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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 great... 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 us... 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. Walking... 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 (sales... 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 wrings... 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 but... Read more

Dengue Fever have never been shy about occupying a niche, Mojo described them as “the world’s premier Cambodian psychedelic rock band” although the LA Times preferred to see them as – “Sexy and eclectic, it’s world music for the cool kids”. “In The Ley Lines“ ... Read more

Madam’s Gone Before Morning is Society of Sound Music’s twelth album and that alone is cause for celebration.  It’s been  very popular in the B&W office particularly her slowed-down late-night version of Odyssey’s ‘If You’re Looking For A Way Out’ – which is particularly good... Read more

I blogged earlier about the Deep Listening roundtable conference in New York. You can now watch it here. Chaired by Greg Calbi, the mastering engineer at legendary Sterling Sound, NY whose 70’s output alone includes classic albums by Springsteen (Born to Run), Lennon (Walls and Bridges)... Read more