I have a cecilio violin CVN 500 and my daughter has the same one but 1/4 size. They are $180 each. We both love it. I put dominant strings on mine and had to have a new sound post, but my daughter has the steel strings that came with it and we haven't had hers check out. I think either we got used to the sound or because we have been playing on ours (about two months on mine, and one month on Dominant strings, and about one month on hers) our violins sound better than when we first got it.

The risk for buying cecilio violin (same risk for purchasing anything on line) you don't know if you are going to get a good one or a bad one. However, KKmusic has very good return policy if you received a damaged one and they answer your questions promptly. The fiddlerman has reviewed seven of them and they all sounded great (it has to do with his great ability to play, too).

If you read my other posts (e.g., kk vs amazon) you would know I also bought a CVN 100 ($90), but it was too small. Its appearance also did not look as good as the CVN 500 1/4 size.  I returned it mainly because it was too small for my daughter.