Wireless soundbars are supposed to help give a full, immersive home theatre sound experience in a compact design, but often they fall short, with too few speakers that aren’t placed at an optimum angle due to the limited shape and size. With Formation Bar, Bowers & Wilkins has created a powerful multiroom soundbar that delivers legendary sound quality with wireless streaming flexibility. Bowers & Wilkins engineers designed nine optimised drive units born from their legendary loudspeakers and have them optimally positioned in a sleek design to create a wider, all-inclusive, soundstage, while a dedicated centre channel layers in crisp, clear dialogue. The combination makes an entire room “centre stage,” for a truly immersive audio experience that will make your home theatre experience a part of the Highest Form of Sound™.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model – Formation Bar

Description – Wireless Soundbar

Technical features:

• Apple® AirPlay 2® Technology
• Spotify® Connect
• Roon Ready
• Bluetooth In
• Dolby Digital Digital Signal Processing DSP
• Digital Amplifier
• Dynamic EQ

Drive units:

• 3 x 25mm 1 in double-dome tweeter
• 6 x 65 mm 2.6 in woven glass fibre cone bass/midrange

Frequency response – 40Hz to 28kHz

Amplifier power output – 6x 40W

Input voltage – 100V – 240V – 50/60Hz

Power consumption – Below 6 Watts Sleep*

Connections

• Digital audio in Toslink
• Network RJ45 Ethernet or WiFi
• USB – service only

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth® v4.1, Class 2
• aptX HD
• AAC
• SBC

Dimensions

• Height: 109mm 4.3 in
• Width: 1240mm 48.8 in
• Depth: 107mm 4.2 in

Weight – 5.5kg 12.1 lb

AirPlay 2 compatibility – 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.

*Formation products create a mesh network. Each product in this network dynamically chooses the optimal path to route audio-data between products, in order to ensure a robust streaming experience. We have therefore certified Formation products for High Network Availability HiNA and conform to the appropriate power requirements set out in the ERP directive.