The beauty of the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 is its simplicity, from the design to the ease of use. But you do have to pay for the premium experience and for your average computer user, the £400 asking price is probably too much to pay, especially as there are 2.1 systems out there that are very capable, for much less money.
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 music. It's bouncy, infectiously rhythmic given half the chance, and incredibly wideband sounding. Design and construction are first-class, a stylish wrapper over the most supremely musical desktop PC speakers we've heard to date. Speakers this small have absolutely no right to sound so damn good.
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.
For a comany that also sells audiophile grade music online, we were ready to question the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1â€â„¢s limitation to 16-bit resolution digital audio. As it happens, this speaker system makes something of a silk purse out of CD-quality music. Itâ€â„¢s bouncy, infectiously rhythmic given half the chance, and incredibly wideband sounding. Design and construction are first-class, a stylish wrapper over the most supremely musical desktop PC speakers weâ€â„¢ve heard to date. Speakers this small have absolutely no right to sound so damn good.
(Les notes de la presse sont données à titre indicatif et représentent une interprétation du test par Numerama)
