Bowers And Wilkins - 804 D5 Floor-Standing Speakers (Pair)

800 Series Diamond Performance in Room-Friendly Proportions: British-Built Bowers & Wilkins 804 D5 Floor-Standing Loudspeakers Handle Music with Extraordinary Prowess, Feature All-New Aluminum Midrange Enclosure

The Bowers & Wilkins 804 D5 floor-standing loudspeakers subscribe to the elevated principle of "True Sound" — reproducing music in the exact manner the original artists and producers intended when they were in the studio or, in live instances, on the stage. Meeting that standard is exceedingly challenging, but then again, nothing about 804 D5 takes the easy way out. Loaded with nearly all of the design principles that guide its larger 800 Series Diamond siblings, 804 D5 features a conventional visual aesthetic and proportions that allow for seamless integration into smaller spaces. Most importantly, it performs like an 800 Diamond model in every way.

Just consider its prowess with everything from hard rock to soft pop, classic jazz to orchestral fare, acoustic-based folk to electric fusion, or beat-driven hip-hop to dancefloor-ready EDM: The three-way 804 D5 doesn't discriminate when it comes to genre. Its advanced driver array handles any kind of music with engaging depth, dynamics, openness, air, and balance. Specialists in playing with stunning frequency extension and recreating three-dimensional soundstages, Bowers & Wilkins' one-inch diamond dome tweeter and famous solid-body Tweeter-on-Top housing — milled from a single block of aluminum and sculpted into an elongated form with a long tube-loading system that lessens rear diffraction — accompany a five-inch Continuum cone FST midrange housed in a brand-new aluminum enclosure and two 6.5-inch Aerofoil woofers.

Those features are among the reasons 804 D5 touts a fantastic 20Hz-35kHz frequency range. But what might startle you most is how true to the source 804 D5 remains in both the analog and digital domains. Credit for such transparency owes to Bowers & Wilkins engineers' belief that everything involved with the speaker's construction can impact the end result. That obsessive passion explains why 804 D5 is made entirely in the company's dedicated factory in England — and why all of its components went through years of sophisticated testing and analysis before they were approved. Such painstaking devotion also accounts for why many of the world's foremost music institutions and recording studios — Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Records, Interscope Records, 20th Century Fox, Sony, MIT, Sterling Sound, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra to name just a handful — choose to use the 800 Series Diamond family in their everyday pursuits.

The 43.3 x 12.1 x 15.4-inch (HWD) 804 D5 also comes with another huge advantage many other towers lack: it fits in most rooms while skimping on none of the qualities for which Bowers & Wilkins' flagship speaker line is known. From its sophisticated internals to its show-stopping exterior, the 88.7-pound 804 D5 trumpets nearly all of the leading-edge technological innovations — the ultimate Matrix bracing with interlocking panels for superb reinforcement; Biomimetic Suspension that dramatically reduces unwanted air pressure and coloration; reverse-wrap cabinet for unprecedented inertness — that Bowers & Wilkins developed during the past decade for optimal performance. (Read more about these hallmark features below.)

True to Bowers & Wilkins tradition, 804 D5 possesses the kind of looks that command the attention of any room. These speakers have the kind of lines, finishes, and materials modeled by the world's most desirable supercars. Just consider the Leather by Connolly detailing, choice of four different hand-applied colors, or rear-mounted crossover mounted on stiff aluminum spines — a unique touch that isolates the sensitive capacitors and acts as a strategic heatsink. The speaker's unique architecture, which extends to the decoupled tweeter housing, also means reflections and colorations are practically an afterthought. On paper, Bowers & Wilkins' engineering feats impress. In practice, they help make music sound as if it is being made in your room in real time by real artists.

Boasting a rock-solid foundation, 804 D5 employs a downward-firing Flowport that exits on to a solid aluminum plinth complete with a steel constrained-layer damping sheet that defeats unwanted resonance. Once you get the speaker where you want in your room, upgraded spikes are at the ready. Want even more peace of mind? 804 D5 includes a five-year manufacturer warranty.

We'd love to talk more with you about these truly special speakers. To learn more, and arrange for a risk-free in-home audition, please call one of our audio consultants today.

Distinctive by Design
The 800 Series Diamond looks this way for a reason. Its shape is dictated by the science of sound. Cabinets are formed from a single continuous curve, locked in place by a solid aluminum spine, so cabinet reflections are reduced. They're complemented by the tweeter-on-top and turbine head.

Ultimate Drive Unit Technology
Pairing B&W's most advanced and innovative drive unit technology, 804 D5 delivers purity for days. The Diamond dome tweeter pushes break-up frequency to 70kHz, delivering exceptional clarity, precision, and openness, and the Continuum cone delivers voices and instruments with lifelike detail.

Optimized for Purity
Every model in the 800 Series Diamond range benefits from enhanced technology. An upgraded Matrix design reduces resonance and creates an incredibly believable soundstage, while aluminum Space Frame Bracing and an all-new aluminum top section within the cabinet help deliver spacious and immersive sound.