When a high-end, respected speaker manufacturer like Bowers & Wilkins decide they’re going to funnel some of their magic into headphones, the audiophile world can’t help but perk up. Announced late last year, the B&W P5 headphones have only just shown up – though not in stock – at the Apple Store, but over at Head-Fi they’ve a set of production samples to unbox and generally play with.
British hi-fi legend Bowers & Wilkins has updated its 800 Series loudspeakers with a “diamond dome tweeter”. Yes, you heard correctly, that’s diamond, as in the hardest mineral substance on the Mohs hardness scale.
Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod dock may date all the way back to January 2008, but it’s still one of the most distinctive designs in third-party Apple accessories. What it’s not is cheap, so the company has introduced a compact Zeppelin Mini that promises high-style and audio excellence but with a smaller footprint and price-tag.
Bowers & Wilkins has released a much compact CCM816 speaker to complement its existing CCM 800 series In-Ceiling lineup with a blue-finish driver. This is not the first B&W speaker to employ a blue Kevlar driver, similar unit can be seen from their CT-700 home theater series lineup. Part of the reason was to eliminate light reflections on projector screen, or a glossy finished flat screen TV. The color in any way, should not affect the sound quality but I will go on record that I prefer the much-traditional yellow finished Kelvar cone with the grill on. The yellow Kevlar, for me, is part of the signature from B&W.
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