You Can Enjoy Speakers That Look as Great as They Sound
Whole House Audio by Bowers & Wilkins and McIntosh
Whole house audio makes any home come alive with music floating through every room and hall. From a smart system app, you’ll select playlists and albums right from your phone, and adjust the volume for the entire house in one tap. But if you take pride in your home’s appearance and décor, you may be hesitant to add speakers to every corner. Luckily, there are high-end speakers that audiophiles love, and they are just as attractive as they sound.
If you have yet to experience the magic of speakers by Bowers & Wilkins or McIntosh, they’re whole house audio favorites of ours in San Antonio, TX. We’ll share what makes both their audio quality and appearance exceptional, below.
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Bowers & Wilkins
The best loudspeakers provide studio-quality audio that masters treble, mid-range, and bass sounds. According to the website Ranker, online voters have declared the British speaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins the very best in high-end audio. Their floor-standing and bookshelf speakers are visually striking, recognizable for their dome tweeter atop the main enclosure in a round, tapering shape (pictured above).
Bowers & Wilkins’ Nautilus loudspeaker is unlike anything you’ve ever seen, with long, tapered damping tubes streaking behind the drivers like a surreal sculpture. The shapes aren’t just to look fancy—they absorb extra energy to reduce resonances, and the distinctive spirals and tubes won Bowers & Wilkins a Queen’s Award for Innovation.
B&W’s wireless Formation Series are just as visually creative. The Formation Wedge looks like contemporary art while filling the room with stereo sound. Its curved wedge shape opens to 120 degrees on a multi-faceted surface, pointing in all directions. The wireless Formation Bass is a sleek cylindrical subwoofer that looks like a futuristic barrel. Inside you’ll find two drivers working together to provide more power and less distortion.
McIntosh
Founded in 1949 in Maryland—then relocated to Binghamton, NY—McIntosh builds high-end floor-standing and bookshelf home audio speakers meant to sound like a live performance is happening in your Texas home. The XRT2.1K floor-standing loudspeaker has a unique arrangement of 81 small drivers—that’s a lot! But interior designers’ favorite McIntosh speakers are the ones you can hardly see at all: their in-wall and in-ceiling architectural speakers.
With McIntosh’s hidden audio, you won’t have to sacrifice any space or style to enjoy whole house audio. Recessed into the walls and ceiling, guests will wonder where that excellent music is coming from. The grilles are paintable to match any wall and leave little to no visible edge so it can truly disappear into the room.
Would you like to add beautiful and powerful speakers to your home to enjoy music in every room? Contact Captive Audio here or call (210) 741-8001 to get started on your home audio system.