Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series speakers

Regular HCC-readers will recall drooling over the Bowers & Wilkins speakers featured back in HCC Issue 156’s Bulletin pages – the set being based on ‘Whizz-Bang technology from the 800 Series.’ Of course, being a fan of both Whizz and Bang, I simply had to find out for myself what the fuss was about.

In due course, a 5.1 array culled from the 15-model strong 800 series arrived, with the newest of the subwoofers and the most gigantic centre enclosure I have probably ever seen. In terms of ranking, this collection sits just below the B&W’s Signature Diamond range, where the brand sell tweeters made with – get this – vapour deposited diamonds.

The performance of these 800 cabinets is what you’d expect – outstanding. This immediately became apparent when I first spun Lyle Lovett’s She Makes Me Feel Good from a DTS 5.1 demonstration CD.

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