Bowers & Wilkins Formation Audio Wireless Audio Hub

Bring your existing system right up to date with Formation Audio. Stream 24-bit/96kHz hi-res audio to your hi-fi, include it in a multi-room set-up, even stream analogue sources like turntables to Formation wireless speakers. 

New wireless options

Love your system? Bring it up to date. Formation Audio allows you to stream 24-bit/96kHz hi-res audio to it, easily.

Multi-room with ease

Formation Audio lets your existing hi-fi form part of your multi-room music experience – low-hassle set-up, hi-res sound.

Analogue streaming

Let analogue sources join in your wireless experience. Audio can stream any format you like to Formation speakers.

Perfect conversion

Formation Audio flawlessly converts analogue to digital, and digital to analogue – so your music always sounds its best.

• Transform your passive system into a multi-room system
• Connect analogue devices and stream to Formation speakers
• Stream in 96/24 bit high-resolution to your passive system
• Features Formation® Wireless Technology
• WiFi, Apple® AirPlay 2®, and Bluetooth compatible
• Sets up in moments
• Synchronises in perfected harmony with other Formation products

Description:

• Wireless Audio Hub

Technical features:

• Apple® AirPlay 2® technology
• Spotify® Connect
• Roon Ready
• Bluetooth In
• High performance analogue-to-digital converter (ADC)
• High performance digital-to-analogue converter (DAC)

Input voltage:

• 100V – 240V – 50/60Hz

Power consumption:

• Below 6 Watts (Sleep)*

Connections:

• Digital audio in (Toslink)
• Analogue audio in (2 x RCA)
• Digital audio out (1 x RCA)
• Analogue audio out (2 x RCA)
• Network (RJ45 Ethernet or WiFi)
• USB – for service only

Bluetooth:

• Bluetooth® v4.1, Class 2
• aptX HD
• AAC
• SBC

Dimensions:

• Height: 44mm (1.7 in)
• Width: 215mm (8.5 in)
• Depth: 263mm (10.4 in)

Weight:

• 1.0kg (2.2 lb)

AirPlay 2 compatibility:

• iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 11.4 or later
• Apple TV 4K or Apple TV (4th Generation) with tv OS 11.4 or later
• Mac or PC with iTunes 12.8 or later.

*Formation products create a mesh network. Each product in this network dynamically chooses the optimal path to route audio-data between products, in order to ensure a robust streaming experience. We have therefore certified Formation products for High Network Availability (HiNA) and conform to the appropriate power requirements set out in the ERP directive.