Hello, I am a college student with a limited budget. I am trying to decide whther to get the 65 or the cm1 which is 300 bucks more. I am loking for the speaker with less treble harshness, more refined, and true to the source. I am not sure I can spring for a subwoofer at the moment, so I am worried he cm1 cant keep up in the lower frequencies with the 685. If it helps, I will be driving the speaker I choose with a audio reifinement integrated amp which only has 50 watts of power, although I must say it is pure, clean, beefy power. The cdp I use is a marantz dv7600 universal player, and I have blue jeans audio interconnects. I will demo both speakers in store, so please dont respond with jsut telling me to listen. I understand my preferences and ears will dictate my decision but I would just like to know what you all have found to be different between the two speakers. I also worry the cm1, at 84db sensitivity, cannot be properly driven by my 50 watt amp. What I am looking for in the speaker I choose, is the more refined, hifi, less treble harshness, and most musical rather than analytical speaker. Has anyone compared the two, and if so which would you choose for a strickly 2 channel hifi set up?
-
-
Hallo,
I will be say CM1, but if the budget is important the 685 will be great!
The ampli power don't make so much different but the CM1 will be shure better.
In the future (wenn you have your study termined
ops: ) another CM7 for front and a center make a good setup in 5.1
Omar -
This is a hard one. When I was auditioning the two of them, I first powered them with the Rotel 1062 amp, which has 60wpc. In this setup, I actually liked the 685 much better than the CM1. The CM1 really sounded lacking in dynamics and without life. But then the dealer replaced the amp with a Cambridge Audio 840, then a Rotel Rb-1080 , and subsequently a Krell 400xi. On those three different setups, the CM1 sounded much more capable, more open, and with much better details than the 685 was.
I think it boils down to whether and how soon you might consider upgrading your amp. If the answer is never or more than three years from now, then I would go for the 685. They are awesome speakers and will give you endless hours of joy during your college years.Comment
-
I everyone.
I currently have 601S3 speakers. I would like to upgrade to either the 685 or CM1 speakers. My local shop is stocking the 685 speakers at £380 and the CM1's at £500.
How much 'better' is the CM1 over the 685? I presume their performance must be similar as...02 September 2007, 13:32 Sunday -
Hi,
I was thinking of buying a pair of B&W 685, but when I went to the store the other day I saw that they had the CM1s on offer (down to 575 euros from 800), which makes them even a little bit cheaper then the 685.
My first thought was to grab the CM1s, being more beautiful and presumably... -
Hi, I am purchasing my first stereo and did some auditioning (2 hours in one store!) over the weekend. Did not know what to expect and now all I want to do is take some equipment home and crank it up. I tried to do as much research as possible before going out to listen but now have more questions than... -
I was having difficult time about choosing between Monitor Audio Siver Rx series and B&W 600 series.I chose B&W 600 series and we ordered B&W 685.I will use it as stereo,and will complete the 5.1 setup in the future.
I think I have to buy some other speakers of B&W 600... -
As topic says I need quickly choose between those two sets.
There is no other option.Both are used ones. Both have similar specs. DM602 S3 is older one but with larger mid/bass speaker therefore lower distortions at lower frequencies - I believe it's 1% < @60Hz and up and with 685's...
Comment