • Isobaric Drive System: First Order, 500Hz Low Pass Filter

Enclosure technology

  • Poly-Alloy, ‘A.C.T. 3Zero’ Monocoque, Biocomposite Enclosure with Visco-Elastic interfaces throughout, 13mm thick Steel Ties in the Vertical Axis
  • Midrange: Reflex Port Tuned
  • Tweeter: Sealed Tweeter with ‘Labyrinth Element’
  • Isobaric Drive System: Reflex Port Tuned

Measurements

  • Type: 2.5-Way
  • Impedance: 6 Ohms Nominal / 4 Ohms Minimal
  • Sensitivity: 89dB @ 1-Meter on axis, 2.83V Input
  • Frequency Response: 38Hz - 30kHz +/- 2dB

Dimensions

  • Height: 1187 mm (46.7”)
  • Width: 187 mm (7.4”) Baffle, 394 mm (15.5”) Widest point of the foot
  • Depth: 408 mm (16.1”)
  • Weight: 35.5kg (78.26lbs) Stand is integrated with the Enclosure

 

AWARDS

The Discovery 3zero was honoured with the Best Picks Award 2024 by lite magazine!

The trade journal justified its decision as follows:

"Wilson Benesch's Discovery 3zero impresses with superb homogeneity and coherence, outstanding imaging and spatiality, lightning fast dynamics - and offers an amazingly deep, powerful bass with low volume. This is ensured by traditional features such as the identical, relatively small and therefore quick drivers for mids and bass, but also by innovations such as the "A.C.T. 3zero" monocoque, whose complex artwork body has now been realised as a biocomposite cabinet, the isobaric driver system for the bass, the hybrid semisphere tweeter for the treble and, most recently, the Fibonacci elements: These amazing structures, which enclose the tweeter and cover the midrange driver, give the already very attractive floorstanding loudspeaker a visual wow effect and acoustically enhance precision and high-resolution, sound neutrality and dispersion behaviour. As a result, this floor-standing speaker achieves a reproduction of almost immersive power – making listening to music with the Discovery 3zero an elysian discovery."