BowerS & WILKINS
“The best loudspeaker isn’t the one that gives the most; it’s the one that loses the least.”
Over the past five decades, one English company has created, diversified, evolved, perfected, scrutinised and studied the elusive everyday nature of sound. Bower & Wilkins’ founder John Bowers – a classical music enthusiast in the grand tradition of soldering-iron-wielding British boffins – set himself on the hi-fi trail after wondering why stereo recordings rarely matched the vibrancy of a live concert. We are still hearing the benefits of his pioneering research 50 years on. The company’s inception came in 1966, in a small Worthing TV rental and repair shop which had a sideline in PA systems for schools and churches. Bowers began designing and assembling loudspeakers at the back
