Bowers and Wilkins 685 Standmount Speakers
The new Bowers & Wilkins 685 Standmount Loudspeakers are just about one of the best all round performing speakers you buy today for under £500. They have quickly established themselves as the one to beat and ruffled a few feathers in the camps of the competitors.
Measuring 198mm wide by 340mm tall with a depth of 331mm and a sensitivity of 88db into a nominal impedence of 8ohms, the Bowers and Wilkins 685 loudspeakers really are the one to beat at the moment.
Borrowing heavily from their more illustrious and expensive brother, the B&W 805S Standmounts, the 685s are essentially a cut down version using very similar kevlar drive units and crossover components without the same standard of finish lavished upon the B&W 805's - mind you to be fair they are £1200 cheaper !
However what you do get is a geniune all round performer that is very hard to catch out and like the best of the rest costing under £500 manage to get the music right more often than not and in doing so embarass many other makes with a price tag two to three times as much.
It is no wonder with a performance like this that What Hi-Fi quite correctly awarded the Bowers and Wilkins 685 speaker the prestigous 2007 Product of the Year in the Stereo Speaker category.
If you planning to upgrade in the not to distant future and have a budget of £500 set, then the Bowers and Wilkins 685s at £380 are an absolute steal and a must audition.
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