B&w m-1

[dkane360]

Anyone know anything about the Bowers and Wilkins M-1? They look like ideal desktop speakers because of their small size. Anyone audition them? Love em? Hate em? Meh?

If you are unfamiliar with them, heres a link:
http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/Theatre_Solutions/Mini_Theatre/M-1.html

 

[JaBear]

I think you mean the MM-1, I think that the apple store would have them on display. They have gotten pretty good reviews, but $500 for some computer speakers to play music that is most likely going to be of lower quality unless you have lossless music on your PC. For the money I think the Klipsch 2.1 promedia is a great value for around 150. The speakers are small, but you do also have a pretty decent sub to a nice full sound. The L/R are nice and small, however it goes down hill from there...lots of wires no matter how much wire management I do I the thing they always look like its a mess it also can't function without the subwoofer either so it's not very portable and if you have no room on the ground it can be a pain. For me not really a huge issue since I no longer have a tower went with a mac mini and hide it in my keyboard tray and the sub fit nicely where the tower used to be. Hope this was of some help.

 

[JaBear]

IF you did mean the M-1, the do need to be run thought an amp, they were on display at my local Magnolia store at Best Buy. They were really heavy, for a speaker of that size they weighted a lot more than I would have ever thought. They had a really nice highs but did come off as a bit bright but not as bad as the def tech pro1000. They had a decent mid range for how small they were but run with a subwoofer it sounded pretty good. That said I also did take a listen to the motion 4s from Martin Logan and the clarity was tremendously better, it however really lacked in the mids, but once again run with a good subwoofer it sounded great. The sub I demoed was the B&W 8" 608.

 

[dkane360]

I'm well aware they need to be powered with an amp, it ain't my first rodeo

I just wanted to see if anyone had any first hand experience with them. Any other thoughts on them?

 

[dkane360]

So after your comment about the Motion 4's I took a good hard look at them. I'm not too fond of their look. Kind of plasticky and cheap looking. However I saw that ML unveiled their Motion LX series which will be released this summer. They look very nice, although a lot more money than I wanted to spend.

http://www.martinlogan.com/news/pr/2011/01/06/motionlx

 

[Tyreman]

I spent a couple hours listening to those with a B&W sub.

Sounded okay.
I had to play with the dealers setup a bit as they were askew in the listening room.
Around 200-250cdn

 

[zieglj01]

However I saw that ML unveiled their Motion LX series which will be released this summer. They look very nice, although a lot more money than I wanted to spend.

http://www.martinlogan.com/news/pr/2011/01/06/motionlx

These do look interesting - I hope that they have something here.
The plastic Motion is not for me.

 

[dkane360]

These do look interesting - I hope that they have something here.
The plastic Motion is not for me.

Yea they do look like they could be a serious bookshelf contender in their price range. They just need to be a little cheaper for me to consider them.