B&W (Bowers & Wilkins)
Website:https://www.bowerswilkins.com/
Est. year: 1966
Bowers & Wilkins is a British loudspeaker and audio manufacturer founded in 1966 by John Bowers, building over nearly six decades into one of the most internationally recognised names in both consumer hi-fi loudspeakers and professional studio monitoring, with its products used as reference monitors at Abbey Road Studios among numerous other prominent recording facilities.
Range & what it's known for
The catalog spans the flagship 800 Series Diamond loudspeakers, built around diamond-dome tweeters and distinctive tapered-tube midrange enclosures, alongside more accessible 600 and 700 series models, Px-series wireless headphones, and Formation-series wireless multiroom speakers, giving Bowers & Wilkins a comprehensive reach spanning reference-tier passive loudspeakers through to modern wireless consumer audio.
Who owns it and where it's made
Bowers & Wilkins is owned by the American private-equity-backed Sound United Group (later EVA Automation), with its loudspeaker engineering and much of its manufacturing continuing to draw on the brand's original British design heritage from its Worthing headquarters, though production has diversified internationally as the product range has expanded.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers and headphones (multiple items across categories). Prices span roughly 200 dollars for accessible wireless earbuds to well over 30,000 dollars for flagship 800 Series Diamond floorstanders.
Who it's for
Bowers & Wilkins suits buyers wanting a single British loudspeaker heritage brand spanning reference-tier passive floorstanders, used professionally in some of the world's most respected recording studios, through to modern wireless headphones and multiroom speakers.