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In leading recording studios, music that will soon be heard everywhere is heard first through 800 Series speakers. At Abbey Road Studios in London, for example, the 800 Series has been the reference speaker of choice since the 1980s. Sound engineers here depend on the speakers for their unrivalled accuracy, safe in the knowledge that what they hear in the control room is as close as possible to the sound of the performance in the studio.
Back to the future
Launched in 1979, the original Bowers & Wilkins 801 speaker heralded the modern era of high-end loudspeaker design. Superior drive units isolated in separate chambers produced sound of unheard-of-realism and made the 801 a fixture in demanding recording studios and the homes of serious audio enthusiasts everywhere. It’s been exactly the same story with every subsequent incarnation of the 800 Series, right up to the present day.
Rewriting the rules
In the 1990s, we embarked on our most ambitious project yet – to fulfill John Bowers' dream and build the ultimate loudspeaker. Five years of research and development later, and the result was revealed. Rewriting all the rules for how a speaker should be designed, Nautilus™ produced a sound so real you could almost reach out and touch it. The technological innovations we developed for Nautilus live on today, in the 800 Series Diamond.
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Art meets science
Discover the judgement, attention to detail and finishing touches that only human hands and eyes can provide.
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Diamond family
800 Series Diamond speakers from studio monitors to bookshelf speakers for compact domestic spaces.
Diamond family
Abbey Road Studios
Read why the world's finest recording studio is a keen advocate of Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series loudspeakers.
Abbey Road Studios
Diamond dome tweeters
Learn why diamond is the perfect tweeter material for the Bowers & Wilkins flagship speaker range.
Diamond dome tweeters