TBT Review: Bowers & Wilkins 800D Floorstanding Loudspeaker

Until it was spelt out by the powers I don’t think I fully realized how strong Bowers & Wilkins’ (B&W) domination of the high end of the loudspeaker has become. Of course there are other brands and many of other individual high-end models out there, but B&W’s share of the market with its extensive 800 series is enormous, and this means that uniquely among high end producers, B&W is able to benefit from the economies of scale in a way that is the envy of other producers. Just as an indication of what this can mean in practice. I have here a pair of large, well built loudspeakers with sapphire tweeter domes, which currently cost UK sterling £32,000 a pair.
—> Read our review of Bowers & Wilkins’ 800D floorstanding speaker.