Bowers & Wilkins CM9 S2

Tall, elegant, expressive midband and expansive ; Well-controlled bass ; Power handling is good ; Sensitivity is high enough for almost any respectable amplifier

Hint of colouration in some amplifier hook-ups ; Some transparency that requires clean-sounding electronics

Refined floorstander hits almost all the right spots on the button. Treble quality is better than most metal dome Bowers and Wilkins ' systems, but there is an occasional trace of midband boxiness