Festival No. 6: A Sound System debut

Sound travels. And Sound System will reach another destination this September, finding itself for the first time ever in the stunning village of Portmeirion in North Wales for a festival… Read more

Posted on: Thursday, 31 Aug 2017
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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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Sound System

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
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Events, Live music, Sound System, The future of sound
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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
Categories: Discussing sound quality, Events, Live music, Sound System, The future of sound
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