Bowers Wilkins Loudspeakers

One of the best-known British speaker makers, founded in Worthing in 1966. Its 800 series has been the monitor in Abbey Road Studios for decades.

Founded: 1966
Founders: John Bowers, Roy Wilkins
Headquarters: Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Manufacturing: Flagship 800 Series Diamond built in Worthing; other ranges built in Asia
Parent company: Harman International (Samsung)
How to buy: Sold through specialist hi-fi dealers, online retailers and custom installers, and supplied to other manufacturers as an OEM
Known for: The yellow Kevlar midrange cone, diamond dome tweeters, tweeter-on-top, Nautilus tapering tubes

Currently, we have 57 Bowers Wilkins loudspeakers in our database. Below you can find the list of these speakers with their main specs and links to their review pages.

Bowers Wilkins Passive Bookshelf(15)
Bowers Wilkins Passive Floor-standing(17)
Bowers Wilkins Powered Subwoofer(6)
Bowers Wilkins Passive Center Channel(10)
Bowers Wilkins Passive In-wall(9)
Bowers Wilkins Passive In-wall(9)

Bowers Wilkins Passive Bookshelf Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
B&W 606	52-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 606 S2	52-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 606 S3	52-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 607	52-28k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W 607 S2	52-28k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W 607 S3	52-28k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W 705 S2	50-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 705 S3	50-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 Signature	50-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 706 S2	50-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 706 S3	50-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
B&W 707 S2	50-28k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W 707 S3	50-28k Hz	84 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
Bowers & Wilkins 805 D5	42-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
Bowers Wilkins M 1	64-23k Hz	85 dB	8Ω	1 x 4"

Bowers Wilkins Passive Floor-standing Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
B&W 603	48-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W 603 S2	48-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W 603 S3	46-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W 702 S2	46-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	3 x 6.5"
B&W 702 S3	46-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	3 x 6.5"
Bowers & Wilkins 702 S3 Signature	46-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	3 x 6.5"
B&W 703 S2	46-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W 703 S3	46-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W 704 S2	48-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
B&W 704 S3	46-28k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4	15-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 10"
Bowers & Wilkins 801 D5	15-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 10"
Bowers & Wilkins 802 D4	17-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 8"
Bowers & Wilkins 802 D5	17-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 8"
Bowers & Wilkins 803 D4	19-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 7"
Bowers & Wilkins 803 D5	19-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 7"
Bowers & Wilkins 804 D5	19-24k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"

Bowers Wilkins Powered Subwoofer Speakers

Model	Frequency	Amp Power	Woofer
B&W ASW608	32-140 Hz	200 watts	1 x 8"
B&W ASW610	27-140 Hz	200 watts	1 x 10"
B&W ASW610XP	25-140 Hz	500 watts	1 x 10"
B&W DB2D	10-350 Hz	1000 watts	2 x 10"
B&W DB3D	10-350Hz	1000 watts	2 x 8"
B&W DB4S	10-350 Hz	1000 watts	1 x 10"

Bowers Wilkins Passive Center Channel Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
BW HTM6 S2	72-28k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
BW HTM6 S3	72-28k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
BW HTM71 S2	50-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
B&W HTM71 S3	50-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	4 x 5"
Bowers & Wilkins HTM71 S3 Signature	50-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
BW HTM72 S2	70-28k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
B&W HTM72 S3	70-28k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
Bowers & Wilkins HTM81 D5	28-28k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 8"
Bowers & Wilkins HTM82 D4	45-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
Bowers & Wilkins HTM82 D5	45-28k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"

Bowers Wilkins Passive In-wall Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
B&W CWM362	50-30kHz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM652	54-50kHz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W CWM663	45-50kHz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM664	45-35kHz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM7.3 S2	48-28kHz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 6"
B&W CWM7.4 S2	45-28kHz	86 dB	8Ω	2 x 4"
B&W CWM7.5 S2	45-28kHz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
Bowers Wilkins ISW3	25-222 Hz	dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
Bowers Wilkins ISW4	25-222 Hz	dB	8Ω	2 x 8"

Bowers Wilkins Passive In-wall Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
B&W CWM362	50-30kHz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM652	54-50kHz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
B&W CWM663	45-50kHz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM664	45-35kHz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6"
B&W CWM7.3 S2	48-28kHz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 6"
B&W CWM7.4 S2	45-28kHz	86 dB	8Ω	2 x 4"
B&W CWM7.5 S2	45-28kHz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
Bowers Wilkins ISW3	25-222 Hz	dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
Bowers Wilkins ISW4	25-222 Hz	dB	8Ω	2 x 8"

About Bowers Wilkins

John Bowers and Roy Wilkins started from an electrical retail shop in Worthing in 1966. The company grew on research spending that was unusual for its size, and in 1979 the Matrix 801 was adopted by Abbey Road Studios and later by Decca as a mastering monitor - an association Bowers and Wilkins has held since. The Nautilus of 1993, with its four tapered tubes and snail shell curve, remains the reference design the rest of the range borrows from: the tapering tube behind each driver absorbs the rear wave instead of reflecting it back through the cone.

The two ran an electrical shop in Worthing. Bowers built speakers for a customer who left the company money in her will, and that legacy funded the first proper research.

The yellow Kevlar cone is one of the few pieces of loudspeaker engineering that became a visual trademark. And the Abbey Road connection means a great deal of well-known popular music was mastered while being monitored on B&W - the recordings were checked on the speakers, which is a different and stronger claim than a marketing endorsement.

Passed from EVA Automation to Sound United in 2020, to Masimo in 2022, and to Harman in 2025 as part of the Sound United sale - so B&W now shares an owner with JBL and Revel.

Notable models: DM70, Matrix 801, Nautilus, 800 Series Diamond, 600 Series.

Official Bowers Wilkins website

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