The iPod: a decade that changed the way we listen to music
The iPod is now 10 years old, and during that decade this little device has instigated a massive shift in the way that many of us listen to music. Here… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 24 Oct 2011
Categories: Sound Lab
Tags: Apple, audiophile, Discussing sound quality, high quality sound, high-quality downloads, iPod, ipod speaker, iPod speakers, lossless music, MP3, P5 headphones, Sound quality, Zeppelin Air
Bowers & Wilkins video factory tour: 800 Series Diamond polishing
In the fourth of our exclusive series of video tours around the Bowers & Wilkins UK factory, we look at the amazing amount of effort that goes into finishing our… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011
Categories: Hi-fi speakers, Sound Lab, The insider
Tags: 800 Diamond Series, audiophile, bowers & wilkins, factory tour, hi-fi speakers
Bowers & Wilkins Product Manager Mat Taylor discusses DACs
Digital to Analogue convertors, usually known as DACs, have played a vital role in high-quality music reproduction since the introduction of the Compact Disc. But as the CD dies out,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 25 Aug 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The future of sound
Tags: audiophile, Classé CP-800, digital music, Discussing sound quality, MP3, USB
Why form follows function at Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins has long been an advocate of innovative design, and we have a long and very successful working relationship with two renowned British designers in Kenneth Grange and… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 22 Aug 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The insider
Tags: curved cabinets, DM6, form follows function, head units, hi-fi speakers, Kenneth Grange, Kevlar, micro-porous tweeter, Morten Warren, Nautilus speakers, tweeter on top, Zeppelin iPod speaker
Debate: Will cloud-based music ever replace physical formats?
Will music in the cloud ever replace physical discs? Can you imagine clearing your shelves of CDs and LPs, and instead just access your music via a computer or handheld… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 11 Aug 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Music, Sound debate
Tags: cloud, debate, FLAC downloads, listening, LPs, music, Recording, Sound quality, vinyl
Bowers & Wilkins factory video tour: paint spraying
In the third of our exclusive series of video tours around the Bowers & Wilkins UK factory, we look at the paint spraying section, in particular how we spray the… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 4 Aug 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The insider
Tags: 800 Diamond Series, audiophile, bowers & wilkins, factory tour, hi-fi speakers
Wonderful video on pioneering Oramics synthesizer
Oramics from Nick Street on Vimeo. A brief glimpse of Daphne Oram’s pioneering and unique Oramics synthesizer, designed in 1957 after she left the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop to pursue… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011
Categories: Events
Tags: BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Daphne Oram, electronic music, Oramics machine, Science Museum
Exclusive interview with iconic product designer Kenneth Grange
Leading product designer Kenneth Grange is currently being celebrated in a retrospective at London’s Design Museum. Watch this exclusive video interview of Kenneth explaining what inspired him to design loud… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 25 Jul 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The insider
Tags: Design classic, Design Museum, Kenneth Grange, loud speaker design, Pentagram, Signature Diamond
Debate: Do people need to learn how to listen?
Do we need to rediscover the art of listening? Does knowing what to listen for enhance your enjoyment of music or is it enough just to be carried away by… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Sound debate
Tags: debate, hi-fi speakers, how to listen, listening, Sound quality
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Rafe says: Can we not get these in Vancouver, B.C.?... 1 day 12 hours ago View commentClassic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to New Order’s Age of Consent
Rafe says: Agreed. A classic for... 2 days 11 hours ago View comment