Nautilus™ emerged from Bowers & Wilkins’ University of Sound R&D facility after five years’ painstaking development. Briefed to stop at nothing in the quest for a perfect loudspeaker, our engineers arrived at a set of drive units whose tapering, tubular forms spirited away every trace of internal resonance.
Now recognised as a design classic, the Nautilus is not just our flagship product, but the very pinnacle of technological innovation.
Here you can see some of the stages of the Nautilus from a wooden maquette sat on an engineer’s desk to the finished speaker.
Beautiful. I’d love to listen to them…
Posted: Thursday, 16 September 2010I have been lucky enough to listen to a pair of these with classé audio gears.
It made me shiver.
Posted: Friday, 17 September 2010it seems to be fantastic……. . I would like to listen them.
Posted: Sunday, 17 October 2010you know when something makes your heart skip a beat your hair stand up on the back of your neck you catch your breath the lump in your throat no more !!!
Posted: Sunday, 12 December 2010Those are something else would love to get them in my showroom!
Posted: Sunday, 12 December 2010When engineering replicates art and life visually and audibly, thank you B&W.
Posted: Saturday, 18 December 2010Is it me or do they look terrible?!
Posted: Wednesday, 9 February 2011It’s just you Dippers.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 February 2011Stunningly Beautiful..Would love to hear them
Posted: Thursday, 10 February 2011WOW, they really are georgeous. There is a guy in Austrailia that cuts 1″ wafers via computer then laminates them from the bottom up one inch at a time till he gets to the top. I would like to see a set of these built with his method they would be stunning twice. http://www.hilberink.nl/codehans/tannoy126.htm
Posted: Wednesday, 4 May 2011Fascinating to see all the parts so visible!
Posted: Thursday, 5 May 2011I’ve been making similarly spiral-shaped speakers but with a toootally different style and sound. Just check my site PaulaPart.com
Incredible to think they are now 20 years old! A real classic – and only the Giya carried the torch (also by Laurence Dickie). It was a shame B&W didn’t develop it to make smaller units as these babies are pretty big.
Posted: Thursday, 12 May 2011Flabergasted, i can’t say it in words. when you listen to this speakers, tears are falling from happiness!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thursday, 12 May 2011