Furniture - Bowers and Wilkins
It is generally accepted that your hi-fi or AV system will only sound its best when supported on a quality hi-fi stand or AV rack, designed to isolate it from noise and vibrations. Additionally, high quality speaker stands are essential for the best sound from bookshelf speakers and we always recommend using a dedicated wall shelf to isolate your turntable. Popular brands include Atacama, Partington and Quadraspire.
Bowers & Wilkins is a leading audio brand established over 50 years ago. They have received numerous awards and excellent reviews for class leading products. Their current range includes the latest 600 S3 and 700 S3 loudspeaker ranges.
Bowers & Wilkins was originally founded over 50 years ago by John Bowers and Roy Wilkins, who met while serving in the Royal Corps of Signals. Bowers & Wilkins was originally an electronics radio shop and over time John Bowers became more involved in speaker design, initially with an assembly line at the back of their shop. Bowers then started a separate business for the manufacture of the speakers, with Wilkins involved in the UK distribution of the brand among others.
John Bowers dreamed of making the perfect loudspeaker. That is a speaker which is faithful to the artists original intent in the studio or to the sound of the live performance. Such a speaker should reveal the true sound of the recording, with every nuance and without anything being added or taken away.
Over the resulting 50+ years of loudspeaker design and manufacturer, Bowers and Wilkins has had an obsessive focus on perfection. The design has to be the very best, nothing less will suffice. John Bowers said 'If you make a better product, you will sell it'
This same persuit for perfection runs through everying Bowers & Wilkins do today. They explore every possible technical, design and engineering option to ensure the resulting product is greater than the sum of its parts and the best it can possibly be. As a result, they have won numerous awards and several of their speakers are class leaders - offering the best possible performance in their price bracket.
An aspirational brand, we are proud to add their products to our range, with a good selection of products in stock and on demo in our showroom.
A piece of hi-fi or AV furniture isn’t just for keeping your equipment off the floor. Much of the wide range of furniture products we offer is a design statement in its own right, and something to be shown off. From real hardwoods and wood veneers, to coloured metals and high quality glass and metal speaker stands, many furniture products can truly be an attractive prospect.
For isolating and elevating bookshelf and standmount speakers, we offer a range of speaker stands, to suit every budget and taste. The purpose of a speaker stand is primarily to elevate a speaker so that the tweeter is at ear level when considered from the listening position. This ensures that a greater integration between complex mid and high frequencies is heard. A good quality, heavy speaker stand can also offer vast improvements to bass performance as it limits unwanted resonance and decouples the speakers from the floor.
We have a range of hi-fi and AV stands available, ideal for supporting your hi-fi and AV equipment, with AV stands capable of supporting a TV or display. Just like speaker stands, a good quality hi-fi or AV stand is able to isolate your equipment from interference and resonance, and offer sonic and performance improvements. We also have a range of hi-fi and AV furniture accessories, from replacement spikes to isolate your furniture from the ground, to speaker stand filler and floor protectors.