RE: BW MM-1 speakers
It's a subjective judgment, I know, but I find the BW MM-1 speakers much superior to the Bose I have, which I disconnected and put away as soon as I heard the MM-1 quality. They're clear, the sound is full, the bass is balanced, and I hear words and musical moments I hadn't heard before. Installation was easy, and I needed no sighted assistance. The toggle control for on/stand-by is located on the left side of the power speaker. It isn't a button and it isn't recessed, but it sits between the upper and lower bands of cloth that circle the speaker. Similar controls appear on the right for lowering and raising the volume. To lower the volume, press the forward part of the horizontal band between the cloth, and to raise volume press the partner the back. As I understand it, the speakers bypass the PC's sound card, which surely helps maintain their quality. BW uses lit-up color codes on the power speaker to indicate various states. Red indicates off, blue on, slow-flashing blue stand-by. When connected to the PC for a firmware upgrade, the light switches to white. With this set, I find that the speakers turn off when the computer is turned off. The light turns to red. When I want to restore sound after the computer has rebooted, I need to take out and then reinsert the USB connection, then press the side of the power speaker to turn it on. When this operation succeeds, my system issues a confirming beep. Here's my reservation. The power speaker gets hot. I have it in a desk cabinet, but I've made sure it has plenty of space around it. Still, I'm sufficiently concerned that I routinely turn them off when I'm not listening to anything. I should have kept my Bose connected because I now lose JAWS's and MS's sound alerts. The Bose connected through the regular audio terminals at the back of my Dell, not a USB connection. The only BW update currently available for the speakers appears to have no real value for me. As I understand it, it keeps the speakers on standby during a reboot. On reflection, I prefer they go off completely, other than receiving power from the power cord (which does not cause the heat problem). IF BW ever replies to my request for assistance with regard to updating, I'll post their suggestion. I suggest you read the reviews at Amazon.com for more customer reactions: http://www.amazon.com/Bowers-Wilkins-Multimedia-computer-speaker/dp/B003R6U6 HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1322861412sr=8-1 The reviews at Amazon.co.uk are also helpful. At the time I was buying, it was two customers there who talked about the heat problem. Like me, at least one customer reported concerns about BW's tech support. A note for US consumers. When I purchased the MM-1s two weeks ago, Amazon was selling it at $499 through JR. I used another seller on that same page, Geminigadget, which offered the speakers at $50 less, with shipping included. The speakers arrived in three days. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van Deventer Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:52 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers Adrian Except for the update issue, are they really worth the extra cost do you think? Do they sound better than other speakers? According to the literature they do sound easy to operate. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: 21 December 2011 06:43 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted. It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: BW MM-1 speakers A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated; they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've received no response. does anyone have suggestions? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
BW MM-1 speakers
A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated; they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've received no response. does anyone have suggestions? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: BW MM-1 speakers
Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted. It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: BW MM-1 speakers A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated; they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've received no response. does anyone have suggestions? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: BW MM-1 speakers
Hi Adrian, give it ago. By the way haven't heard from you for awhile. Now that I have your address, let me wish you yours a very Merry Christmas, from the Barney Family in Sudbury Ontario Canada. Arthur Barney - Original Message - From: Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:43 PM Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted. It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: BW MM-1 speakers A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated; they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've received no response. does anyone have suggestions? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6729 (20111220) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: BW MM-1 speakers
Adrian Except for the update issue, are they really worth the extra cost do you think? Do they sound better than other speakers? According to the literature they do sound easy to operate. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: 21 December 2011 06:43 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted. It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: BW MM-1 speakers A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated; they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've received no response. does anyone have suggestions? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
