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INSIDE THE BOWERS & WILKINS FACTORY

Bowers & Wilkins is a speaker company like no other. Not only does the brand have a global reputation that is arguably unrivalled, it also makes speakers in its native UK on a scale that nobody else can match.

While many of B&W’s speakers are now manufactured elsewhere, the flagship 800 Series is made and assembled at the company’s Worthing factory in Sussex.

For 2021, we have a whole new seven-strong range: the 800 D4 Diamond Series. The two-way 805 D4 standmounter is now joined by the 804 D4, 803 D4 and 802 D4 three-way floorstanders, HTM81 D4 and HTM82 D4 centre channels (for home cinema use) and the brand-new flagship 801 D4 floorstander (which replaces the existing 800 D3). Alongside the Continuum cone and Diamond tweeter, there’s enhanced Matrix bracing, a Reverse Wrap cabinet design, updated Solid Body Tweeter-on-Top housing and a completely upgraded motor system.

Let us take you behind the scenes and show you how these speakers are made, straight from the Worthing factory floor.

B&W 800

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