Quote Originally Posted by abulgan
hi

now using for stereo KEf IQ3 which won lasts years Best LoudSpeaker Eisa Award
but wanna upgrade B&W CM1 this years Best LoudSpeaker
so is it wise decision to make this upgrade?is it worth?
As others have said: Don't Buy Speakers/Electronics because they won awards...

I used to own an Award wining/critically acclaimed setup:

Mission Volare 63 Speakers (Best LoudSpeaker EISA Award 2003/2004)
NAD C352 Integrated Amplifier
NAD C521Bee CD Player

And frankly the combination was "technically sound" but BORING.... It didn't really get my feet tapping and really pull me into the music... Now all the Components were critically acclaimed/award wining... but for my ears, they lacked Synergy...

So my advice is to listen to the CM1s (preferably with a setup similar to your own) and then detemine if you want to buy them...

Also, Just because a speaker is the latest EISA Award winner doesn't mean it's better than last year's winner.... For my money... I think the Mission V63s are a much better sounding speaker than the CM1s.... (Especially since I find that I suffer from serious listening fatigue with the CM1s (my friend owns a pair of CM1s so i've had numerous listening sessions with them)).