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Performance, passion and heritage: Bowers & Wilkins partners with Aston Martin
Combining class-leading high-performance sound with ultra-luxury.
News
Mercury Prize 2023: Get to know the shortlist
To celebrate this year’s shortlist, we’re shining a light on each of the twelve Mercury Prize Albums of the Year.
Bowers & Wilkins and McLaren Automotive: The Pursuit of Perfection
Uncompromising performance has always been at the forefront of Bowers & Wilkins and McLaren’s iconic designs. It’s this passion for outstanding performance that’s helped forge an enduring relationship between the two brands, culminating in some of the most desired automotive audio systems industry-wide.
Our Year in Review 2022
As 2022 draws to an end, it marks another exciting year for Bowers & Wilkins. From new product launches to iconic collaborations and technological advancements, we’re celebrating some of our proudest moments from the past year.
Bowers & Wilkins and Philips TV
Because uncompromised engineering results in uncompromised performance.
True Sound on the move
In an exciting new development, the Bowers & Wilkins Music app now works with our latest generation of headphones.
Products
Choosing the ideal headphones
An excellent pair of headphones makes a great companion, but which are best for you? In this guide, we walk you through some simple steps to choosing the perfect headphones for any occasion.
Summer Essentials
However you plan to spend your summer, Bowers & Wilkins has the perfect product to fill it with fantastic sound.
The Story of Signature
Every Signature model has had its own unique identity and at the same time, every model has been connected to its predecessor by several common threads: no-holds-barred performance, unique, distinctive beauty and special-edition exclusivity.
Meet the versatile AM-1
The AM-1 delivers Bowers & Wilkins levels of performance, but its sealed enclosure and rugged build make it the ideal loudspeaker for bringing music to your patio, pool area or garden.
Sound Lab
Watch: The Future of… Recorded Music at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) joined forces with Bowers & Wilkins to host a future-focused music event.
Our 10 Favorite Summer Blockbusters
Whether you’re hosting a movie night or on a long journey to a dream destination this summer, we’ve got your watchlist covered.
Great Sound Your Way: The Power of Custom Installation
If, like us, you’re passionate about enjoying great-sounding music or movies at home, you’ll want a sound system that can accommodate.
Behind The Counter: Watch the Full Fourth Series Now
In February, we proudly announced the return of the collaborative video series, Behind The Counter, presented with Record Store Day and Classic Album Sundays. A new episode dropped every week for 12 weeks leading up to this year’s Record Store Day, spotlighting some of the amazing record shops (and people that run them) from across the UK.
Hi-Fi Essentials – How to set up a loudspeaker
In the third part of our series explaining the fundamentals of putting together a great Hi-Fi system, we look at how to get the best performance from your loudspeakers.
Music
Loving the Summertime Blues
We all have a good idea in our head of what a summer song sounds like. But if you think deeply about the songs that soundtrack your summer, you will probably come up with quite a surprising playlist. We know we did.
Bowers & Wilkins Sound System Helps British Music Make its Mark at SXSW 2023
This year, Bowers & Wilkins partnered with the British Music Embassy to support a weeklong showcase of the UK’s hottest emerging artists at the world-renowned SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
In Conversation with Keith Jopling: The Art of Longevity Podcast Spotlights the Unsung Stories of the Music Industry
Bowers & Wilkins is a pioneer in delivering True Sound to music lovers worldwide, allowing them to hear exactly what the artist intended. In the same vein, Keith Jopling, a music industry professional with a lifelong passion for music, gives world-class artists a platform to share their career experiences and perspectives via his carefully curated podcast – The Art of Longevity.
Our favourite 22 albums of 2022
2022 was a great year for music in general, and the album in particular. It was a year of sensational debuts from acts as diverse as Wet Leg and Gabriels, global superstars such as Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar released some of their finest work after a lengthy break, and there were some real returns to form from the likes of Pixies.