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Unbox your music Here’s the stereo speaker system
your iPod® and iPhone™ have been waiting for. Zeppelin
is from Bowers & Wilkins, the makers of the speakers
that much of your music was probably monitored on.
Bowers & Wilkins creates technologies and systems that
world-leading studios depend on, and that find their way
into even its most affordable speakers. Zeppelin will fill a
room with crisp, deep, lifelike stereo sound, and deliver a
greater level of musical detail from your iPod than you’d think
possible. That’s because the two have so much in common:
blissfully simple design and world-leading technologies that
let you get the most out of your music.
Passion for music Music is important. You know it, we
know it. At Bowers & Wilkins, the quest to develop the
perfect loudspeaker has lasted more than 40 years. What
do we mean by perfect? We mean a speaker that portrays
a musical performance exactly as it was recorded, with zero
coloration. Like you, we don’t just want to hear music; we
want to experience it, feel it, and be a part of it. Founder
John Bowers instilled in the company a passion to pursue
his dream of the ultimate speaker. You wouldn’t believe
how close we’ve come. And you wouldn’t believe the kind
of lengths we’ll go to get even closer. Music’s more than
important. It is everything.
The reference speaker Zeppelin is a direct descendant of
Bowers & Wilkins’ legendary reference speaker range. The
800 Series is sought-after by world-leading recording studios.
At Abbey Road, for example, it has been a fixture since the
early 1980s. With that first series, we set out to develop a
speaker system with no compromises; one modeled on the
ideals of engineers and producers. New generations of the
800 Series have maintained its reputation for near-flawless
sound. What artists play is what gets played back to them.
With Zeppelin, the technologies that allow that to happen
can be experienced in your own home.
The sleeker speaker Your iPod and iPhone are treasure
troves. Pristine digital copies of thousands of tracks, all
waiting to be played to their full potential. Zeppelin sets
them all free. A full stereo system in one unit, it releases all
of the detail and atmosphere that standard speaker systems
miss. Thanks to its unique floating arm and universal docking
platform, you can play nearly any iPod, including Touch and
iPhone, on Zeppelin, and control it as easily as if it were in your
hand. Zeppelin itself features the bare minimum of controls,
making full use of the intuitive control system that comes as
second nature to all iPod and iPhone users. Station it in a
den, bedroom, kitchen, office, or second home, or enjoy a
simpler, more stylish replacement for your traditional audio
system. Zeppelin rocks, wherever you are.
Joined up Sound Zeppelin is the perfect partner for your
iPod or iPhone. But the possibilities don’t end there. Zeppelin
has a range of input and output ports, making it simple to
hook up to almost any home entertainment device. Link
Zeppelin to your TV, for example, and you can dramatically
enhance the sound of your favorite films and TV shows,
or stream video from your iPod directly to the big screen.
Did we mention games? Zeppelin plugs directly into your
PlayStation® 3 or Xbox 360®, adding a whole new dimension
to your gaming experience. It’s much more than an iPod
speaker. It’s the hub of your home entertainment world.
Bass for any space You can take Zeppelin almost anywhere.
But not everywhere is made for listening to high-quality
hi-fi. Put a rival system in the corner of a room, for example,
and you run the risk of echoing bass overwhelming the rest
of the sound. Not Zeppelin. We’ve included a simple but
ingenious bass adjustment control to allow you to optimize
the sound to suit the immediate surroundings. From your
iPod, you can vary Zeppelin’s bass level according to the
amount of space around it. Not only that, but Zeppelin will
cleverly remember the level you have chosen until you decide
to change it. In confined spaces, it’s the most refined sound
you’ll hear.
Technology With Zeppelin, you get 40-plus years of
experience and know-how in speaker design in a single
package; technologies developed for dedicated high-end
speakers applied to an iPod system for the first time. We’re
not talking about a simple repackaging or downsizing of
components. Zeppelin is an entirely new creation, designed
according to principles pioneered in high-performance
Bowers & Wilkins models, from the extraordinary shape of
its shell to the specially tailored studio-standard technologies
within.
Ultra-wide sound The less physical material
there is around tweeters and midranges, the
better they sound. Zeppelin’s rounded, tapering
ends aren’t there just for show. By minimizing
the baffle area around the drive units, the
cabinet reduces diffraction effects, making
for ultra-wide sound dispersion and a much
smoother response. In other words, it sounds
as good as it looks.
Midrange The twin midrange drive units that
supply the bulk of Zeppelin’s amazing sound
rely on glass fiber cones, optimized using laser
interferometry. Strategically placed resin-filled
slots in the cones dramatically reduce the
unwanted effects of standing waves, leaving
music sounding cleaner, clearer, and true to life.
Inner strength Zeppelin’s elegant cabinet is
actually, a clever composite shell comprising a
highly-damped constrained layer in between a
stiff polymer inner-casing and a heavy stainless
steel cover. This ensures the cabinet has the
highest possible strength so what you hear is
the music and not the cabinet
DSP Digital Signal Processing is used to
actively adjust the sound balance in relation
to the volume level selected by the listener. This
ensures Zeppelin delivers it’s warmly detailed
sound in small and large environments at all
listening levels.
Don’t take our word for it Since its launch, Zeppelin
has won global acclaim for the unrivalled brilliance of its
acoustics and design, garnering glowing reviews and an
unprecedented number of major awards. EISA described
Zeppelin is “glamorously shaped and fabulously well thought out”.
D According to the judges at Macworld, “peerless build
quality immediately marks this iPod speaker apart from
the crowd.” Stuff Magazine had this to say: “Sonically,
Zeppelin beats every other single-box system we’ve
heard…but then, we’d expect nothing less from a company of
Bowers & Wilkins’ pedigree.” Praise indeed.
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