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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: Unitmonster on May 27, 2005, 05:24:51 PM
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Brought them home last night. Slightly different stands, but they sound great! Powering them with a 50watt NAD integrated, playback on a Nakamichi MB1s CD changer, Tascam DA302 DAT, Sony ES series tape deck and crappy sony turntable (though I got a nice Grado cartridge for it last night as well, which really helps). Totally changes the playback experience with better speakers though!
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How do they sound? Warm, transparent?
+Toys :)
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I find them to be quite clean with great detail. My previous pair of speakers were towers that had tons of bass and mids, but crap highs. I was a bit worried going to a large bookshelf model that I'd miss the low end, but the 602's still have a lot of kick. I compared them in the listening room with the 601s and the soundstage is MUCH more impressive IMO. Well worth the price difference.
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If those are fresh from the factory, you might find that the bass improves over the next couple hundred hours. I noticed that with my speakers - deeper and tighter bass. And mine were half broken in when I got them.
I'll be really interested to hear how you like them after you've had them in your system a few hundred hours. I'll bet you like them even more.
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+T for Bowers and Wilkins toys !
What do you think of the tip-top-end ? Airy and fast enough for you ? ;D
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Thanks for the post. I've been considering these for music/2ch theater. The one question is the low-end, as that's the only real complaint I've come across...wonder how they handle a good ol' cruddy show.
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I once had a pair of those and they really opened up after a good 100 hours or so. At first I wasn't impressed much with the bass, but after a couple weeks they sounded great.
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I've got no problems with the bass response. I'm using them in a relatively small room (maybe 10x15) and I leave the 'Bass EQ' setting enabled on my amp to boost the bottom slightly, but even without it's good. I figure that if I ever move to somewhere that is a much larger space, I can easily add the B&W sub from the same series, but at this point there's absolutely no need. I've mostly been playing vinyl and studio recordings over the past few days, but I did pop in the Eaton remaster of 5-8-77 GD and boy, did it soud AMAZING. The warm, reverb-heavy betty boards really shine on these speakers.
Definately worth investigating for a 'poor man's high end' or if you have neighbours or roommates. If you've got a huge listening room and like cranking your tunes at top volume the 603s might be more your style, but I certainly have no complaints. Plus they look great!
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+T
Those are beautiful!
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