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In this month’s issue of Britain’s finest monthly, The Word, Johnny Rotten describes his passion for hi-fi: “Well, I start with the speakers. For me, the best in the world are B&W. British” before going on to  describe himself as a “cable nerd”. We highly... Read more

Why use diamond for tweeter domes? It may seem extravagant, but the move is simply an extension of Bowers & Wilkins’ pursuit of the perfect loudspeaker. One element of our quest for the best is the development of drive units that neither add nor subtract... Read more

We saw this teaser for a ‘musicmentory’ To Have and To Hold on The Audiophiliac site and had to share it here. It looks amazing and we’ll let you know when we get more information regarding its release. In the meantime, here’s 8 minutes of... Read more

There’s something very special about listening to music on headphones. A sense of closeness to the artist, and, of course, with the right headphones, just enough isolation from the hustle and bustle of the outside world to make listening a real pleasure. And while a... Read more

The stunning super-high quality version of Peter Gabriel’s new album ‘Scratch My Back’ is available now from Society of Sound as a 24-bit FLAC download. If you have bought an enhanced CD you will have a voucher code entitling you to download the album from... Read more

It seems that the world of vinyl is far from dead. At least judging by the number of LPs for sale at the Bristol Sound & Vision show and the response to our recent article in The Lab, the response to which has been overwhelming.... Read more

The Wall Street Journal has posted a great article on analogue high-end stereo and the fans that are keeping it alive: The home stereos that refuse to die. Vinyl’s small but significant comeback, which we wrote about here together with the explosion in deluxe boxsets... Read more

The B&W Zeppelin has been included in the iLounge 2010 iPod and iPhone Buyer’s Guide in the Premium Audio Systems. They kindly describe our multi-award winning speaker as “the audio equivalent of an Olympic gold medallist”. Read more

The Zeppelin family received another rave review, this time from UltimateAVmag.com. The review focuses on the  stunning sound quality that separates the Zeppelin from other iPod speakers: “Audiophiles often scoff at the iPod’s highly compressed music files, but the Zeppelin is packed with technology that... Read more

We recently invited B&W customers to ask us  questions.  We’ve had an overwhelming response and we’ve tried to answer as many as we can. Several of the questions will be answered in depth and posted in the Lab area of SoS later on this year... Read more