Content tagged with 'audiophile'
Bowers & Wilkins video factory tour: final assembly
In the fifth 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: Monday, 21 Nov 2011
Categories: Sound Lab, The insider
Tags: 800 series, audiophile, bowers & wilkins, factory tour, final assembly, hifi speakers
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
Classic Recordings: Tangerine Dream – Zeit
Tangerine Dream – Zeit Reactive Vinyl By Paul Rigby Zeit was a significant album for Tangerine Dream. On a technical level, it was a breakthrough project for the band principally… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Ambient, audiophile, Classic recordings, classic vinyl release, Tangerine Dream, vinyl
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
Classic Recordings: This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears
This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears Org Music Vinyl By Paul Rigby It was a grand experiment for the 4AD record label, but more so for its founder… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: audiophile, Classic recordings, Gothic Dream Pop, It'll End In Tears, This Mortal Coil
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
Bowers & Wilkins video factory tour: 800 Series Diamond head units
In the second of our exclusive series of video tours around the Bowers & Wilkins UK factory, we take a look at 800 Series Diamond head units. These exclusive videos… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 16 Jun 2011
Categories: Hi-fi speakers, Speakers
Tags: 800 series diamond, audiophile, behind the scenes, craftmanship, factory tour, Loudspeakers, technology
Listen and you’ll see – play Bob Marley’s Exodus this Sunday
“I wake up in the morning and do a Masters Voice thing in front of the speakers for a while; then I go outside. Music defines a total environment. Straight… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 9 Jun 2011
Categories: Music
Tags: audiophile, bob marley, classic album sundays, colleen murphy, greg wilson, LP, vinyl
Classic Recordings: Scott Walker – Scott 4
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