Bowers & Wilkins
In 1966, John Bowers and his lifelong friend Peter Hayward founded a manufacturing company, then called B&W Electronics, in Worthing, on the south coast of England. They agreed from the outset to live modestly and plough any profits back into the business to further research into the quest for the perfect loudspeaker.
B&W’s famous 801 loudspeaker was launched in 1979 and soon became the reference speaker in nearly all of the world’s classical recording studios, including EMI Abbey Road, Decca and Deutsche Grammophone.
2010 sees the release of the latest incarnation of the 800 series speaker range; The B&W 800 Series Diamond. For More information on these speakers see our 'News & Views' section.
