Bowers & Wilkins M1 Duo Pack Black

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Pros and cons

According to our HiFi speaker expert

• With this duo pack, you create a stereo pair, so the sound comes from both left and right.
• The 2-way design provides a balanced reproduction of bass and treble tones.
• You can hang the speaker on the wall with the included mount.
• Speaker cables aren't included.

Product description

With the Bowers & Wilkins M1 Duo Pack, you get a stereo system in one go. You can easily place these compact passive HiFi speakers on a bookshelf or cabinet. They have a 25mm tweeter and 100mm woofer, which produce a wide range of both treble and bass tones. You can also use the speakers as central, front, or rear speakers in your home cinema set. Combine multiple speakers with the ASW608 or PV1D subwoofer for extra deep bass.

Included by default

• Manual (2.36 MB)
• Wall mount

Contents of this set

This set has been composed by our expert.

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  2x Bowers & Wilkins M1 Black (per unit)

  37 reviews

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Reviews

37 reviews

9,3/10 (37 reviews)

Rating

29 reviews with 5 stars

5 stars 0 reviews

8 reviews with 4 stars

4 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 3 stars

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Rating per section

Sound quality

8,0

Design

10,0

Options

10,0

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Most helpful reviews

9,0/10

Nice design nice quality. Small yet so big.

• Improved cable connection compared to old version
• Design is more refined than the old version
• It is a real surround speaker. (See experience for explanation)

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• Bert zum vorde sive vording
• 6 July 2016
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Nice set in combination with a sub

• Sound
• Format

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• Nico
• 29 September 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Good sound for an acceptable price

• Good sound for a small speaker
• Good build quality
• No

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• Johan mertens
• 4 February 2018
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Perfect

• Pure sound, nice and warm as I know B&W comparable to a 600 series bookshelf
• Beautiful design
• Assembly has to be done with care

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• Thomas
• 14 January 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

9,0/10

Beautiful, compact and high-quality speakers.

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• Gerard legerstee
• 28 January 2018
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9,5/10

Gewion top

• Sound
• design
• No

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• Peter geraedts
• 11 February 2021
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9,5/10

Very satisfied

• Detailed stereo sound
• design
• maybe the price

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• Eddy
• 24 November 2021
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10/10

Great speakers

• Compact
• Powerful clear sound

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• Peter
• 13 October 2020
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10/10

nice product, good price quality

• well thought out design in appearance and mounting
• easy mounting of the speaker cable and mounting options (upright, horizontal, on the wall)

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• Henny
• 23 April 2019
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9,0/10

Good quality, nice design

• Beautiful design
• Good sound
• Sub needed

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• Pascal
• 29 January 2018
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9,0/10

Nice design nice quality. Small yet so big.

• Improved cable connection compared to old version
• Design is more refined than the old version
• Movies and series come to life through the sound.
• It is a real surround speaker. (See experience for explanation)

I ordered this speaker (3 pieces) as an addition to my surround set and to replace 1 speaker.
In 2009 I had already ordered 3 pieces of the M1 in the color silver.

Design:
Unfortunately Bowers and Wilkins no longer supplies this speaker in silver, so I ended up going for the black version.

When unpacking the loudspeaker, I immediately noticed that Bowers and Wilkins further developed and designed the loudspeaker.
The foot is nicely painted with a nice chrome line, which gives a chic look. Previously this was all chrome.
In addition, the grille that protects the tweeter and mid-range is fully extended from top to bottom.
In the old version, the top and bottom were still finished with a kind of plastic/rubber-like material.
By now fully implementing the grid, the finish is more refined.

The paint job is very neat because of the somewhat coarse finish, it has a nice matte appearance.

Speaker position:
An Allen key is supplied with the speaker in the bottom of the foot with which you can adjust the speaker completely.
You can place the speaker on the foot both vertically and horizontally. This makes it possible to place the loudspeaker in any situation.
A wall bracket is also included. This way you can always place the speaker.

Compared to the old version, I can't rotate the logo when the speaker is placed horizontally.

Connection:
With this loudspeaker, the connection of the cable is clearly improved.
With the old version, the cable had to be connected by means of a clamp connection that you had to tighten with an Allen screw. This had the disadvantage that you had to struggle a bit to do this well, but also that the cable had to make a very strange angle.

This version has a mechanism where you press in a clamping bush and then slide the cable in. This is easy and ensures a better connection.

For choosing the cable, the cable cannot be thicker than 1.5mmq. Also can not be connected with RCA plugs.

Sound quality:

I bought this speaker with the idea of using it as a surround system. This is how they are sold.
I can say that this speaker delivers more than you would expect from such a small speaker.
The new version is brighter and gives a wider tonal range
again.
Even if you increase the volume well, these speakers remain clear and provide an enormous experience.
It is required to add a sub-woofer, these speakers are too short for real low tones.

Are you really someone who likes to listen to music and likes that all instruments come across as pure. Then I would like to direct you to look a little further. Despite the fact that the speaker can reproduce this well, if you increase the volume, the purity disappears a bit more.
This is probably due to the fact that the housing is not made of wood and is not too big.

• Bert zum vorde sive vording
• 6 July 2016
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Nice set in combination with a sub

• Sound
• Format

Has a very good sound, very suitable as a replacement for my hi-fi speakers, but placed in combination with a subwoofer. Had tried Cambridge Audio first, the size of a carton of milk. Sounded a lot less. Completely satisfied now.

• Nico
• 29 September 2020
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,5/10

Good sound for an acceptable price

• Good sound for a small speaker
• Good build quality
• No

I have 3 of these speakers. These are used as center and surround in combination with a pair of B&W 685 s2 speakers. The sound is fine, although a subwoofer must be added for very low tones. You have to get used to sound, other speakers give a different sound than what you are used to.

• Johan mertens
• 4 February 2018
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Bowers & Wilkins M1 Black (...

Product

Product number

716084

Manufacturer code

FP22608

Brand

Bowers & Wilkins

Warranty

2 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

General properties

Speaker composition

1 speaker

Type of HiFi speaker

Surround set

Bluetooth

Sound quality according to customers

Excellent

Water-resistant

Suitable for bi-wiring

Speaker connector accepts cable type

Speaker wire

Speaker properties

Active speaker

Speaker sensitivity

85 dB

Impedance

8 O

Frequency range

64 - 23000 Hz

Speaker woofer diameter

100 mm

Speaker tweeter diameter

25 mm

Placement of bass reflex port

Rear

Number of speaker units (per speaker)

2

Speaker audio crossover

2-way

Integrated subwoofer

Integrated tweeter

Integrated mid-range driver

Integrated woofer

Recommended amplifier power

20 - 100 W

Bass reflex port

Physical properties

Color

Black

Depth

16,2 cm

Width

11,4 cm

Height

24,8 cm

Weight

2,3 kg

Material

Metal

Awards

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