B&W Formation Bar - Soundbar

3 channel high-fidelity home theater system

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 “centrestage,” for a truly immersive audio experience that will make your home theatre experience a part of the Highest Form of SoundTM.

• 3 channel high-fidelity home theater system
• Streams music in 96/24 bit high-resolution stereo sound
• 9 optimized performance drivers and dedicated center channel
• Features Formation® Wireless Technology
• WiFi, Apple® AirPlay 2®, Spotify® Connect, Roon and Bluetooth compatible
• Sets up in moments
• Synchronizes in perfected harmony with other Formation products

Specification

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 (2½ in) woven glass fiber cone bass/midrange
Frequency response 40Hz to 28kHz

Amplifier power output 6 x 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 (12.1lb)
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 devices have multiple radios and therefore are compliant for the ERP requirements for a HiNA device