Bowers & Wilkins, commonly known as B&W, is a British company that produces consumer and professional loudspeakers and headphones.

[4] The shop expanded to include televisions retail, a rentals business and a service department run by Peter Hayward.

Remarkably, the shop still operates today, with remnants of the original production line visible as a nod to its history.

Housing anechoic chambers and extensive Bruel & Kjaer measurement equipment, the research team investigated phase linearity and speaker cone construction using laser interferometry.

That same year, the company opened its Steyning research facility and added a PDP11/35 computer, utilizing a building previously owned by SME Ltd.

He presented his ideas to John Bowers and it was tested by the research team and found to have significant qualities in reducing loudspeaker cabinet colouration.

Robert Trunz took leadership of the company and asked Dickie to independently complete the work of John Bowers, who was researching a way of producing a speaker with zero cabinet effect.

Increasing demand led to by opening an additional production site at Silverdale, Worthing, West Sussex in 1992.

[12] December 20th 1996 Robert Trunz completed the sale of his shares and Joe Atkins took control of Bowers and Wilkins.

The most publicized change was the introduction of diamond dome tweeters on some models[14] 2005 also saw B&W receive the Queen's Award for Innovation for the tube-loaded drivers on the 800s.

Fellows include Peter Gabriel, film composer James Howard, musician Dave Stewart, jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, and industrial designer Kenneth Grange.

The site is a partnership with Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios, and artists to be featured have been Little Axe, Cara Dillon, Gwyneth Herbert, and Portico Quartet.

[17] Former Suede frontman Brett Anderson had his solo album Wilderness released through the Society of Sound before being available for retail.

[18] In May 2016, Bowers & Wilkins was bought by Eva Automation, a company founded two years prior by Gideon Yu.

Bowers & Wilkins has created: Released in 2019, the Formation Suite consists of Duo, Wedge, Bar, Bass, Audio and Flex.