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Te koop aangeboden: een set van twee bowers & wilkins (b&w) vm1 speakers. Deze veelzijdige luidsprekers zijn zowel staand als liggend te gebruiken en kunnen dienen als stereo speakers, surroun
Timing doesn’t really matter here because this is an older early-2000s design, but that also means you’re shopping a known quantity rather than a moving target. At €59, this looks like a strong buy: recent used listings cluster roughly around €40–€80 for singles and about €80–€150 for pairs or cleaner examples, so €59 sits on the cheap end unless this is a badly mismatched lone speaker.
The appeal is the VM1’s compact, wall-friendly form and the clean, lively B&W voicing that made it a solid home-theater and surround choice. If the driver surrounds are intact and the cabinet/stand hardware is present, there’s good value here for a tidy secondary system, rear channels, or a small-room setup. The main thing to verify is completeness, because these often lose stands or mounting bits; otherwise, this is the kind of modestly priced vintage B&W buy that can still punch above its ticket.
Independent perspective — not a price guarantee. Always verify condition, accessories and provenance before purchase.
Bowers & Wilkins traces its origins to 1966 in Worthing, West Sussex, England, when John Bowers, a passionate audio enthusiast and former electronics shop owner, founded the company with the help of a £10,000 bequest from a satisfied customer, Miss Knight. Bowers, who had honed his speaker-building skills as a hobby while running a radio and TV rental shop with partner Roy Wilkins, launched the venture from the back of that very shop. This modest beginning fueled a relentless pursuit of audio perfection, establishing Bowers & Wilkins as a British icon in high-fidelity sound reproduction.
The brand excels in premium loudspeakers, from flagship studio monitors like the legendary 801 series—adopted by Abbey Road Studios in 1979—to accessible Domestic Monitor lines such as the enduring 600 Series. Its portfolio has expanded to encompass high-end headphones, including the iconic P5 and Zeppelin designs, alongside wireless speakers and formation systems, all emphasizing advanced driver technology, precision cabinetry, and Continuum cones for unparalleled clarity.
Positioned firmly in the high-end market, Bowers & Wilkins commands respect among discerning audiophiles for its engineering excellence, musical accuracy, and heritage of innovation. Far from mid-tier or niche, it rivals the elite, blending cutting-edge research from facilities like Steyning with a reputation for reference-grade performance that defines luxury hi-fi.
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