All in all, after several months of using it, I can strongly recommend the B & W Zeppelin Air. It’s a truly great iPod/iPhone speaker, filling even larger rooms with quite impressive depths and crisp heights. And in contrast to its competitors (e.g. think of the lousy hardware of the otherwise innovative Sonos speakers – what a pity!), you can see, feel and hear its excellent build quality. It’s been engineered by the guys who equip the famous Abbey Road Studios, supply the audio system for Jaguars and invented extravagant speakers like the Nautilus, after all.
Zeppelin Macon
The only thing which wasn’t satisfying so far, is the Zeppelin Air’s buggy default (software) implementation of Airplay, i.e. that the Zeppelin Air lost the Wifi connection after a while in stand-by mode. As I finally found out, all that’s needed to fix this is a firmware upgrade to version 2.00.24 [updated 20120930]. At least, my Zeppelin Air hasn’t ever lost its Wifi connection anymore since. So, if you experience Wifi connectivity issues with your Zeppelin Air (likely), don’t hesitate and upgrade the Zeppelin’s firmware now, although it’s somewhat cumbersome (you need a suitable USB cable, e.g. from an external hard drive or printer, as this isn’t included in spite of the Zeppelin’s upmarket price). It’s well worth it!
Zeppelin Air firmware download at Bowers & Wilkins Support.
Zeppelin Machines
- The latest version of Zeppelin Air Programmer is 6.1 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for the General category. The app is developed by com.bowers-wilkins.
- Connect Zeppelin to a USB output on your computer using a USB device cable (as used for USB printers) and connect it to mains power. If this is the first time you have connected Zeppelin to that particular USB socket on your computer, you must allow it to complete the 'Found new hardware' process before running the installer program.
Zeppelin Machine Learning
The Zeppelin ransomware is a novel ransomware that struck businesses in the dying days of 2019. It is said to be a variant of the notorious Vega lockers ransomware, except that rather than target computers in Russia and Eastern Europe in general, the Zeppelin ransomware seems to have put a lot more emphasis on infecting computer systems in the US and Europe. At least on a Mac, however, once you’ve initially connected the Zeppelin and selected it as your audio output, the Mac automatically switches to the Zeppelin whenever it's connected.