Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond D5 Speakers
John Bowers founded the company in Worthing, England in 1966 with the conviction that a speaker should reproduce a recording exactly as the artist intended, a principle he called True Sound, and every 800 Series since has been an expression of that idea. The D5 is the fifth generation to use the company's Diamond Dome tweeter, and it arrives with the most mechanically inert enclosure B&W has ever built. The key structural addition is Space Frame Bracing, parallel aluminum rails bolted to the rear of each cabinet's internal Matrix structure that stiffen the enclosure and reduce vibration. Floor-standing models get a redesigned aluminum plinth with tuned-mass damping, individually calibrated to each cabinet. Seven models span the range: the two-way 805 D5 stand-mount, four three-way floorstanders (804 D5, 803 D5, 802 D5, and the flagship 801 D5), and two center-channel speakers for home theater. Four finishes: Stealth Black, Warm White, Light Walnut, and Dark Walnut, the last inspired by the limited-production 801 Abbey Road edition. Available September 9th.

