B&W launches 4 new speakers in CM Line

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OH PLEASE.
Nope, no home theater system here! Just a center, two towers, two smaller ones for the rear, and a matching sub.
Doesn't resemble any HT set I've ever seen!

It also resembles a multi-channel music system. So, despite the fact you disagree with Bowers & Wilkins about their own product direction, what characteristic(s) do you find make a speaker "expressly designed" for home theatre use? Are they popcorn butter resistant?

ANY audio company had better pay attention to the HT market...

Agreed, but what does that have to do with your claim? Successful marketing strategies are different from engineering objectives.

Would those bookshelfs or towers make great stereo pairs?
Sure, but they are timber (sic) matched to others in the line, their main
forte is HT.

So, what does that mean "their forte is HT"? What do you do differently with an HT speaker than a music speaker? Just curious.

Check out all of the speaker companies, all but the most esoteric
have matching centers for their speakers, and a sub to boot.

Here again, I don't disagree. Even Sound Labs makes a center (if not a full range electrostatic one). Did Dr. West change his development objectives to support HT when he created the center? Did he make changes to the rest of the line that might be considered the "mains"? Did he forget about the multi-channel recordings available?

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