Description and Principal Function
Zeppelin Air is the ultimate AirPlay wireless speaker system; the best sounding Zeppelin® yet.
It is the first premium iPod speaker to feature the new Apple AirPlay wireless streaming technology, which allows music to be streamed wirelessly from your Mac or PC to Zeppelin Air. You can even stream high-quality audio directly from your iPhone®, iPad® or iPod touch® without the need to dock the device.
Internally Zeppelin Air has been completely redesigned, offering improved dynamics, punchier bass, and a more open, lifelike presentation with a highly detailed, room-filling sound. The result is the best sounding iPod speaker ever produced.
Key Features and Benefits
Innovative design that incorporates exclusive Apple AirPlay technology.
- 2011 Update of the award-winning Zeppelin
- Features new technologies, updated drive units and subtle styling modifications.
- World first for a speaker - incorporates new Apple® Airplay® technology for wireless streaming from iTunes® via a PC, Mac, iPod, iPad or iPhone, without the need to dock the device.
- Docked devices can easily be synced to computers via USB to computer connection.
- Airplay offers ability to set up a fuss-free, wireless, multiroom system using multiple Zeppelin Airs that can be controlled together or singularly.
Clever industrial design that marries sophisticated and elegant form with acoustic engineering principals.
- Collaboration between Native Design and Bowers & Wilkins' engineering team to develop a vision for a simple, bold and compact form that offers an ideal acoustic engineering envelope.
- Classic, minimal, streamlined casing design denotes modernity.
- Tapered shape which serves to minimise the baffle area around the drive units, making for ultra-wide sound dispersion and a smoother response.
- Spring loaded docking port that flexes to accommodate each model without adapters or other manual adjustment.
- Visually striking from any angle with an attractive black cloth grille and steam-moulded gloss black rear casing.
Exceptional sound performance exhibiting best in class sound reproduction thanks to advanced technologies.
- Fully active 2.1 channel system, with 5 drive units (1 x woofer/LF, 2 x midrange, 2 x tweeter/HF) driven by dedicated audiophile class D amplifiers.
- Up-rated 4x25W and 1 x 50W output powers the improved drive units for increased precision, seamless integration and impressive levels of bass attack.
- Bowers & Wilkins Flowport® technology and advanced Digital Signal Processing to offer dramatically improved the bass performance.
- Nautilus™ tube loading, which acts like an acoustic black hole, swallowing superfluous sound from behind the dome for exceptional rendering of high frequency sound.
Utilisation of the highest quality materials and built to Bowers & Wilkins’ highly regarded professional sound engineering standards.
- Draws on over 40 years research and development, using the same principals as B&W’s studio speakers, such as the 800 Series Diamond used in Abbey Road Studios.
- Composite shell comprising a highly-damped constrained layer in between a stiff polymer inner-casing and steam-moulded cover for the excellent cabinet strength.
- Uses materials renowned for durability and acoustic properties, e.g. reinforced cones.
- A dimpled surface improves air flow over the Flowport. The result is less chuffing noise and compression meaning better bass, especially at high volumes.
- Software upgradable to compensate for changing technology.
User friendly, ergonomic design that allows the best performance with minimum fuss.
- Ergonomically designed floating docking arm allows the user to grasp a docked iPod as if it were in the hand.
- Exceeds the primary needs of the user as it is more than just a speaker for an iPod. It also functions as a wireless multiroom device, or can connect to a screen to provide audio for video sources.
- Simple to set up and use, and designed to complement the functionality of your iPod, iPhone or iPad.
- Versatile placement thanks to compact form and optional wall bracket.