We’ve managed to escape the confines of our test rooms to get behind the wheel of Volvo’s S90 saloon (and its B&W-designed audio system)…
The standard audio system for the S90 is a 10 speaker, 330W set-up, which Volvo calls its “high-performance” offering. In contrast, Premium Sound by Bowers & Wilkins is a £3000/$3900 option using 19 speakers, a 12-channel amp and 1400W of power. On paper, it seems pricey for a boost in power and a sprinkling of extra speakers, but this is only half the story.
Specs
The drive units in the S90’s standard system are limited to the front and rear doors, plus the rear parcel shelf. The rear doors only have one driver in them, whereas the B&W system (pictured above) covers all bases, with an aluminium tweeter, Kevlar midrange driver and bass unit in all doors, (and a separate, carbon-fibre subwoofer in the rear).
There’s also B&W’s party piece, the tweeter-on-top, which protrudes proudly from the middle of the dashboard.
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