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CM5

“The B&W CM5 touched me in a unique way. With every recording I played this neautral, dynamic speaker revealed layers of detail that let me hear into the recording process, but in a way that made it easy to forget about that process, kick back, and enjoy the music.”
Stereophile (December 2012)

 

“Authority. Richness. Clarity. Expansiveness. Ambience.”
Sound Stage Hi-Fi (October 2010)

 

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CM9

“This handsome floorstanding loudspeaker offers tremendous value for money, and features B&W’s highly regarded FST midrange unit as part of a four-driver system. The woven Kevlar cone of the FST driver is swaged at its edge and rests on a ring of foamed plastic that acts in compression. This novel arrangement improves the driver’s dissipation of unwanted vibrations but limits its excursion, so the unit hands over to twin 165mm bass drivers, reflex loaded through a dimpled port, for deep and extended low frequencies. The speaker offers a healthy sensitivity but is reasonably tough to drive – weedy amplifiers need not apply! Suitably partnered, the CM9 offers a very lush sound, big and expressive with a very realistic sense of musical dynamics. It’s one of B&W’s most compelling floorstanders to date and at a price that seals its EISA commendation.”
EISA Loudspeaker Award 2009-2010

 

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CM10

“If you liked the Bowers & Wilkins CM9, you’ll love the CM10. The British audio manufacturer has taken the best of the CM line and added a few new features borrowed from higher-end, more cutting-edge models to make an impressive new speaker.”
Digital Versus (August 2013)

 

“Thanks to its pod-mounted tweeter and FST mid driver, the CM10 offers a beautifully clean, detailed midrange and treble, with a big, open and impressive soundstage.”
Hi-Fi News (July 2013)

 

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DragonFly

“Better sound for Less.”
The Absolute Sound (February 2014)

 

“The DragonFly … is charmingly small, well-built, and offers impressive performance.”
Macworld (January 2014)

 

“…delivers better sound performance than the original…”
What Hi-Fi (January 2014)

 

“AudioQuest has managed to do something no other company has yet accomplished on AudioStream … by delivering what strikes me as a more natural and all around simply better-sounding DAC with the Dragonfly v1.2.”
AudioStream (November 2013)

 

“The AudioQuest DragonFly is a game-changer.”
The Gadgeteer (November 2013)

 

“The DragonFly is a high-performance USB DAC that’ll fit in your pocket.”
Sound & Vision (December 2012)

 

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MM-1

“It’s no stretch to say the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers are the very best PC speakers we’ve ever used.”
Electric Pig (April 2010)

 

“Bowers & Wilkins is on something of a roll. With the Zeppelin and Zeppelin mini iPod speaker docks, the P5 headphones and now the MM-1 PC speakers adding to the company’s already enviable legacy.”
Trusted Reviews (May 2010)

 

“The Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers – just 17cm high – are packed with advanced drivers and electronics that put the vast majority of desktop speakers to shame.”
PC Advisor (June 2010)

 

“The MM-1’S elegant look and build quality, combined with its surprisingly natural midrange and good overall balance, is something I can wholeheartedly endorse.”
The Absolute Sound (August 2010)

 

“The Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers will make you fall in love with your digital music collection all over again.”
TechRadar (December 2010)

 

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P7

“In the B&W P7, it has cracked both style and sound quality. We’re genuinely very impressed.”
Pocket-lint (November 2013)

 

“P7 offer a class-topping combination of premium materials and durability, comfort, timeless style and phenomenal sound quality.”
T3 (November 2013)

 

“The Bowers & Wilkins P7 match their elegant and graceful design with a luscious display of clarity, power, and dynamic expression that was a joy to explore.”
Digital Trends (November 2013)

 

“The P7s aren’t just the pinnacle of Bowers & Wilkins headphone range, they represent the height of headphone performance at this price level.”
What Hi-Fi (October 2013)

 

“Bowers & Wilkins has produced the Maserati of over-the-ear headphones.”
Mashable (October 2013)

 

“The P7 takes the best of what the P5 and P3 have to offer and turns the dial up to 10.”
Chip Chick (October 2013)

 

“The aural precision is pretty amazing; it’s like sitting in a sound studio.”
New York Times (October 2013)

 

“If your new Beamer came with headphones, it’d probably come with the P7. The smooth leather trim and elegant bands of chrome along the exterior give way to a sound that’s just as luscious, offering a rich and ruddy lower register, and crystalline treble above. There’s no doubt the price makes them a premium investment, but for the lover of all things lavish on your list, the P7 definitely fit the bill.” Digital Trends (December 2014)

 

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C5

“Bowers & Wilkins C5s are a stunning display of the finest sonic order where their ability to captivate your full attention is borderline hypnotic.”
The Pro Audio Web Blog (April 2013)

 

“Power and weight unrivalled.”
What Hi-Fi (October 2011)

 

“Bowers & Wilkins’s design-led approach has come to the fore once more in the C5 earphones. They’re far more interesting-looking than almost all other in-ear pairs, and are incredibly well-made to boot.”
Trusted Reviews (October 2011)

 

“As beautiful to look at as they are to hear.”
Wired (September 2011)

 

“B&W managed to pack an incredible amount of sound into these little guys.”
Tech Crunch (September 2011)

 

“…in a word, stunning — in its breadth, its spaciousness, its all-round accuracy.”
The Audio Beat (September 2011)

 

“C5 makes a great first impression, in part because B&W has taken canalphone design in some new directions.”
iLounge (August 2011)

 

“These in-ear headphones are incomparably comfortable due to the savvy design of the ‘secure loop’ which attaches to the ear’s inner ridge. Yes, the look good, – but the performance is the most important element and compared to Apple’s tinny ear buds, these will make you feel like a true connoisseur.”
The Sun (UK)

 

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