Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge

Martins Hi-Fi is the second oldest Bowers & Wilkins dealer in the world — and the Formation Wedge is the statement wireless speaker in Bowers & Wilkins' Formation ecosystem. This is a product that refuses to accept the usual trade-off between convenience and sound quality — the Formation Wedge delivers a true stereo performance from a single enclosure, streams at 96kHz/24-bit high resolution, and integrates seamlessly into a whole-home Formation system with a precision and synchronisation that sets it apart from every competing wireless speaker at any price.

A Genuinely Stereo Design

The Formation Wedge's most distinctive characteristic is its 120-degree elliptical enclosure — a form conceived not for aesthetic reasons alone, but to house a full complement of drive units in a configuration that delivers a genuinely wide and stable stereo soundstage from a single cabinet. Five drive units are arrayed across the ellipse — two tweeters, two midrange drivers, and a central subwoofer — angled deliberately so that the dispersion pattern fills a room rather than projecting sound in a single narrow direction. The result is a wireless speaker with a sense of scale and spatial presentation that conventional rectangular designs cannot approach.

Formation Wireless Technology

At the heart of the Formation Wedge is Bowers & Wilkins' proprietary Formation Wireless Technology — a dedicated wireless mesh protocol engineered specifically for high-resolution audio transmission. Formation operates independently of the variability and congestion of a standard home WiFi network, maintaining synchronisation between multiple Formation products to within a microsecond. This extraordinary timing accuracy eliminates the phase errors and dropouts that undermine competing multi-room systems, ensuring that when two Formation Wedge speakers are used as a stereo pair — or integrated with other Formation products across multiple rooms — they play in perfect, undetectable unison.

96kHz/24-Bit High-Resolution Streaming

The Formation Wedge streams at 96kHz/24-bit — a resolution that captures the full dynamic range and tonal detail of a high-quality source. Whether the signal originates from a lossless music streaming service, a locally stored library, or a Bluetooth source, the Formation Wedge resolves low-level detail and preserves the musical timing and coherence that lesser wireless speakers discard in the name of convenience. Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, Roon, and Bluetooth are all supported natively — making the Formation Wedge compatible with virtually every streaming platform and source device a serious listener is likely to use.

Premium Materials and Finish

The Formation Wedge is constructed to a standard of material quality that matches its acoustic ambitions — a machined aluminium top plate sits above a fabric-wrapped elliptical enclosure, giving the Formation Wedge a presence and solidity that signals its credentials clearly. It is available in both black and white finishes, and its considered proportions allow it to sit naturally in a domestic environment without the visual intrusion of a conventional speaker system.

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Who Is It For?

The Formation Wedge is for those who want a serious listening experience from a single wireless speaker — those who understand that convenience and quality are not mutually exclusive, and who demand both without apology. It is equally at home as a standalone speaker in a kitchen, study, or bedroom, or deployed as a pair in a dedicated listening room for a full stereo Formation system. Those building a broader Formation ecosystem should also consider the Bowers & Wilkins Formation Audio to integrate an existing passive system, or a Bowers & Wilkins DB2D subwoofer to extend the low-frequency performance of the system as a whole.

Buying from Martins Hi-Fi

Martins Hi-Fi has been in Norwich since 1968. Elizabeth Gould runs the business today, and we stock only brands we have heard properly and stand behind. As the second oldest Bowers & Wilkins dealer in the world, we have a depth of knowledge and experience with the brand that very few retailers can match. Dave or Chris will be happy to demonstrate the Formation Wedge in our Norwich showroom — and to advise on how it fits into a broader Formation system or works as a standalone listening solution.

Contact us at [email protected], call 01603 627010, or WhatsApp on 07554 687137. You can read more about how we work on our Why Martins Hi-Fi page. We are at 85–91 Ber Street, Norwich, NR1 3EY.