In its first major move since being acquired by home-audio powerhouse Sound United last October, Bowers & Wilkins (a.k.a. B&W) has introduced “evolved” versions of its iconic 800 Series Diamond speakers.

The esteemed British speaker company says it spent six years rethinking the fundamentals of driver design in pursuit of the “most transparent, detailed and natural-sounding series of loudspeakers Bowers & Wilkins has ever produced.” The result is hundreds of tweaks and several new sound-enhancing technologies including a Biomimetic Suspension system that replaces the conventional fabric spider used in the line’s midrange drivers and woofers with a new composite material said to enhance midrange transparency by “greatly reducing unwanted air pressure.”
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