Did Bowers and Wilkins FIX their WORST Speaker? BW 606 S3 REVIEW
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► Did Bowers and Wilkins FIX their WORST Speaker? BW 606 S3 REVIEW
00:00 INTRO
00:19 BOWERS AND WILKINS 606 S2 RECAP
00:54 B&W 606 S3 - WHAT’S CHANGED
02:20 B&W 606 S3 SETUP RECOMMENDATIONS
02:54 606 S3 - TREBLE, MIDRANGE & BASS PERFORMANCE
05:22 THE S3 - COMPATIBLE MUSIC GENRES
06:52 OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS
07:53 BOWERS AND WILKINS 606 S3 FOR HOME THEATER
08:35 MY CONCERNS
09:25 SPEAKER COMPARISONS
09:38 B&W vs REVEL
10:09 B&W vs FOCAL
10:35 B&W vs SONUS FABER
11:11 MY FINAL THOUGHTS
11:47 KRISTI’S EXPERIENCE
14:07 A/B TEST - FOCAL THEVA NO 1 & B&W 606 S3
19:39 QUESTION OF THE DAY
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You have to start reviewing Dynaudio speakers, you'd love them due to the tight bass and amazing mids and highs. Heritage Special is THE reference speaker at the price range. Special forties are amazing as well. Thanks for the amazing content!
Kristi is going to put you in the dog house lol
Gotta say. This is why I trust your reviews. Both of you share your opinions so clearly and open, even if you don't agree. And it's good for people to know and hear why. Love the review.
This video actually highlighted the difficulty you guys have with reviewing speakers. So much respect. Great as always. 🙏🏻 I’m putting these on my short list.
Thanks so much!
I found this review so interesting it just further proves that what we hear can be so different. But really this is what makes the hobby so fun/varied and why there will never be one answer to what is “best”. Thanks for the brilliant video
Glad you enjoyed it!
As always, love your reviews, but this one was even more interesting purely because of the way this ended - not as much the agree-to-disagree bit as two people so into this kind of life and yet hearing practically as different a sound as you guys did. You could of course have edited all these out, but kudos for keeping all this in! Makes me love you guys even more!! Thanks Andrew & Kristi!
Love the new retro intro. Thanks for keeping your channel stylish and consistent over the years. Oh and the B&W’s are pretty nice too!
Thanks!
As always, a fantastic review Andrew and Kristi. Keep up the good work! :D
I bought the S2 of these speakers for my TV setup after having the 607 S2s on my desk for a good year or so. I found they worked awfully in my room and my Denon AVR-X2300W was genuinely struggling to drive them. What you found in your S2 review I watched shortly afterwards perfectly aligned with my opinion and ensured me it wasn't just my ears!
I had the box sat around ready to return them before deciding to try an amp upgrade (which I'd been meaning to do anyway), and ended out getting an Arcam SA30 and using the built-in Dirac feature to correct it. Night and day difference in terms of tonal balance and clarity, but the soundstage has taken a massive hit due to the amount of DSP I've had to throw at it. A friend of mine said "Listening to your S2s is like listening to a line array at a club. A big, hefty, fun wall of sound, but a wall of sound nonetheless. There's just no stereo width!", and he also described them as "compartmentalised" and "clinical", which I'm inclined to agree with - they're tonally flat now, almost to a fault.
I'm definitely curious to demo the S3s in my room to see if they need as much DSP / room correction to make them sing. For the kind of content I watch and the kinds of music I listen to, the S2s are super fun, but after demoing the 706 S3 bookshelves at a hifi show in a hotel room that was far from ideal acoustically, I realized how awful the soundstage and cabinet design is on the 606 S2s!
Might have to pop down to the local audio shop and get a demo of my S2s, the 606 S3s, and the 706 S3s and see what my ears prefer.
Cheers!
Good to hear the different views from both of you.
Although not in the market for these, I have enjoyed the review for the listening differences , obviously your ears have some different opinions.
Great review. I appreciated that you both shared a different perspective on the B&W and Focals. What was really refreshing was to hear you both be respectful of each other’s views and realise that two people can come from the same experience and have a different (and valid) perspective/preference.
If anything, it’s really good news if you live in France. The entry level Focal speakers often go on sale 50% off after several years. The Theva is 700€ right now. Just wait for them to drop to 350€ and pull the trigger.
I bought my B&W 606S3 one week ago without any audition since they were so new. After a full week of listening to them in my small bedroom I am happy with my purchase of S3 even though they are now around US$200 more expensive than the old S2 which are still available and I had an audition of them in store. I need to thank you Andrew for posting your honest review on the 606S2 that I stayed away from. Very appreciate your review especially your test and post of the frequency response in your listening room.
One more comment. I really like the thoughtfulness that this video has inspired and I appreciate the conversation for todays video. It’s good to see a healthy disagreement.
And this is also why I like buying Hifi from companies that have an excellent return policy and allow for an in-home trial.
Been listening with some of your recommend test tracks, WOW you selected some amazing songs to reveal your setup's abilities.
Love this channel, the reviews. The Robinsons! I’ve heard, listened to soooo many stand mounts. Elac UniFi 2.0 is still the most complete stand mount I’ve heard. A simple, clean, beautiful presentation. For about 550 a pair right now. 🤷🏻♂️
Watching the review through my Theva No 1s … great video as usual!
Great review as always. I just started checking out your reviews. I recently upgraded from 702 S2 to 702 S3 and I can say B&W improved on the S3 tremendously. The insane highs have been toned down plus better lows in the S3 and assume the same also applies as you indicated on the 600s.
Really appreciate you both for your opinions and differences between them, I mean I REALLY appreciate this aspect of your reviews. Once again one of your best videos. Andrew and Kristi, superb work. 🔥
Thank you so very much!
Hey another great video, I wanted to thank you for sharing links to your equipment and cables. Which introduced me to Decware I ended up purchasing there speaker cables and interconnects, these replaced cables several times the cost and they are amazing. Definitely my end cable...thank you both again for all you do ....
Production value of these videos just keep going up. Well done and smart move to slow the pace of videos.
Hi Andrew! Thank you so much for the reviews. I would love it if you could review the Elac Vela line of speakers, especially the floor standing ones. There isn't really any reviews on RUclips about them. You rock!
Good job guys! Great stuff as always!🙏
Nice to hear the S3’s are improved. I moved onto the Lumina 2’s several months ago though and I like them too much to go back to B&W.
The speakers do look nice in the wood finish 🙂 Nice review and commentary Andrew and Kristi !
Good review 👍
But more excited about 603-S3 Tower review through your channel especially you love tower speakers
I bougth 606 S2+Audiolab 6000a combo; I loved them. After I changed 606 s2 for Lumina 2...wow amazing synergy. Please talking more combos and synergy. Good video.
Great take here. Appreciate what you both heard and described.
Don’t change your perspective Kristi. I love the differences in opinion. Every ears are different.
first off, still love the new intro.
Secondly im amazed at your ability to recall details from speakers that you may have reviewed years ago, like the lumina II.
Next live stream I'm going to send you a superchat and ask you to list everything you have in inventory. :) I bet the list is remarkable.
Would welcome the conversation. Re: the Lumina II, we still have them and use them regularly so comparing them A/B here was very easy.
Great video friends! I really like the aesthetic on these ones, but I would definitely need to compare to the Sonus Faber before choosing. Have a great Sunday!
Happy Sunday! Thank you for sharing your acumen again and again. Have a great week!
Thanks for watching and same to you!
While you aren’t taking credit for the change in the tweeter I bet you played an outsized role in getting them to fix that issue. Enjoyed this review. And I love that you guys can present different views on speaker perceptions. It actually makes it fun.
I think this video exemplifies one of my struggles with several “audiophile” videos. Specifically, it’s the word choices and language used. Not being an audiophile, I don’t understand certain terms in regards to sound systems…round sound, sibilance, etc; whereas, more generic terms I think I understand. Maybe having a video that explains and demonstrates several of these key terms could help many of us understand better.
I'm happy that B&W finally did something about that tweeter for the better.
Nice, good song choices, i love the bass notes at the beginning of the song castle. Its a good way to test bookshelf speakers bass in my opinion
I’m late today, but I’m glad I watched the review! So happy to see you have a much more enjoyable time with the 600 series speakers. And since the tower has always been a favorite of mine, I imagine all that pertains to it as well and then some. So that’s awesome. Gotta find a place to listen to them first then probably lose my mind and replace MLs with these. That white oak finish is just so damn good. Great review and I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday and weekend!
Hi Vadym! I love the look of these speakers too with the oak finish! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! 🥰
@@LeezahB thank you, I’m doing great. Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday as well.
Knowing that you like a more direct and detailed speaker, I wouldn't be shocked if the new 600 or 700 Series would be right up your alley!
As always I love your reviews - it’s like two in one and I love it! Keep up the good work you two.
I’m selfishly hoping one day you can review a current model Zu audio speaker. I’m interested in them for personal reasons and I think your opinions on them would be very interesting!
Everyone raves about the Zu speakers. You can also give them an upgrade when you buy them which is really cool.
I don't know which I like more... When both agree it is a safe purchase, but when they don't, the product they are reviewing has something that makes it very interesting. Good video.
Love the new intro! Great content.
I just got back into HiFi after a few decades. I still had my Onkyo intregrated from the early 70s. I bought an Emotiva preamp and a entry level power amp as well. Speakers were Fluance signature bookshelf. I consider my system midFi but sounds good to my ears. I do watch all your videos and like that you both don’t always agree in a fun way. So many speakers to choose from I get decision paralysis. I’m not going to buy anything yet because the next speakers will be my last ones. Keep the videos coming love the content.
It would be interesting to see a video of the two of you having an audiometry, and see what difference there is between the two and if that could explain the difference in what each one hears, think about it, it could be an interesting and fun video
Love your speaker reviews!! So captivating! (Love that word!)
Thanks so much!
OMG!! I typed captivating before I got to the part in your review where you used that word!! How's that for synchronicity? I don't know about you, but I have chills! :)@@andrewrobinsonreviews
Hey guys,you’re discussions between 606 and Theva’s is just great and explains time and time again that you have to listen first,and for some reason i get a feeling that you are both right. In my experience if a speaker have more pronounced region below let’s say 300Hz,they get little bit of that more spacious feeling,or “3d”,and maybe that’s why Theva’s sound bigger to Christi. Anyway,great review once again!
Really appreciate you watching through to the end!
That was a very interesting review, specially vs Focal. I'm curious about B&W new versions. I love Focal sound.
Always great reviews on home audio 😊👍🏿
Glad you like them!
Hello AV needs! Tuning in at home now after spending the day at the airport waiting for flights that would canceled… ugh! Hopefully I’ll be watching your next I installment from NYC… UGH!
I need a livestream! I love those Thursday afternoons.
These look gorgeous in your space. And just to make sure my TV is calibrated, what color is your T-shirt this time? 😂 Just messing with you guys...
Beautiful picture of Santorini.
I've only ever had the 2007 685 Mk1 which was a marvellous speaker. Soundstage was tall and wide, with good depth. Can't wait to hear these.
You may find the new 606 S3s to sound completely different if you're current or last experience was from 2007, hard to say. Thanks for watching!
Another great and fun review! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for watching and for being a part of our community!
I really enjoy your review. quality video. clear information what audience want to listen.
I appreciate that!
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Oh wow I hoping you guys would review this I the coming weeks. You just made my day. I will be back with questions shortly. Thanks guys
Can't wait to hear your thoughts.
@@andrewrobinsonreviews Another well balanced review. I hoping they would be much better than the S3 and they are, which is good.
If you have a choice to pair an audiolab 7000A with 606 S3 or LS50 meta, which combination would you pick for a medium room? In UK 606 S3 cost £749 & LS50 meta cost £999. Would you save £250 and get the B&W or pay the extra and get the LS50 meta paired with the audiolab 7000A?
Thanks, excellent work guys.
Excellent review, as usual. It would help me a lot if I were on the market for that kind of speakers. Small detail irrelevant to the review, the pronunciation of Fils-Aimé should be more like "Fiss Aymay" (iss like bliss, ay like in mayday). Keep up the good work !
Hello,
I absolutely love your videos and this one is too good.
You are one of the very best youtubers out there for HIFI gear. Very informational videos I must say.
This one too you have explained it so so well.
You being so experienced I wanted some help and guidance.
I currently own the Choras 826 powered by a Nad C388 150w per channel Integrated amp, streamer being blusound node with the JL Audio E110 sub. I am planning to buy the Focal Sopra N2s and upgrade my amplifier later.
Just wanted to know if the power on my Nad is enough to drive them at moderate volume? do not want to risk damaging them.
Also, what amplifiers would you suggest with them when I plan on upgrading later.
Thank you so much for your help in advance man.
Cheers
I was between these and the Focal Theva. I ultimately went with the Theva because I found a pair on sale for $920 shipped, and I'm admittedly a bit of a Focal fanboy (Clear Pro is my preferred headphone). Hopefully when they show up next week, my experience will mirror that of Kristi's.
I really do love the fact Kristi had such a diametric view, same physics, but listening experience varies so much. Our nervous systems and minds are all unique. Perfect example was her impression that the brightness impacted vocals giving them “presence” in the particular material versus Andrew’s view that it was a peaky mess.
I had a chance to do a side by side at a local Best Buy where they had the 700 and 600 bookshelf speakers in their special demo room. I don’t know how to interpret the frequency response plot that was done, but those 10db swings in the base frequencies and drop off below 45Hz affirm that I heard weak bass, and that it is much helped by a sub (which I did switch on in the demo room). I think the 700s had better mid bass because dialog felt stronger, some could debate if that is worth 2x the price. It is for me because unintelligibleness really bugs me.
I think you should both get an extensive hearing test, seriously. It would be interesting to see how you both hear frequencies, may explain how you evaluate speakers differently. I bet an audiologist would be interested in this sort of experiment.
Everyone hears speakers differently.... speakers are very, very subjective to every different person
I love it! Younger people allowing different opinion, yay! I am considering the 600 series 3's. More affordability is important as well. I enjoy listening to your review when you bring your "partner" to join in.
Good review as always and I love those two new chairs; what a great room presentation.
If I may, as a point of suggestion from a subscriber currently deciding on stand-mount speakers for a 17x23 living room full of hard surfaces, such as tile floors and one complete wall of French doors, offering viewers some thoughts on room types speakers may appropriately
accommodate would be extremely helpful. Personally I feel these would be far to elevated in the upper region for my room. I think a little focus on this aspect would elevate this review and provide viewers with a better understanding of where these would work best, and thus more data to make an informed buying decision. Again, just a suggestion.
Keep up the great work and have a great Sunday!
Appreciate the suggestion and YES you are correct in thinking these may be too much for highly reflective rooms. Thanks for the note and for watching!
Hi Andrew, thanks so much for this review. May I ask how would the 606 S3 compare to the Focal Chora 806, and the Wharfedale Diamond 12.3?
Planning to choose one of these 3! I mainly listen to Alternative/Garage/Blues Rock. Thanks 😊
Thank you for posting your videos.
Would you consider making a video on how you became an audiophile?
You have such indeph perspective , wondering what your background is and how someone can learn what you know.
I like the “my concerns” chapter. It’s honesty to the next level. Overall it seems they’re very good, but the personal taste comes into play more than with other videos
Perfect example that different ears lead to different conclusions and the lack of stores to listen to various and different products makes it very difficult to choose what's right for us.
Great video! Andrew have you ever listened to the B&W matrix 3 series 2 speakers? I know they are old… That was the first high end speaker I bought. Curious to hear your thoughts.
Awesome review! Best yet IMO.
These speakers aesthetically fit your room so well with the wood and white front baffle. It's almost like they made these to match your back wall!
It does feel that way at times. Appreciate you tuning in!
Love your room!
I still have the 601 S2 and over the years, like a fine wine, they play better and better. I changed a few amps, but I didn't come across a better speaker for my taste.
Finally, a two-channel audio review instead of home theater.
I love my Sonus Faber lumina ii speakers. I'm sure BWs are nice, but it's hard to beat the lumina ii
The Lumina IIs are beyond excellent!
Another awesome video.. love the way they look!
Andrew and/or Kristi, have you ever heard or demoed the Klipsch RF7 III? It feels like youve testes every other klipsch product but I coulsnt find a peep on your channel about the RF7's..
Any thoughts on that speaker? Or plans to perhaps review em?
This review peaked my interest. So did the review for the Focal Theva. You make it seem like they’re “good enough” for a smallish room. Anything more expensive is luxury? I wonder how these speakers compare to my Closer Acoustics OGY at 2x the price. I would gladly audition them. I briefly heard the KEF LS50 wireless II and KEF LS60 in a showroom. They sounded well balanced but (slightly) artificial. I thought that the KEF LS60 was just 20% better than the LS50 wireless II. LS60 has better bass obviously.
Ultimately, shopping for a speaker is confusing as heck. But my current pair is really really nice.
Maybe the both of you try this speaker with different amps and note the differences, and post a follow up review, using it for making a case on getting a good speaker first that you can grow with or vice versa.
Thanks for the review-much appreciated! I'm looking at some new speakers to match up to a Yamaha A-S701 for a small home office (11' x 13'). This will mostly be for music. Music genres will be acoustic, jazz, and blues, as well as rock and alternative. Would these be a good match?
Hi Andrew n Kristi , in comparation with speakers , why not break it into which speaker are better in high frequency, mid vocal and bass both quantity and quality ,so that can be clarified what people into the type of speaker that they will be happy with !
for me the types of tweeters and mid-woofer drivers are the most important design i wound care about then next would be the clarity and separation from crossover is the second most important part to evaluate for a good set of speakers .
Q Acoustics Concept range is my favourite speakers in clarity and separation being used as reference point in these area .
like the Polk R200 are good in vocal (weighty) and bass quantity n quality, but the tweeters is not good enough for their sparkle in comparation to B&W Focal or KLH tweeters .also separation isn't outstanding on R200 too.
Thank You.
Good morning! Very interesting review, because I remember your last review of the B&W 😊. And, I appreciate that you two disagreed but were ok with it. You brought it home in the end. 😊 By the way, I heard the original B&W and they were bright and harsh. I look forward to hearing the new units.
Thanks so much for watching and for watching all of the conversation. It's one of our best IMHO.
That’s a beautiful looking speaker. Not the sound I’m after but damn they look nice 👌
I own the 606 S1 and a pair of 607 S2. To me, they kind of suck on the audiolab 6000a, but on my Rega Elix-r mk3, they really sing.
Thanks for another great review. Do you think the Technics GX70 would be a good match for these speakers?
On the subject of B&W . A few years back, we had the football.
A little later, it blew up, and from what I hear, it's a common problem.
Well here in Western Australia.
Our voltage is higher than should be due to a stuff up years ago and has never been corrected as would be difficult. We are typically floating around 250 260 volt and can peak higher instead of 240v..
Must say you remind me of Tim Allen.
It would be interesting to compare them head-to-head with Kef LS 50 meta because I am considering these 2 options for purchase
I keep thinking the Philharmonic line of speakers would be a perfect match for you to review but they are hard to get with their limited runs.They are beautiful looking speakers that use top of the line components and all for a reasonable price. I wish Dennis Murphy would send you a review pair of HT Towers.
Too neutral for them, they prefer uber bright. Honestly they have said some speakers are neutral like the r700 and they can sit in front of a b&w speaker. The in room measurements being flat is a bright speaker due to how our ears work, there should be a 2-3 db roll off starting around 100hz.
Well....the in-room measurements testify to what your ears heard. Excellent review ...again. Now do we have speakers that don't particularly measure well ...but sound good...yep (electrostatics, dipoles... especially open baffles). Nobody has to like the sound of your stereo ...except you.
That’s about the closest I’ve seen to you arguing with each other!! Brilliantly entertaining and both points well made. The take away from this I guess is go and listen before buying blind.
I'm actually REALLY proud of the conversation at the end because I think it not only shows you and others how we communicate and discuss speakers such as these, but also how I wish ALL hifi discords went opposed to the often insane shouting matches that we've all gotten too use to.
@@andrewrobinsonreviews exactly!!!🥰
Was interested that to you also mentioned the Lumina II was a good comparison to the 705s3 as well to these. How do these make you feel about the 705's in regards to presence?
One of many things I like about this channel is all reviews are honest no matter how big the brand is. Always look forward to the reviews. Thanks for sharing
I appreciate that!
Shout out to the great professional video production.
Much appreciated
Great video ,can you review the Musian knight 1 speakers ✌️
first things first @Andrew. Definitely like the new intro music more :D
I think both are great.
Kristi what do you prefer out of the S3’s and the Lumina II’s
I really like that you and Kristi can disagree with each other about gear. Honestly, it's refreshing, and I think it's great since a lot of what people hear is subjective. I'm a B&W fan and this is good news. :)
I am soon to hear the new series .. I figure at the next audioshow .. but I am still in love with my Lumina 2. ( Surprise!! I sold my Lumina 5 towers.. for the prospects of upgrading to a WAY higher level .. Børresen x3 ) ** assuming I can reach that budget **
BTW - I will ask someone on the team IF your channel is a good fit for their review .. if you wish. I think you'll be flabbergasted by those towers.. No joke.
Amazing review as always Andrew. Your channel is top of the class in hifi. How would you compare these to the KEF LS50 Meta's?
Would like to hear what you think of the KEF R3 Meta
Hi Andrews and Kristi, so you brought the B & W 606, S3 s, so are they your main speakers now? Because, I am thinking about getting the new 702, S3 speaker to replace my CM9, B & W I have now so what are your thoughts on upgrading what I have? Great job with the reviews
Thanks for this review. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason for using the -HF / +LF terminals together, instead of the conventional -HF / +HF (when not bi-wiring) that BW specs in the manual?
Good review Andrew! However you shouldn’t buy new speakers given that you have good speakers already. The thing about speakers is that if they sound good they sound good for many years! I bought some used s7 speakers 5 years ago and they still sound amazing. I demo high end audio occasionally as I live right next to audio perfection and close to stereo land.
Well done B&W! Let's go now for something completely different, as Monty Python would say. Wharfedale Evo 4.4 (and/or 4.3). Please get somewhere these speakers and do a review for us. Cheers!
Are the floor standing 600 s3 going to be reviewed?
Will the 3 way design be better than the bookshelf in the frequency dip you measured? Thanks
Hey randomly came across the fluance rt 85 while looking into vinyl players, they have a basic setup to get player preamp and speakers for around 1100.00 is this a good choice an an entry level setup? What’s the different between the rt 85 and rt 85n? Loved your review of the rt85!!!
Interesting that Kristi found them small with a sub, but maybe just after comparisons, but yet not more coherent in the midrange. Perhaps a beefier amp would solve that? Have you tried them with Emotiva or a Marantz receiver? I think my personal preference would go to less bass boost and a potent amp rather than the other way around, especially if the voice is clear as mentioned, get a good linear speaker and improve upstream when the funds allow, but I'm also not familiar with the Audiolab as an amp and it's robustness.
The 7000a is a great amp and definitely up for powering these. But Audiolab tends to go for a clean sound rather than fat and warm. It's certainly possible that a different combo could give a more pleasing result.
I am backing Kristi's ears lol....ladies have great musical perspective 😊
Hey, have you done a review of the most affordable, yet best,
short throw projectors and screens?
Andrew and Kristis viseo is the only thing I look forward to at 10 am on Sunday mornings...besides football at noon.
Thanks so much!
Must be tough.
Hang on in there😂
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First thing I look for when I wake up on Sunday morning. 👍
I agree.. watching A&K and now watching redzone football is my church on Sundays