This expensive speaker set offers superior midband, fine imaging and a wide dynamic range, but the bottom end is unconvinging.

"Bowers and Wilkins currently has four main ranges of hi-fi speakers: the budget-priced 600 series; the super-slim, metal-jacket XTs, the upmarket 800 Diamonds and the CM-series, one of which (the sensibly priced CM8) is exclusive to Hi-Fi Choice this month.

You may recall that we reviewed the Bowers and Wilkins CM9, the larger of the floorstanders, and while it is is clearly good material value for money – significantly bigger in both cabinet size and driver area – it was also arguably rather too large for our 4.3x2.6x5.5m room, delivering a bit too much bass output when the effects of room gain were added to the substantial bass output of a stereo pair."



Link: TechRadar