John Bowers founded Bowers & Wilkins with a single, simple vision: to create the perfect loudspeaker – a loudspeaker that neither adds nor subtracts from the original signal. The vision has never deviated. B&W’s technological advances, rave reviews and its acceptance among recording professionals all bear out the claim that the future of sound is usually heard first on B&W loudspeakers.

From research and development through design, manufacturing and distribution, B&W is a truly British company. With an enviable R&D facility based in Steyning on the South Downs, B&W’s engineers have conceived groundbreaking technology that leads the world in loudspeaker design. ‘The University of Sound’ as it is referred to has brought concepts to life that has changed the way that loudspeakers are perceived. Technology such as the Nautilus™ ‘Tapering Tube’ is now present, in varying levels of engineering complexity, in the majority of B&W speakers. Technology like this has been so groundbreaking that the Nautilus™ ‘Tapering Tube’ has just been awarded the 2005 Queen’s Award for Enterprise within the Innovation category.

B&W’s product portfolio of loudspeakers spreads across a wide range of areas. From the entry level DM-303 (£180 per pair) to the Nautilus™ (£35,000 per pair), B&W makes products that suit every need.

Starting with the Prestige range (which includes the Nautilus™ flagship loudspeaker), B&W has recently introduced the New 800 Series (pictured above). Featuring technology that before now would have seemed impossible at any price, the range features curved ‘tear drop’ cabinets, sphere ‘head’ mid range enclosures along with some glamorous details within the drive units - the most exceptional being the inclusion of a ‘diamond’ tweeter dome. All of this technology combines to make a range of loudspeakers that are un-rivalled at any price.

B&W offers two further ranges of more conventional products with the mid-priced 700 Series and the entry level 600 Series. Both of these ranges are suited to 2-channel audio (hi-fi stereo) as well as audio visual (home cinema).

B&W has always been quick to react to trends within both the audio and the visual markets. Products like the Flat Panel Monitor (FPM) are ideally suited to being hung either side of a plasma or LCD monitor; the Mini Theatre range (pictured right) gives you the option of incorporating B&W sound and technology into a compact home cinema system.

In addition, B&W offers a collection of flush mount in-wall/in-ceiling products, for either home or commercial use. These are ideal if the space does not offer anywhere to put conventional speakers.

B&W is a UK-based company with manufacturing plants in both Worthing and Bradford. It employs over 500 people and exports to over 60 countries.