Legendary World renowned BOWERS and Wilkins 802 Diamond World Class Speakers Pristine condition in the original boxes and packaging

A Steal at this Price only set in Ireland currently Available

Simply Jaw Dropping Performance from one of the Finest speakers ever made

As used in Abbey Rd Studios, and studios worldwide.

In original boxes and packaging these are very big and very heavy 80kg.

We're 16k New and Don't come up for sale
As when you have these you simply wont Replace.

Will update pics later


No Test Pilot' Swaps' Dreamers'
or Time wasters please.

I'm just testing the water, I'm in no hurry to sell.

You won't find another set as good.

They Don't come up for sale in Ireland.


The B&W 802D is a highly-regarded, large floorstanding speaker known for its detailed, airy sound, excellent imaging, and deep, clean bass, thanks to its diamond tweeter, Continuum cone, and air-foil bass drivers. While not typically considered bright, the 802D offers a natural, grand-scale performance that fills large rooms with realistic depth and width. However, its sonic capabilities are significantly enhanced by high-quality amplification and it may not be the best for low-level listening.  

Key Features & Design 

Diamond Tweeter: 

The "D" in 802D stands for diamond, referring to the high-frequency diamond dome tweeter that provides excellent detail and airy sound.

Continuum Cone: 

The mid-bass driver features a proprietary Continuum cone made from an air-fiber material, offering improved clarity and definition.

Air-Foil Bass Driver: 

The bass driver has a variable thickness to prevent a "wobble" or weak point.

Cabinet Construction: 

The cabinet uses multiple layers of heat-pressed beechwood and features an aluminum top and bottom plate for enhanced structural integrity.

Biomimetic Suspension: 

Replaces the traditional cloth spider to reduce noise from the bass driver.

Flow Port: 

Positioned at the bottom of the speaker, it aims to minimize cabinet noise.

Sound Quality

Detail & Resolution: 

The 802D is celebrated for its exceptional detail and resolution, revealing intricate aspects of the music. 

Soundstage & Imaging: 

The speakers are praised for creating a realistic, 3D sound stage with excellent imaging, placing instruments and voices accurately within the sonic space. 

Bass Performance: 

The bass is described as deep, tight, clean, and well-defined, giving a sense of weight and scale to the music without artificial boosts in the frequency response. 

Natural Sound: 

The overall sound is natural and mature, avoiding excessive brightness and offering an expansive, grand-scale performance. 

System Synergy & Considerations

Amplification Matters: While the 802D is not difficult to drive, it "shines" and reaches its full potential with high-quality amplification. 

Room Size: The speakers are well-suited for filling large rooms with sound. 

Not for Low-Level Listening: Some reviews suggest that these speakers perform best at moderate to higher volume levels and may not be ideal for very low-level listening. 

Once again, Bowers and Wilkins sees the Porsche 911 as its model – a car whose basic silhouette remains essentially unchanged from decade to decade, while the underskin engineering is continuously under development and improvement. This new 802 Diamond might look very like a Nautilus 802 or 802D, but most of the hidden bits have changed significantly.

The diaphragms might be much as before, but the motors driving them have seen big changes. The manufacturers have a very extensive collection of computer modelling techniques, including the highly regarded Klippel suite and these have provided the tools for reducing motor distortion and maximising sensitivities.

Large ferrite magnets (traditionally used for bass drivers) inevitably place a large, flat and, therefore, very reflective surface immediately behind the diaphragm.

Rather, the 802 Diamond's twin 200mm bass drivers mount twin neodymium/iron/boron alloy magnets actually inside the voice coil, improving the field symmetry and lowering distortion. And the new motor considerably reduces the reflecting surface immediately behind the cones. A new four-magnet motor is also used for the diamond dome tweeter.

Form follows function

Whether or not you consider the 802 Diamond's appearance attractive, the whole design is firmly based on 'form follows function' principles. Each of the 'ways' has its own specifically optimised enclosure, mechanically isolated from each other via lossy mountings and the whole thing sits on a cast-alloy plinth, that houses and isolates the crossover network and the twin terminal pairs.

The bass enclosure is formed from a single piece of 26mm plywood, shaped in a continuous curve around the sides and back. It comes in a choice of three finishes: rosenut or cherry wood veneers, or high-gloss piano black.

Inside, Matrix 'honeycomb' bracing further increases rigidity. Besides the very compact motors described earlier, the twin 200mm drivers each have 150mm diameter 'sandwich' diaphragms, with thick cores of Rohacell structural foam laminated between woven carbon fibre.

A port fires downward between the base and the plinth to add further bass output. The midrange unit is virtually unchanged in this model. It's unique 'free edge' design known as an FST (fixed suspension transducer), in which the outside edge of the 140mm diameter woven Kevlar cone rests against a foamed polymer damping ring.

This is housed in a sizeable and very heavy teardrop shaped sub-enclosure, made from mineral-loaded Marlan (a mineralloaded polymer) and finished in high-gloss black. The internal shape is essentially a combination of a sphere and a cone, which is claimed to be very effective at dissipating the rearward radiation from the driver.