B&W CM1's vs. ERA 5's

I work for a B&W dealer but the ERA's are better sounding to me.

Only thing to think of is in 3 years the B&W's will hold on to most of their value where as the ERA's will be well below that.

The best is to listen to them. Find a good dealer to help you.

Another way took at what Duane said, is that you can get a great deal on used ERA. I am a big fan of the ERA 4.

The ERA's are voiced by Micheal at Aerial and I am a huge fan of Aerial.

Actually the drivers were designed by kelly, the speakers were voiced by the owners of ERA. THey use a ARCAM AVR350 as a reference to voice with. I have a set of D4's as rears and D5 in another room. I've never heard the CM1's so no opinion there.

I stand corrected. I thought Kelly voiced them as well. The Arcam is incredible sounding and one of the most under appreciated products out there. We have one at the store I work at and it gives nothing up to any other receiver.