Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4

Between their great looks and perfectionist performance, the 805 D4s seduced me. I fell in love with these speakers, like no other bookshelf speakers I have heard. The qualities that produced this reaction were present from day one: An exquisitely...

A gem of a speaker with heavenly sound and a fantastic well-balanced sound image. A reference to eternity.

A slightly restrained dynamic means that they do not play quite as hard and bold as one might wish.

Whether the new Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4 is worth the money depends on the degree to which one values their qualities. There are many floor-standing speakers in the same price range, which go deeper, can play louder and have many of the same qualities.

I procrastinated on setting up the 805 Diamonds in place of my 800 Diamonds. I was hesitant to replace those world-class flagship speakers that I had dialed in with a pair of small stand-mounted speakers that were one-fifth the price. I did not yet...

The 1-inch tweeter dome is made of synthetic diamond that's grown with a chemical vapor deposition process that Bowers & Wilkins likens to "ice crystals forming on a window." Remarkably, although a substrate is used to form the dome, it is removed once...

Et smykke av en høyttaler, med en himmelsk deilig klang, og et fantastisk balansert lydbilde. En referanse for evigheten.

Litt behersket dynamikk gjør at de ikke spiller så hardt og tøft som man kanskje ønsker.