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if you've been interested in AV for a while and are looking to upgrade your sound quality the best way to do that is trade up to a good receiver and speakers hi I'm Ty Pendlebury and to my mind one of the most consistent speaker manufacturers is British firm Bowers & Wilkins who offer options from $300 all the way up to 60,000 the Bowers & Wilkins cm 1s to fit towards the more affordable they're not cheap enter the company's range at $1,100 appear these figures are an upgrade on the original CM ones and offer a number of improvements including a new concentric ring tweeter and a tweeter cover to thwart those inquisitive fingers this speaker features a five-inch Kevlar driver and comes in this beautiful piano black finish though Rose nut and white are also available these are ported in the rear and unlike the original version are missing a wall mount attachment while you can use these with a receiver like our current favorite the $500 Sony STR DN 1050 the better your amplification the better aim for between $800 and $1,000 if you can if you're a founder bowels and welcomes in sound quality which some detractors might describe as dark or less excitable in the mid-range then you will likely enjoy the CM 1s 2s the tweeter does liven things up as well as adding a little more detail over speakers such as the original B&W 685 but despite its size it's still capable of decent bass weight though with the wrong material such as sibilant rock music the tweeters can be overwhelming and adding a subwoofer could help offset this by filling in the missing low-end at this price though there are plenty of other options including monitor audio and PSB though none are quite as pretty if you want that same tweeter plus a larger cabinet and a cheaper price the $700 B&W 685 s2 s should be pretty hard to beat