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Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar

8,2/10 (14 reviews)
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1.249,-
Affordable Second Chance for 962,-
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1.249,-
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Product information

Key specs

Built-in WiFi
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes
Width
124 cm
Height
10,9 cm
Sound reproduction
Stereo
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Pros and cons

According to our soundbar expert
  • Add the soundbar to the Bowers & Wilkins multi-room system and stream music throughout the house.
  • Thanks to the integrated WiFi, you can easily connect your smartphone or other speakers to the bar.
  • The soundbar doesn't have Dolby Atmos, which means the sound isn't transmitted back to your ears via the ceiling.
  • The soundbar doesn't have an HDMI connector to connect the soundbar to the TV.
Product Expert soundbars

Description

The Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar is a soundbar for large rooms. The soundbar has 9 built-in drivers that provide a large sound range. Connect the soundbar to your smartphone via WiFi or Bluetooth and control it via the Bowers & Wilkins app. Want to get more out of the sound? Add a Formation Bass for a fuller sound or expand the soundbar to a home cinema sound setup. For a multi-room sound setup, you connect multiple Bowers & Wilkins speakers to each other via the app. That way, you can choose your music per room.

Connect the bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar to your TV
Use the included optical cable to connect your soundbar to your television. Keep in mind that your TV needs an optical connector to use the soundbar.

The Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar is a soundbar for large rooms. The soundbar has 9 built-in drivers that provide a large sound range. Connect the soundbar to your smartphone via WiFi or Bluetooth and control it via the Bowers & Wilkins app. Want to get more out of the sound? Add a Formation Bass for a fuller sound or expand the soundbar to a home cinema sound setup. For a multi-room sound setup, you connect multiple Bowers & Wilkins speakers to each other via the app. That way, you can choose your music per room.

Connect the bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar to your TV
Use the included optical cable to connect your soundbar to your television. Keep in mind that your TV needs an optical connector to use the soundbar.

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Included by default

  • Manual (9.48 MB)
  • Optical cable
  • Wall mount

Included by default

  • Manual (9.48 MB)
  • Optical cable
  • Wall mount

Key specs

Built-in WiFi
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes
Width
124 cm
Height
10,9 cm
Sound reproduction
Stereo
View all specifications

Reviews

14 reviews
8,2/10 (14 reviews)

Rating

6 reviews with 5 stars

4 reviews with 4 stars

4 reviews with 3 stars

0 reviews with 2 stars

0 reviews with 1 star

Most helpful reviews

8,8/10

Plays high quality music and TV sound

  • plays music well
  • clear speech
  • Formation app
  • Rogier fokke
  • 3 May 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Superb sound bar

  • Sound quality
  • design
  • No TuneIn support
  • Bart
  • 2 July 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,4/10

Unfortunately, the sound is disappointing for B&W

  • Design
  • Includes wall bracket
  • Sound
  • Y.
  • 19 June 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,4/10

Good-sounding soundbar, but few connection options

  • Sound quality
  • Finish Level
  • Volume not controllable from TV if you have bluetooth AB
  • Bart
  • 11 December 2021
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,0/10

Beautiful soundbar with musical reproduction

  • Music reproduction very good
  • Design and finishing
  • Quite large dimensions
  • Stefan
  • 16 June 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,4/10

A disappointment for the time being

  • Easy to connect
  • Sound is very disappointing at lower volume
  • Bram
  • 18 June 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,6/10

Excellent purchase for the reduced price

  • Value for money
  • Sound quality
  • Optical input only
  • Rudy
  • 19 June 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,1/10

Listening pleasure in a beautiful, but expensive jacket

  • Excellent sound quality
  • Beautiful design
  • Price
  • Criticus
  • 1 October 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Top product

  • Sublime sound
  • Easy to use
  • Pricey
  • Joost
  • 22 January 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
5,6/10

Buy a B&O Beosound Stage

  • Fantastic design
  • Good sound
  • Can only be operated with infrared
  • Lucas
  • 22 December 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,8/10

Plays high quality music and TV sound

  • plays music well
  • clear speech
  • can be hard without distortion
  • Formation app

The question is: what kind of sound are you used to? I've been listening to the same simple 5.1 set for TV and movies for 15 years. I listen to music with 2000 euro headphones. That's quite different. I want to both listen to music with good quality and watch TV. After the simple installation of the BAR, I immediately noticed the following: I miss surround, little bass, clear sound with the necessary detail, speech is clear on TV, music plays better than TV sound. The BAR can be loud and the sound remains good. Because I really miss the surround, I also bought 2 FLEX. Those things are (in themselves) really good! what a difference! I can imagine that with a BAS the whole will be even better, but I'm not sure if I'll buy that yet, the bass has already been improved with the flex added (this was already a big expense and I have to think about the neighbors).
In short, if you are used to TV sound coming from your TV, the BAR is a major improvement, if you are used to surround you need at least 2 FLEX.
The downside is their app. you have to click a lot back and forth and restart every time you want to adjust something. hope they improve on that soon.

  • Rogier fokke
  • 3 May 2020
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,2/10

Superb sound bar

  • Sound quality
  • design
  • No TuneIn support

Great sound in a sleek design. Still waiting for the updated software for TuneIn support, now possible via Apple Airplay but not natively like with Sonos.
You can use the TV remote control to adjust the sound volume of the Bar. It doesn't work with my LG TV because of the Mute button. Maybe it will work with more recent TVs.. Looking for other TVs and probably I will switch from Sonos to Bowers. Testing for the time being.

  • Bart
  • 2 July 2019
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
6,4/10

Unfortunately, the sound is disappointing for B&W

  • Design
  • Includes wall bracket
  • Sound

With the current discount, a great deal for a B&W soundbar. Unfortunately, the sound is only disappointing with B&W expectations and other speakers from this brand in the house. You may get better sound in combination with the sub, but then I would recommend the zeppelin.

  • Y.
  • 19 June 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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You can select one of the Backup Plans below in your shopping cart. It will protect your brand new soundbar against damage and/or theft.

Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar
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    53,00 one-time payment
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    99,00 one-time payment

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Specifications

Product

Product number
834253
Manufacturer code
FP39837
Brand
Bowers & Wilkins
Warranty
5 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

Physical properties soundbar

Height
10,9 cm
Width
124 cm
Depth
10,7 cm
Weight
5,5 kg
Color
Black
Quality category
High-end

Physical properties subwoofer

Separate subwoofer
No

Sound

Sound quality according to customers
Very good
Number of audio channels
3
Number of subwoofer channels
1
Sound reproduction
Stereo
Hi-Res audio
Yes
Radio
No

Ports

HDMI connector
No
Digital optical connector
Yes
USB port
No

Connectivity

Bluetooth
Yes
Built-in WiFi
Yes
Plays from network
Yes
Multi-room audio
Yes
Multi-room functions
Make a stereo pair, Zones separately, Zones simultaneously
Number of zones (audio)
4
NFC
Yes
DLNA
Yes
Spotify Connect
Yes
AirPlay
Yes
Google Cast
No

Smart

Compatible with smartphone / apps
Yes
Controlled via app
Yes
Controlled via Android app
No
Controlled via Apple app
Yes
Controlled via Windows app
No

Awards

Best tested
No

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