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

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 90-day warranty and our perpetual trade-back policy, you can purchase with confidence.