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Confused by digital downloads? Not sure what FLAC is and whether it’s the format for you? Bowers & Wilkins’ Society of Sound has seen numerous comments and discussions about FLAC as an audiophile alternative to lossy MP3, and in particular who people who care about... Read more

People often ask about the origins of the Fixed Suspension Transducer (FST), the Bowers & Wilkins drive unit technology that features on many of our best-regarded loudspeakers. The truth is, it was half inspiration, half insulation. Loudspeaker engineers have long cursed the drive unit’s roll surround’s... Read more

After Bowers & Wilkins worked to a tight schedule to complete the elephant subwoofer on time, it was ready to be shipped to Nairobi courtesy of Kenya Airways. Dr Graeme Shannon arrived in Nairobi two days prior to the loudspeaker to get set up and... Read more

Posted by Dr Karen McComb. Graeme Shannon and I had the privilege of being at B&W while the final touches were put to our newly designed subwoofer, and it was tested and made ready for shipping to Kenya.  It was fantastic to be there seeing it... Read more

A unique challenge was presented to Bowers & Wilkins recently when we were asked to custom build two loudspeakers capable of reproducing the very low frequencies associated with the ‘contact rumbles’ of female African elephants. This unusual request came to Gary Geaves from Dr Karen... Read more

It sounded like a very glamorous photo shoot. Meet at 10.00 AM in West London. A magazine is shooting the Jaguar XF with its Bowers & Wilkins in-car audio system alongside a pair of our flagship Nautilus loudspeakers. Nobody mention it was in an un-used... Read more

I am one of the newest members of the Bowers and Wilkins R&D Team, and have worked here for two and half years. All the loudspeaker systems we produce are designed at the R&D establishment in Steyning. As a development engineer I am responsible for... Read more

Recently we’ve been looking into the subject of acoustic holography. With this technique, a set of acoustic measurements made in one area of an acoustic field can be used to derive values elsewhere. For example, by measuring pressure with a rectangular array of microphones in... Read more

In Steyning we currently have a number of live research projects running. One that is currently under review is in the area of Plasma Physics. Some of you may remember, though this is a big ask, B&W’s second speaker the P2, which employed a... Read more

As a way of launching the new Insider Blog I thought it might interest readers to hear a little about the R&D team based at Steyning. As many of you know, ‘loudspeaker science’ spans many different areas from electronics to psychology. To truly grapple – and... Read more