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alaTest has collected and analyzed 20 reviews of Breville CM1. The average rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People are impressed by the price. The design also gets good feedback, whereas some have doubts about the usability.
size, design, price
usability
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Breville CM1 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 86/100 = Very good quality.
Expert review by : Ty Pendlebury (cnet.com.au)
More "hi-fi" than "neutral", the B&W CM1s pack a lot of punch into such a tiny enclosure — great for smaller listening rooms.
Light, airy sound ; Able to play a wide range of music ; Discrete size ; Distinct leap from B&W's 6 series ; Funky magnetic covers
Not especially neutral ; Limited bass output
Conclusion If you want neutrality, the CM1s won't give it to you. They're too small to create any earth-moving frequencies, and so if a smooth frequency response is what you're after then it pays to think big — JBL's Studio L890, for example. But if...
Expert review by : Richard Arrowsmith (avreview.co.uk)
B&W's new CM1 speakers have supplemented a classic design with contemporary engineering to produce a speaker that looks as impressive as it sounds.
Attractive design; surprisingly powerful; refined
Rhythmical timing
Consumer review (cnet.com.au)
I've always been a fan of B&W speakers since I was a young Broadcast Engineer in the early '90's and listened to a colleague's 801 Series 2 Matrix monitors. Back then I wasn't in a position to buy a B&W product of my own. Fast forward 20 years, I was...
Fit my ears and listening taste, excellent mid-range on up
Need to use my sub with them, but that's expected with bookshelf speakers
Consumer review (cnet.com.au)
I recon they sound much better than the more expensive B&W705 book shelf speakers because they are less coloured and boomy.
Consumer review (avreview.co.uk)
I'm so happy I bought these speakers, I upgraded them from a pair of Wharfdale 9.1,I listened to a pair of the new 685s first and then listened to the CM-1s, the sound was more detailed and rich/warm, with big beautiful accurate rich bass, midrange is...
The detail is amazing and so warm and rich with big accurate bass, Built quality is 1st class, they look amazing too.
None to my ears
Consumer review (avreview.co.uk)
Superbly built, look lovely (got the wifes vote) :) Used as my home theatre surround sound option Sound fantastic and work really well as my satelite / Xbox 360 / music streaming option. Although I'd recommend ripping all music to WMA lossless to get...
Very detailed Treble ; impressive bass (for size) ; top of the range build and finish
maybe slightly under powered