BOWERS & WILKINS 801 D4 DIAMOND

In the battle for loudspeaker domination, the 801 D4 Diamond is the latest salvo from Bowers & Wilkins. Now in its seventh generation, the 800 Series has been a fixture in recording studios such as Abbey Road and Skywalker Sound and is arguably the world’s most celebrated monitor. At $35,000 per pair, the roughly 222-pound speakers feature diamond-deposit tweeter domes and come with separate high-mass enclosures—for bass, midrange and high-frequency drivers—designed to eliminate resonances that color sound, all presented in an elegant, sculptural package.