Looking back over WOMAD 2016

The June release on Bowers & Wilkins Society of Sound is a chance to revisit highlights from the Bowers & Wilkins Sound System stage at last year’s WOMAD Festival. The… Read more

Posted on: Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017
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Primavera Sound 2017 Playlist Special

Primavera Sound curator DJ Fra picks 20 tracks from artists spinning the decks of the Bowers & Wilkins Sound System stage at this year’s festival. Selecting artists to play at… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 26 May 2017
Categories: Events, Sound System

Bowers & Wilkins Sound System returns

On a Monday evening in East London, a small pub reverberated from the wizardry of a world-class DJ – and a legendary sound system. In an exclusive preview event, and… Read more

Posted on: Monday, 22 May 2017
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800 Series Diamond and new DB1D subwoofers shine at Bristol Sound & Vision 2017

Bowers & Wilkins was once again one of the must-see rooms at the Bristol Sound & Vision Hi-Fi show with a demonstration featuring the awesome 800 D3 loudspeakers, an 800… Read more

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 Mar 2017
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How the Model 801 changed music recording

Bowers & Wilkins is 50 years old in 2016. As part of the celebrations of these five decades in the world of high-performance audio, we are running a series of… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 4 Nov 2016
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Hi-fi speakers, Listen and you'll see, Sound System
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Sound System at WOMAD 2016 review

As always, this year’s WOMAD featured an impressively broad line-up. Few festivals can boast 90 artists from 49 countries, and in an increasingly fractious world, gatherings of this kind are… Read more

Posted on: Friday, 5 Aug 2016
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Sound System 2016: Cats Eyes

As the world’s finest Sound System continues our mission to bring true sound to festival-goers, some of the many DJs and musicians who’ve experienced it to talk to us about… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 21 Jul 2016
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Sound System 2016: Jas Shaw, Simian Mobile Disco

As the world’s finest Sound System continues our mission to bring true sound to festival-goers, we asked some of the many DJs and musicians who’ve experienced it to tell us… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 14 Jul 2016
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Sound System 2016: Jonnie Wilkes, Optimo

As the world’s finest Sound System continues our mission to bring true sound to festival-goers, we asked some of the many DJs and musicians who’ve experienced it to tell us… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 7 Jul 2016
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Events, Live music, Sound System, The future of sound
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