Bowers & Wilkins Speaker Rankings and Reviews

Titanium dome tweeters and an improved 24-bit DAC over the standard Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin for slightly better high-frequency detail on hi-res streams.

The current smallest 600 Series speaker, with a 5” Continuum cone and a 1” decoupled double dome titanium tweeter, rated 52Hz to 28kHz.

Standmount loudspeaker in the 600 Series featuring a 6.5-inch Continuum cone mid/bass driver and an acoustically decoupled 1-inch Titanium Dome tweeter.

Floorstanding tower speaker in the 600 Series incorporating dual 6.5-inch paper-cone bass drivers, a dedicated 6-inch Continuum FST midrange, and a decoupled 1-inch Titanium Dome tweeter.

The flagship of the 800 Series Diamond D5: a 1” diamond dome tweeter, a 6” Continuum FST midrange in a turbine head and two 10” Aerofoil bass drivers.

Flagship reference loudspeaker with massive dual 10-inch Aerofoil bass drivers achieving subterranean 15Hz extension and immense acoustic power.

A 3-way tower with a 1” diamond dome tweeter, a 6” Continuum FST midrange in a turbine head and two 8” Aerofoil bass drivers.

Larger 6-inch Turbine Head midrange and dual 8-inch Aerofoil woofers yield effortless dynamic scale and authoritative low-frequency reach to 17Hz.

The first 800 D5 model with the separate turbine head midrange enclosure: a 1” diamond dome tweeter on top, a 5” Continuum FST midrange in its own head, and two 7” Aerofoil bass drivers.

Incorporates the iconic all-aluminum Turbine Head dedicated midrange enclosure, isolating the 5-inch Continuum driver from cabinet resonances.

The smallest tower in the 800 Series Diamond D5: a 3-way with a 1” diamond dome tweeter, a 5” Continuum cone FST midrange and two 6.5” Aerofoil bass drivers.

Exquisite reverse-wrap curved wooden cabinet with aluminum top plate and solid-body Diamond dome tweeter housing.

Decoupled 1-inch Titanium Dome tweeter and twin 5-inch Continuum cone bass/midrange drivers.

The flagship 800 D5 center, with a 1” diamond tweeter, a 6” Continuum FST midrange and two 8” Aerofoil bass drivers.

An exceptionally compact high-end subwoofer housing dual-opposed 8-inch Aerofoil cones with 1,000 watts of Class D amplification.

Dual-opposed 10-inch Aerofoil drive units identical to those in the flagship 800 Series Diamond speakers, driven by 1,000 watts of Class D amplification.

Single forward-firing 10-inch Aerofoil drive unit powered by 1,000 watts of Class D Hypex amplification in a rigid sealed enclosure.

Flagship dual-opposed 12-inch Aerofoil drivers powered by 2,000 watts of dedicated Hypex Class D amplification.

Amazingly neutral, quite a wide soundstage due to the width.

ASR’s Klippel data gives a 6.43 predicted preference score with an ideal subwoofer and broad horizontal coverage.

A compact two-way with a 5” mid/bass driver and 1” tweeter.

A compact two-way with a 5” Continuum cone and 1” aluminium dome tweeter.

A three-way floorstander with a 1” aluminium dome tweeter in B&W’s tapered Nautilus tube, a 6” Kevlar FST midrange in its own Marlan head and two 8” paper/Kevlar woofers.

The 2005 800 Series Diamond version of the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus 802, the first 802 with a diamond dome tweeter, keeping the Nautilus tube-loaded midrange head and twin 8” woofers.

Measured response gives it a very good Harman preference score of 75 with a 2.71 dB spread.