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Set van 2 bowers & wilkins (b&w) 685 boekenplank speakers; zwart in kleur; in prima werkende staat; lichte schade aan de buitenkant (zie foto's) maar tweeters zijn nog in perfecte staa
Unknown condition at €200 puts this well below the €246 25th percentile and far under the €292 median, so it reads as a strong deal rather than a merely fair one. For a known-good pair, that’s attractive money in the current used market.
The 685 is a respected compact B&W bookshelf: clean treble, solid imaging, and enough scale to make a good amp pairing worthwhile. If the drivers are intact, the cabinets are clean, and both speakers are original, this is the kind of listing worth moving on quickly; just confirm surround condition, tweeter health, and that the pair is matched.
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Bowers & Wilkins, the esteemed British hi-fi brand, traces its origins to 1966 in Worthing, West Sussex, when John Bowers founded the company with a £10,000 bequest from a satisfied customer, Miss Knight, who admired his hobby-crafted loudspeakers. Previously, Bowers and Roy Wilkins had run an electronics rental shop after meeting in the British Army during World War II. This fortuitous legacy fueled Bowers' obsession with acoustic perfection, launching the P1 as their inaugural product and establishing a foundation of relentless innovation in speaker design.
The brand excels in premium loudspeakers across categories like floorstanders, bookshelves, and studio monitors, with iconic lines such as the 600 Series for accessible excellence and the legendary 801, adopted as Abbey Road Studios' reference in 1979. They also produce high-end headphones like the P5 and Zeppelin, formation audio systems, and select electronics, prioritizing driver technology, cabinetry, and precise engineering over amplifiers, turntables, or cables.
Positioned firmly in the high-end market, Bowers & Wilkins commands reverence among discerning audiophiles and professionals for its clarity, musical truth, and uncompromised fidelity. A staple in both consumer and studio environments, it embodies British precision engineering, blending heritage with cutting-edge research to sustain its status as a benchmark for premium audio excellence.
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