Bowers&Wilkins MM-1

design, size, usability, reliability

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89% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, design, size, usability, reliability

92% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Terrific sound across the entire spectrum. Included remote lets you control volume and jump between tracks (iTunes and Windows Media Player only). Inputs concealed beneath speakers (peekaboo!). Coffee-mug-sized footprint

Sound isn’t quite as bold as M-Audio’s AV 40s’ — a bit muffled at higher volumes. Not cheap

Exquisite audio reproduction; elegant design

Very expensive; short-ish, hardwired cable on right speaker cabinet

We’d like to tell you that the MM-1 is comparably priced to speaker systems made by the likes of Logitech, Altec Lansing, or even Klipsch, but 500 clams puts it at the opposite end of the spectrum. If you’re as passionate about audio quality as you are...

Perfectly balanced sound for near-field listening ; Understated good looks - especially when matched with MacBook or iMac ; Impeccable build quality

If you want volume for volume's sake, look elsewhere ; Expensive

The MM-1s look every bit a high-end product and perform like one too

While the MM-1s sound very good, they can and will distort if pushed to hard, and when they go-they really go ; At louder volumes the MM-1's bass does lose a bit of its composureand begins to give up the ghost, compressing and sounding very digital ;...

I'm not going to say the $499.95 MM-1s from Bowers & Wilkins arecheap as far as computer speakers go, because they're not. However, incomparison to other computer speakers out there, they are far moremusical and sound more like traditional monitor...

The MM-1 is made up of just two desktop speakers—no subwoofer. Each unit includes a 3-inch woofer and 1-inch tube-loaded aluminum tweeter. Clearly designed with the visual aesthetics of Apple’s current MacBook Pro and iMac models in mind, each...

Flawless performanceVery natural soundCompact size

Looks too boring for a B&W productGets hot during operation

Flawless performance; Very natural sound; Compact size

Looks too boring for a B&W product; Gets hot during operation

Wonderful audio, compact

Expensive for PC speakers

For a company that also sells audiophile grade music online, we were ready to question the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1's limitation to 16-bit resolution digital audio. As it happens, this speaker system makes something of a silk purse out of CD-quality...

There was never any doubt in our minds that the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers would be something special and, lo and behold, they are. They look stunning and sound even better - truly, PC audio has never had it so good.