Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air Speakers

Play music wirelessly from your Mac, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to your Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air or use the dock on this superb audio system. With completely updated drive units and advanced Digital Signal Processing, plus fully integrated AirPlay technology, the Zeppelin Air will make the very most of your music - wirelessly.
  • Five drive units, individually powered for high-quality audio
  • AirPlay for high-resolution wireless audio streaming
  • Same tweeter as award-winning MM-1 computer speaker and Advanced Digital Signal Processing for better bass
  • Incredibly detailed, wide, room-filling sound

Stream music wirelessly with AirPlay.

AirPlay lets you wirelessly stream music to any AirPlay-enabled speakers from your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac or PC.

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Purchase Information

£499.95

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Features

Apple Recommends For

Top-of-the-range audio performance, classical style and the most advanced audio streaming technologies for Mac, iPad, IPhone and iPod touch.

The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air is the ultimate AirPlay wireless audio system. It uses drive unit technologies and design principles refined and perfected for Bowers & Wilkins' most advanced reference-standard speakers.

AirPlay

Apple AirPlay technology allows music to be streamed wirelessly from your Mac to Zeppelin Air. You can even stream high-quality audio directly from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch - without docking. If you have more than one Zeppelin Air, you can use them as an elegant multi-room system.

AirPlay is compatible with iOS 4.2 or later on iPad, iPod touch (2nd generation or later) and iPhone (3GS or later). Mac and PC connectivity requires iTunes 10.1 or later.

Sounds as good as it looks

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin re-wrote the rules for speaker docks. Zeppelin Air provides a seismic shift in audio performance. It retains the original Zeppelin's classic shape, but internally it's been completely redesigned. Compared to the original multi-award winning Zeppelin it has improved dynamics, punchier bass and a more open, lifelike presentation with highly detailed, room-filling sound.

Just tap, swipe and play.

Use the Remote app for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to take charge of your tunes - remotely. Plus, the docking port cleverly accommodates a variety iPhone and iPod models with a spring-loaded docking arm that flexes to secure them and charge them without adapters or adjustment.

Download the Remote app free from the App Store.

Highlights

  • Superb, room-filling sound
  • AirPlay for high-resolution wireless audio streaming
  • Advanced Digital Signal Processing for high-quality sound
  • Five high-quality amplifiers
  • Tweeters derived from award-winning MM-1 computer speakers
  • Internal subwoofer centrally located for bass with power and authority
  • Quick and easy to set up
  • Add more units for elegant multi-room system
  • Docking arm that lets you grasp your iPod or iPhone
  • Spring-loaded docking connector flexes to accommodate various iPod or iPhone models

Did You Notice?

If you have more than one Zeppelin Air, you can use them in an elegant multi-room system.

Technical Specs

General

  • Other Features: AirPlay
  • Music Profile: Classical & Jazz,Hip Hop / R&B / Rap,Pop / Rock / Alternative / Country
  • Input Type: 3.5mm Stereo Jack,30 Pin Dock,USB
  • Usage: AirPlay Speakers

Power

  • Power Source: AC

Driver

  • Speaker Configurations: 2.1

Dimension

  • Weight: 6.12kg
  • Height: 265mm
  • Width: 685mm
  • Length: 275mm

Compatibility

  • iPhone 5

  • iPhone 4S

  • iPhone 4

  • iPhone 3GS

  • iPhone 3G

  • iPhone

  • iPod touch
    5th generation

  • iPod touch
    4th generation

  • iPod touch
    3rd generation

  • iPod touch
    2nd generation

  • iPod touch
    1st generation

  • iPod classic
    120GB 160GB (2009)

  • iPod classic
    160GB (2007)

  • iPod classic 80GB

  • iPod nano
    6th generation

  • iPod nano
    5th generation (video camera)

  • iPod nano
    4th generation (video)

  • iPod nano
    3rd generation (video)

  • iPod nano
    2nd generation (aluminum)

  • iPad
    1st generation

  • iPad 2
    2nd generation

What's in the Box?

  • Zeppelin Air Airplay Wireless Audio System
  • Remote
  • Power Cord

Manufacturer Information

Warranty

  • Note: Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Non-Apple-branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer's warranty provided by the product manufacturer — please see your product box and literature for details. Benefits under the manufacturer's warranty are in addition to rights provided by consumer law. For details, click here.
  • Warranty: Two-year limited (For details, please visit: www.bowers-wilkins.com)

Part Number

  • UPC or EAN No.: 714346312009
  • Mfr. Part Number: FP30570
 

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Speakers stop working after a while. NOT a speaker problem !

    • Written by from Harrogate

    Hi,

    I bought my wife 3 zepplin air speakers and a MacBook Air for her 40th birthday.
    We placed the speakers around the house and had everything setup in no time, it was very simple and everything worked brilliantly.

    That was until we changed internet service providers and had BT Infinity installed along with a new BT router.

    After setting the speakers up to connect to the new BT router, we discovered that the speakers would stop working after 24 hours. You could no longer see the speaker on the mac or iphone until you turn them off and on again at the mains.
    I discovered it was because of a setting on the BT Router that meant that the connection the router had given to speaker ( The IP Address ) would expire after 24 hours.

    To get around this you have to manually setup the speaker by unticking the DHCP tick box and allocate it an IP Address that falls outside of the range of IP addresses that the BT Router would allocate to the speaker using DHCP.

    E.g. if the router is set to allocate IP addresses in the range of 192.168.1.70 to 192.168.1.250 then you could allocate an IP address to the speaker of 192.168.1.60.

    Now all is brilliant again !!     …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Airplay Feature Edges Out Original Zeppelin

    • Written by from MANCHESTER

    Finally managed to get my hands on the Zeppelin Air today, after almost 2 months of waiting and it does not disappoint!

    In terms of sound quality, the difference over the original is not huge in my opinion. The Zeppelin Air delivers subtly more clarity in the high and mid frequencies and packs a more refined bass. Although I would like to note that any equaliser setting that favours an increase in high frequencies can make the sound a little too 'bright', so a flat setting seems ideal.

    I am a huge fan of the original Zeppelin and consider it to be worth every penny of the asking price of £400. Used alongside an Airport Express with Airplay from iTunes, it was fantastic.

    More people will question whether the Air is a whole £100 more than the original and I would say that it's hard to justify on sound alone. However, considering the built in Airplay; anyone intending to use it primarily for streaming (like me) will find this neat and beautiful package just edges out the original. If you want it for docked or 'Aux In' audio only, I would recommend you save your £100 as the sound quality alone isn't worth it!     …More

    124 of 148 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin air

    • Written by from Cwmbran

    After a long wait finally out airplay works so well and the sound is excellent well worth the money

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    One of the best purchases I've ever made - Zeppelin Air Speakers

    • Written by from Bromley

    The sound is just not comparable. Rich, round, smooth and velvety, with good base. Everyone comments on how good it sounds.

    We had it in the garden (large garden) for a summer party and the volume was sufficient enough to not be lost at all and quite honestly we could even have made it louder if we wished.

    Yes, it could take a short while to set up if you have an old system (and if you're not a techie like me), but the results are just superb.

    Initially I didn't consider this item as I saw it on the Gadget Show and thought it to be just the newest in pretentious gadgets, especially the shape. How wrong was I! The chap, may have been Greg at the Covent Garden Store, insisted that I listen to my own music on the Zepplin (and then others) and not look at the shape. Done and dusted and haven't looked back. Guess what, the shape has even grown on me too.

    This is an excellent product and something has to be said for Apple Services too.     …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Poor sound & poor functionality

    • Written by from BRISTOL

    This worked OK for about 6 months then after a software update it decided to lose connection (no change to my wifi setup), I ended up resetting the Zep Air a couple times a week, in the end I contacted B&W support and when they finally responded, they denied any issues and told me to get an apple airport base station, like a mug I did and guess what - no change! Overall I would say that it is somewhat outdated as the Airplay works better with a 3GS than a 4S and now with the 5 the dock is useless. Sound quality is below average, boxy and shut in compared with other Airplay systems. I would not touch this or any B&W product again. …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    If the signal is lost, the Zeppelin is a horror

    • Written by from den bosch

    For one and a half year I've been trying to get my Zeppelin to function, with the help of B&W. The last time I had a visit from a great guy from B&W, but to no end. Every half hour, the Zeppelin loses the signal several times and sound falls away, and comes back 1-5 seconds later.

    Is it Apple Airport? I've no problem at all with reception of Spotify, streaming video etc. on my computers. So it must be the signal for Airplay. But the problem arises with an iPhone, MacBook and iMac alike. Old, new, all the same.

    B&W now tells me to go back to the (Apple) store where I bought it. There they will tell me it functions just fine. It's a network/airplay/Zeppelin problem and i'm in a feedback loop.

    Expensive gadget, 600 euro, no help. Good luck with that.     …More

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I note that wirelessly, the Zeppelin can only play ITunes content but when docked, I assume it can play other audio, like Internet radio?
  • Asked by Martin E
  • 13-Mar-2013
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