Bowers & Wilkins DM220 floorstanding speakers front-on, grilles off, showing the pale cone drivers

Bowers & Wilkins DM220 tower angled with drivers exposed and the cabinet edge visible

Pair of Bowers & Wilkins DM220 speakers with grilles fitted, front-on

Bowers & Wilkins DM220 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers — Black Ash

Name: Bowers &amp; Wilkins DM220 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers — Black Ash
Brand: B&amp;W
SKU: 14219
Price: 395.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$395.00

Two 200 mm composite fibre cones and a 26 mm polyamide soft dome in a sealed cabinet, crossed at 500 Hz and 3 kHz. Sealed loading gives tight, controlled bass and placement you can actually work with, and at 90 dB into 8 ohms anything from 10 to 100 watts will drive them. Made in England, finished in Black Ash vinyl. Very good condition.

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Bowers & Wilkins DM220 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers — Black Ash

A pair of Made-in-England Bowers & Wilkins DM220 three-way floorstanding speakers in Black Ash — a confidently engineered sealed-enclosure design from B&W’s classic early period, in very good condition.

The DM220 is a genuinely serious speaker from a time when Bowers & Wilkins were building everything in Worthing, England, and the quality of construction reflects it. The three-way sealed enclosure design deploys two 200mm (7.9″) composite cone drivers in a dedicated bass and midbass arrangement, crossed over at 500 Hz and 3 kHz respectively to a 26mm polyamide soft dome tweeter — a topology that delivers excellent integration between drivers and an easy-to-follow, coherent musical picture across the full frequency range. The sealed enclosure provides tight, well-controlled bass with excellent transient response — a character that suits acoustic music, jazz, and classic rock particularly well, and that rewards placement flexibility that ported designs often don’t allow.

At 90 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms nominal impedance, the DM220 is an easy and accommodating load for any amplifier from modest vintage receivers upward. The recommended amplifier range of 10–100 watts speaks to a speaker that genuinely works well across a wide variety of driving electronics. The composite fibre cone woofers remain in excellent condition and are visually striking without grilles — a clean, purposeful front baffle that looks entirely at home in a well-appointed listening room. The polyamide dome tweeter is noted for its high internal loss and low high-frequency resonance, producing a natural, grain-free top end that avoids the etch and fatigue common in metallic-dome designs of the period.

These speakers have been thoroughly inspected and tested to confirm full functionality.

Type: 3-way, 3-driver sealed enclosure floorstander

Bass driver: 1 x 200 mm composite fibre cone

Midbass driver: 1 x 200 mm composite fibre cone

Tweeter: 1 x 26 mm polyamide soft dome

Crossover frequencies: 500 Hz, 3,000 Hz

Frequency response: 53 Hz – 20 kHz (±3 dB)

Sensitivity: 90 dB / 2.83 V / 1 m

Nominal impedance: 8 ohms

Recommended amplifier power: 10–100 W

Enclosure: Sealed (acoustic suspension)

Finish: Black Ash Vinyl

Country of manufacture: England

Dimensions per speaker: (Width x Height x Depth) 11.4 x 26.8 x 12.6 inches (290 x 680 x 320 mm)

Weight: 33.3 lbs (15.1 kg) each

A Made-in-England Bowers & Wilkins classic — a tightly engineered, three-way sealed design with the coherent, musical presentation that defined the brand’s reputation in this era. Very good condition, fully tested, and ready to deliver the detailed, natural B&W sound to a new home for years to come.

Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program, you can purchase with confidence.

$395.00

Additional information

Weight	70 lbs
Dimensions	16.6 × 29 × 30.8 in
Impedance	8 Ω
Power Handling	51–100 W
Sensitivity	90–92 dB
Woofer Size	8″

About brand

B&W at Radique

We service B&W, too. Bring us your own B&W speakers and subwoofers for repair, servicing or restoration (speakers up to 80 lbs each), with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

Bowers & Wilkins began in Worthing, England, in 1966, founded by John Bowers. The name comes from the Worthing electrical shop he ran with Roy Wilkins. Its 800 Series monitors have been used at Abbey Road Studios since 1980, Abbey Road says. We carry B&W towers, bookshelf speakers, centre channels and stands. We've had more than 200 B&W listings so far. Every used B&W here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

The Bowers & Wilkins story, 1966 to today

John Bowers founded B&W in Worthing, England, in 1966, after hand-assembling speakers at the electrical shop he ran with Roy Wilkins. Its first speaker, the P1, used B&W's own cabinet and crossover with bought-in drivers, and the DM1 and DM3 "Domestic Monitors" followed in 1968.

Kevlar and the 801. B&W identified Kevlar as a cone material in 1974, and the DM6 of the mid-1970s used Kevlar cones. The original 801 monitor of 1979 to 1980 made its name in recording studios: Abbey Road says it was the first studio to use it, in 1980, and has used the 800 Series ever since.

Matrix and Nautilus. The Matrix cabinet bracing arrived in the mid-to-late 1980s. John Bowers started the project that became the Nautilus, the spiral-shell flagship, before he died in 1987, and it launched in 1993. The first 600 Series followed in 1995, and diamond-dome tweeters arrived in 2005.

New owners. EVA Automation bought B&W in 2016, Sound United in 2020 and Masimo in 2022, and in September 2025 HARMAN, a Samsung company, completed its purchase of Sound United. The 800 Series Diamond D5, unveiled in June 2026, is built in Worthing.

A Canadian connection. Classé Audio of Montreal was part of the B&W Group from 2001 until B&W closed its Montreal headquarters in 2017.

Which B&W is which?

DM (Domestic Monitor), 1968 onward: from the DM1 and DM3 to models such as the DM6 and DM7. The DM prefix carried into early 600 Series names.

600 Series (1995 to today): B&W's entry hi-fi line; the 2020 Anniversary Edition was its seventh generation. The 606 belongs here.

CDM (mid-1990s to about 2003): such as the CDM 1, with a metal-dome tweeter and a Kevlar cone.

700 Series (about 2003 to 2006): Nautilus technology at mainstream prices, such as the 703 and 705.

CM Series (2006 to 2017): such as the CM1 and the CM4 towers, replaced by the 700 Series S2 in 2017.

800 Series (from 1979 to 1980): from the original 801 through the Matrix, Nautilus 800, Diamond, D3, D4 and D5 generations.

Nautilus (1993): the spiral-shell flagship, still made in small numbers.

Buying used B&W: what to check

Tweeter domes. B&W used metal-dome tweeters in the CDM, 600 and CM lines, and owners report squashed domes. Inspect each dome closely.

Original tweeters. Some CDM-era tweeters are discontinued, and rebuilt or substitute tweeters change the sound. Ask whether the originals are fitted.

Woofer surrounds. Owners report rubber surrounds that have hardened with age. Press each surround gently: it should feel supple.

1970s DM models. Expect crossover capacitors in a 40-year-old DM to need replacing.

Where it was made. The 800 Series is built in Worthing; the 600 and 700 Series are made in China. Check the label before calling a B&W "made in England".

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.