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Mahler’s Third Symphony and Portico Quartet’s third album now available through Society of Sound

Music

Portico Quartet very graciously agreed to perform at our P3 headphone launch last week and have also agreed to make their eponymous latest album available as a studio-quality download via…

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Edwyn Collins’ top 10 sonic tracks.

Music

“At West Heath Studios, I’ve collected instruments and equipment which is somewhat a history of recorded sound from the 1930′s onwards. I’m passionate about recording and fascinated with the history,…

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Norah Jones Sound Session launches P3 headphones in New York

Norah Jones Sound Session launches P3 headphones in New York

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This week saw a truly unique Sound Session take place in New York City to launch our P3 headphones: Norah Jones’ new album Little Broken Hearts played in its entirety…

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P3 launch at Abbey Road Studios. Photography by York Tillyer

P3 headphones launched at Abbey Road Studios

Music

Watch the video of our P3 launch at Abbey Road Studios featuring a live recording session from Portico Quartet. Thursday May 3rd saw the launch of Bowers & Wilkins P3…

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Bowers & Wilkins speakers feature in CEDIA 2012 award-winning custom installation projects

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Custom installations using Bowers & Wilkins speakers won several awards at this year’s prestigious CEDIA 2012 Awards. The “Best Integrated Home between £100,000 and £250,000” and “Best Innovative Solution”  categories…

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Listen and you’ll see, play Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures this Sunday

Music

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures  Factory (Vinyl)  By Paul Rigby Unknown Pleasures is this month’s Classic Album Sunday featured album and will be played at 5pm on a state of…

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Queen's Award

Bowers & Wilkins granted prestigious Queen’s Award

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We are very proud to have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation. The award is in recognition of our ground-breaking work developing the synthetic Diamond Dome…

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Sounds of the Universe choose their top 10 bass tracks

Music

These bass tracks have been chosen by Sounds of the Universe, one of the finest record shops in the UK, if not the world. They have impeccable taste and we…

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High on Fire

Album Review: Amadou & Mariam – Folila (Nonesuch)

Music

From the time they began playing, Amadou and Mariam, the adorable blind couple from Mali, waited more than two decades to experience a breakthrough in the United States. This despite…

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Bowers & Wilkins is the official partner for the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series 2012

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As the official partner of this year’s Maserati Trofeo MC World Series we spent Saturday 24th April in Vallelunga, Italy having a first look at the Bowers & Wilkins branded…

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Bowers & Wilkins at the Gadget Show Live 2012

Exclusive video of Bowers & Wilkins stand at the Gadget Show

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This month’s Gadget Show Live was a sell-out show with thousands of people trying out the Zeppelin Air and P5 headphones. This exclusive video was filmed at our stand. Custom-built,…

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Sound it out

Sound It Out – The last surviving vinyl record shop in Teeside, North East England.

Music

Sound It Out is essential viewing for anyone who loves music. It’s also the official film for tomorrow’s Record Store Day. A 75-minute documentary portrait of the very last surviving…

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Tools of the Trade – The Anechoic Chamber

Sound Lab

In the first of a new series of posts, Senior Product Manager, Mike Gough, looks at some of the tools used by the professional speaker designer including their limitations and…

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Album review: Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls (ATO)

Music

Among the many assets of the Alabama Shakes is to leave the listener wanting more. At 11 songs and 36 minutes, the Northern Alabama group’s debut album Boys & Girls…

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Album review – Nicki Bluhm: Driftwood (Little Knickers)

Music

In case you missed Nicki Bluhm’s debut album,Toby’s Song in 2008, this talented San Francisco artist has grown considerably. Her first effort sticks more to a more laid back, folk…

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Scott-Walker – Scott 4

Classic Recordings: Scott Walker – Scott 4

Music

Fontana Vinyl By Paul Rigby Walker, known for the easy pop ballads of the 60s, with the Walker Brothers combo, has always been determined and somewhat enigmatic. When the Walker…

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Explore our history with the timeline on our new Facebook page

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We’ve recently relaunched our Facebook page, to incorporate the new timeline feature. Key milestones in the history of Bowers & Wilkins, including products, technologies, awards and events have been highlighted,…

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Nihal

Listen to DJ Nihal’s Top 10 ‘Eastern Bass’ tracks

Music

Groundbreaking BBC Radio 1 DJ, promoter and TV Presenter Nihal gives us his Eastern Bass top 10. 1. Sukh Knight – ‘Gabba Wasp’ For the deeper darker sound of dubstep…

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Eric Whitacre’s Water Night on Society of Sound in stunning studio-quality

Music

Eric Whitacre’s new album, Water Night, is now available in stunning 24-bit/96kHz studio-quality via Society of Sound. In this exclusive interview, Whitacre discusses how he achieved the incredibly natural sound…

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Album review: Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball (Columbia)

Music

I think Bruce Springsteen is a vampire, really. Have you seen him on TV lately?  This man, simply refuses to age.  At 62 years old, he performs with a level…

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Honest Jons, specialist record shop in London

Legendary London record shop Honest Jon’s top 10 bass tracks

Music

Legendary reggae, jazz and soul specialist West London record shop, Honest Jons, have kindly supplied us with their phenomenal top 10 bass track recommendations. 1. Herbie Hancock – ‘Flood’ (Sony…

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