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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air Review: Gizmodo Reader Video

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11:15AM December 15, 2011 | Danny Allen

Gizmodo’s take on the B&W Zeppelin Air: this speaker dock packs high fidelity and should be high your (pricey) Christmas wish list. Here’s a hands-on from Giz reader, Chris. More »


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Sound Bars Guide: Virtual Surround Sound 101

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11:00AM November 22, 2011 | Nick Broughall

You’ve just bought a shiny new flat panel TV, stunningly crafted and a testament to human engineering. But it sounds like someone strangling a dolphin while watching an old Arnie film. You need better sound – fast – without having to punch holes in the walls or ripping up the floor to hide cables. You need a soundbar, and here are the basics you should know before buying one. More »


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Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones Review: Massive Sound, Tiny Buds

6:30AM September 8, 2011 | Mat Honan

Do you like to do things and listen to music while you’re doing them? Me too! We have so much in common! Maybe you should try these C5 in-ear headphones from Bowers & Wilkins. They’re great for listening while doing. More »


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Bowers & Wilkins Gives Customers Special Airplay Party Mode

5:00AM August 30, 2011 | Joe Brown

Airplay’s pretty great, right? You can zap whatever music you like on over to your compatible device. Fun. Great. Just one problem: Only one person can be Airplayin’ at any given time. Minor quibble? Maybe, but it’s a tad antisocial. More »


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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Lightning Review: High Fidelity, High Price, High On The Christmas List

4:00AM August 30, 2011 | Joe Brown

You can get an iPod dock for $US50, and it’ll do everything you’d expect: play your music, charge your phone. So how the hell can you justify spending $US600 on one? You find something that surprises and delights you. More »


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Expensive New Bowers & Wilkins Speakers Probably Sound Great

12:20AM June 15, 2011 | Sam Biddle

B&W’s known for a kind of antique-meets-future design approach – think AirPlay Zeppelin. But the new PM1 mini-monitors look squarely from the pre-War past. Each helmet-shaped unit sports a panoply of materials (kevlar, carbon fibre, resin) for a pretty face. More »


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B&W Zeppelin Air Landing April 1 For $799

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12:29PM March 7, 2011 | Nick Broughall

If you were looking for a reason to get excited about Apple’s Airplay, the B&W Zeppelin Air has just received Australian release details. More »


Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Speakers Look Great, Sound Expensive

11:00AM January 26, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Just because I could never afford this high-end 800 Series Diamond speaker from Bowers & Wilkins doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy looking at it, and giggling at the phrase “diamond dome tweeter”. More »


Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin MM-1 USB Speakers

4:51AM November 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We have no actual specs on these Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin MM-1 USB speakers, but if the high-end computer speakers sound nearly as good as they look, we’re in for a treat. Arriving January 2010. [Ecoustics via Engadget]


Meet Ken, The Amazing Dancing Audiophile

12:20AM January 31, 2009 | John Herrman

There are the snobby, deluded audiophiles who troll internet forums all day arguing about the merits of acoustic cryocoolers and adaptive spectral perceptual entropy coding, and then there’s Ken.

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