What Hi-Fi Awards 2012 – the winners
We are very excited to announce that Bowers & Wilkins won three awards at the prestigious What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision Awards 2012. Bowers & Wilkins won three awards at… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 19 Oct 2012
Categories: Awards and reviews, Home theatre, News, Speakers
Tags: bowers & wilkins, CM9, Mini Theatre speakers, MT-50, MT=60D, Product of the year, What Hi-Fi awards 2012
Our guide to listening in surround sound
With Mike Oldfield’s seminal Tubular Bells now available as a stunning 24-bit FLAC 5.1 surround sound mix, we asked Andy Kerr how one should go about setting up a speaker… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 11 Oct 2012
Categories: Home theatre, Speakers
Tags: 24-bit FLAC files, 5.1, home theatre setup, multi-channel speaker system, PV1D subwoofer, speaker configuration, sub woofers, surround sound, Tubular Bells
Why buy a soundbar? – The science of psychoacoustics
Bowers & Wilkins launched Panorama 2 this week and we asked Senior Product Manager Mike Gough to explain how soundbars work. There is no doubt that discrete speaker systems, be… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 3 Oct 2012
Categories: Home theatre, Speakers, Tools of the Trade
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, home cinema, Home theatre, panorama, psycho acoustics, soundbar, surround sound
What the A7 has in common with Nautilus
For those wanting a one-box solution for listening to music using Apple AirPlay®, the A5 and A7 are exciting additions to our product portfolio, but it is all too easy… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012
Categories: Speakers, Wireless music systems
Tags: 800 series diamond, A5, A7, Airplay, Flowport, nautilus, Wireless music system, Zeppelin Air
Seven reasons why you should use AirPlay
Combine a touchscreen iPod, an iPad or an iPhone with internet access, and you’ve an amazingly powerful tool for discovering new music or revisiting old favourites. All you need to… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 20 Sep 2012
Categories: Speakers, Wireless music systems
Tags: A5 wireless music speaker, A7 wireless music speaker, Airplay, rdio, spotify, wireless music streaming, Wireless music system, Zeppelin Air
Wireless Music Systems: Air your tunes
Bowers & Wilkins Wireless Music Systems comprises two new products that combine effortless wireless streaming with Bowers & Wilkins sound quality. The A7 and A5 Wireless Music Systems marry the… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 Sep 2012
Categories: Music, Wireless music systems
Tags: A5 wireless music speaker, A7 wireless music speaker, Airplay, wireless speakers, wireless streaming, Zeppelin Air iPod dock
See nothing, hear everything – the technology used within CI 800 Series
CI 800 is the result of an extensive project by Bowers & Wilkins engineers at the renowned Steyning research facility in West Sussex. Their considerable challenge was to deliver the… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 10 Sep 2012
Categories: Custom Installation, Hi-fi speakers, New products, News
Tags: carbon braced tweeters, CI800, crossover, Custom Installation, in-wall speakers, Kevlar
Bowers & Wilkins at the Royal Opera House as part of Deloitte Ignite Africa Weekend
Deloitte Ignite returned for its fifth year with a free contemporary arts festival curated by internationally renowned artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. In typically eclectic fashion, Shonibare pulled together filmmakers, musicians,… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 10 Sep 2012
Categories: Events, Headphones
Tags: African art, Deloitte Ignite, P5 headphones, Royal Opera House, sound art, traditional African instruments, Victor Gama, Yinka Shonibare
Senior Development Engineer John Dibb discusses CI 800.
For decades, the pioneering innovations developed at Bowers & Wilkins Steyning Research Establishment have influenced the way speakers are designed and built all over the world. For CI 800 Bowers… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 6 Sep 2012
Categories: Custom Installation, New products, Speakers
Tags: 800 series diamond, CI 800, Custom Installation, in-ceiling speakers, in-wall speakers
The definitive guide to 24-bit FLAC
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