Formation Audio

Bower & Wilkins Formation Audio 

Now, the uncompromising Bowers & Wilkins audio heritage is married with 21st-century streaming convenience due to the new Formation Audio.

It fi nally enables high-quality wireless streaming to your existing passive system or from existing passive components – CD player, turntable, or other pieces – to wireless Formation speakers, anywhere in the home.

Our analogue-to-digital converter ensures there are no lag or breaks in sound, even between rooms, while 96/24-bit streaming maintains legendary Bowers & Wilkins sound resolution.

Just think – existing passive sound system quality, now synced to stream anywhere, wirelessly.

It is why Formation by Bowers & Wilkins is the Highest Form of Sound™.

Transform your passive system into a multi-room system.

Connect analog devices and stream to Formation speakers.

Stream in 96/24 bit high-resolution to your passive system.

Features Formation® Wireless Technology.

WiFi, Apple® AirPlay 2®, and Bluetooth compatible.

Sets up in moments.

Synchronization in perfected harmony with other Formation products.

Exclusive Formation® Wireless Technology

Creates perfected in-room speaker synchronization, providing the ultimate listening experience. 

Perfected Speaker Synchronization : An industry-defining, completely immersive soundstage experience, due to an imperceptible in-room 1 microsecond sync between speakers.

Patented Robust Mesh Network : Developed to run independently from your home Wifi for uninterrupted sound.

High Fidelity Streaming : 96/24 Bit Audio Resolution streaming with twice the fidelity than the leading wireless speaker brand for the purest and clearest audio experience.

Quick & Easy Set Up

Streamlined user interface takes just moments to set up and start playing.The ultimate setup of a traditional Bowers & Wilkins sound system, for decades, has been the defi nition of high-fi delity sound.

Model :

Formation Audio

Description :

Wireless Audio Hub

Technical features :

Apple® AirPlay 2® technology

Spotify® Connect

Roon Ready

Bluetooth In

High performance ananlog-to-digital converter (ADC)

High performance digital-to-analogue converter (DAC)

Input voltage :

100V – 240V – 50/60Hz

Power consumption :

Below 6 Watts  (Sleep)*

Connections :

Digital audio in (Toslink)

Analogue audio in (2 x RCA)

Digital audio out (1 x RCA)

Analogue audio out (2 x RCA)

Network (RJ45 Ethernet or WiFi)

USB – service only

Bluetooth 

Bluetooth® v4.1, Class 2

AptX HD 

AAC

SBC 

Dimensions :

Height : 44mm (1.7 in)

Width : 215mm (8.5 in)

Depth : 263mm (10.4 in)

Weight : 1.0kg (2.2lb)

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 11.

4 or later, Apple TV 4K or Apple TV (4th Generation) with tv OS 11.4 or later.

Mac or PC with iTunes 12.8 or later.

1 Years