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.
