B&W Unveils Diamond Speakers

Diamonds aren’t just for the ladies it seems with the unveiling of Bowers & Wilkins limited edition top end loudspeaker, the Signature Diamond.

The Diamond is a two-way floor standing loudspeaker designed to celebrate the company’s fortieth anniversary. Only 500 numbered pairs of each finish will be manufactured, with each pair retailing for a cool $28,000 on an order-only basis from select dealers.

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Expect to wait a minimum of three months from your time of order, though as this is how long it will take for your speakers to built, tested and delivered, the company says. However, the company assures you will receive progress reports on how your babies are doing over this period.

The speaker features a pure Diamond Dome Nautilus tube loaded 25mm tweeter in a decoupled top mounted pod; a new Kevlar cone 180mm bass/midrange driver featuring a new noiseless phase-plug; an ear-tuned first-order crossover network, and Flowport equipped downward firing reflex port.

The Signature Diamond’s technologies are clothed in a Matrix braced cylindrical and elliptical form enclosure finished in either White or a Japanese inspired Wakame veneer. On top of the enclosure, the tweeter pod is carved from Italian marble.

Design and development of the Signature Diamond was a cooperative effort between Bowers & Wilkins’ Senior Development Engineer, John Dibb, and the company’s long term industrial design collaborator Kenneth Grange CBE.

See: www.e-hifi.com.au