B&W PM1 SPEAKERS - AUDIO MARMITE -?
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MUSICRAFT
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News story here for those whom missed it:
http://www.whathifi.com/news/bw-pm1-makes-its-world-debut
They sounded very promising at the launch - as far as you can ever tell in those circumstances; will be interesting to give them a full workout when we get a review pair soon.
http://www.whathifi.com/news/bw-pm1-makes-its-world-debut
They sounded very promising at the launch - as far as you can ever tell in those circumstances; will be interesting to give them a full workout when we get a review pair soon.
will defo have a listen to these! loved the sound of the 805 diamonds but at almost £4000 are just a little too high for my budget atm!
Frank Harvey
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If the PM1's can produce 75-80% of the 805's performance, they'll be extremely good value for money.
WishTree
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Something is wrong with me.. I do not like the looks at all.. I am tempted but resisting to call them Ugly.. I guess it has to do with disproportionate size of the speaker vs the external tweeter on top.
Frank Harvey
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Hi Frank
You seem to know a lot, can I rack your brains? I am looking for a decent speaker package that both looks and sounds good for music and home cinema. I think the CM8's are a little bulky for my room so was thinking the XT8's but these are now discontinued. Do you know if the KEF T305's are any good? Or have any suggestions?
Thanks
You seem to know a lot, can I rack your brains? I am looking for a decent speaker package that both looks and sounds good for music and home cinema. I think the CM8's are a little bulky for my room so was thinking the XT8's but these are now discontinued. Do you know if the KEF T305's are any good? Or have any suggestions?
Thanks
FrankHarveyHiFi said:I'm not overly keen on the look myself, but I know Nautilus fans will be liking them
Frank Harvey
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I wish I was Frank - I'd have retired long ago!
There's quite a difference between XT and CM's to the KEF T series - if you want high quality music (as good as the T's are), you'll need to be looking at more conventional hi-fi speakers.
Similarly priced, have a look at monitor Audio's GX series. If you look at the GX200's, GXC150, and GXFX. I haven't heard the whole package yet as models are coming through in bits and bobs, but the GX200's we have are really starting to sing now, and are far better than I expected. With the amount of detail they have, they should work very well with movies too. The GX200's are quite slim, probably about the same as the XT's and CM8's, but will be a little deeper - cabinet volume is important to loudspeakers that use small drive units. Musically, there really isn't anything smaller that's going to match up to the likes of the CM8's and GX200's, unless you look at the likes of the PMC Fact 8's, but they're even deeper. The best suggestion I can come up with would be to have a look at the Monitor Audio Apex system.
There's quite a difference between XT and CM's to the KEF T series - if you want high quality music (as good as the T's are), you'll need to be looking at more conventional hi-fi speakers.
Similarly priced, have a look at monitor Audio's GX series. If you look at the GX200's, GXC150, and GXFX. I haven't heard the whole package yet as models are coming through in bits and bobs, but the GX200's we have are really starting to sing now, and are far better than I expected. With the amount of detail they have, they should work very well with movies too. The GX200's are quite slim, probably about the same as the XT's and CM8's, but will be a little deeper - cabinet volume is important to loudspeakers that use small drive units. Musically, there really isn't anything smaller that's going to match up to the likes of the CM8's and GX200's, unless you look at the likes of the PMC Fact 8's, but they're even deeper. The best suggestion I can come up with would be to have a look at the Monitor Audio Apex system.
I can certainly see where everyone is coming from in the looks department. Personally I quite like them! I used to have a "thing" for the CDM range and this is kind of a cross between that and the 800 series! Proof will be in the pudding when we get to listen to some I guess, bring on the end of the month.
Hello David , read somwhere [can,t find it again] that there would be another finish maroon maybe, at a later date. Would that be correct ? Also when are you hoping to obtain your stock ?
Our news story explains there is a second, burgundy finish to follow (no pics yet)
http://www.whathifi.com/news/bw-pm1-makes-its-world-debut
http://www.whathifi.com/news/bw-pm1-makes-its-world-debut
Frank Harvey
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FATS 2828 said:
Clare has already answered the first question... We're informed our demo stock should be here sometime this week
They'll be running in about 7 feet away from me, so I'll let you know how they get on.
Frank Harvey
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They were supposed to have been released this week, but have been delayed for about 3-4 weeks unfortunately.
Frank Harvey
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I can confirm....I love these speakers. If I was after a set of £2k speakers I would definately short list these! They look amazing in the Mocha finish we have and we played Jackson Browne's The Naked Way Home album and they were pretty impressive. Leaving them to settle before listening again at any great length.
Frank Harvey
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They fit the 'small high quality monitor' tag very, very well. They seem to love rock, and are nicely balanced with a decently strong bass for such a small speaker with such a small driver, although i doubt they'll be purchased for their bass depth. Treble and midrange are great - very solid and detailed. You can definitely hear the difference the 'offboard tweeter' makes in comparison to the CM series.
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