Bowers and Wilkins reveals MM-1 PC speakers

Hi-fi quality for your computer

10 November 2009 14:59 GMT / By Duncan Geere

Hi-Fi manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins, which showed off its first pair of headphones the other day, has also built a pair of desktop speakers for use with computers. The MM-1 PC speakers claim to "revolutionise the experience" of music, video and games.

The product has been built by the same team behind the company's Zeppelin iPod dock, and each channel contains a full range, active, near field monitor with two drive units that include an aluminium down tweeter for snazzier treble. Bass output shouldn't be too much of a problem either, says the company, thanks to various proprietary DSP techs that have been crammed in.

There's a headphone jack, so you can plug in your own cans for a better listening experience than the jack port on your laptop or desktop. It also has a cable management system, as well as a pebble remote control that works with iTunes and Windows Media Player.

The MM-1 will be available from January. No word on pricing, but when we hear we'll let you know.

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  • So, you can plug these into your PC, then plug your headphones into these speakers. Sounds dumb but why ? Surely you'd just plug your headphones into the PC and cut out the middleman ? Posted by adrianaitken, United Kingdom
  • I believe it's so that (a) the headphone socket is a little more accessible, rather than scrabbling round the back of your pc, (b) your headphones get the benefits of all the DSP tech in the speakers, and (c) you can switch between the two more easily. Posted by radioedit, United Kingdom

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