warm sound
excellent bass performance
good for symphony playback

no weaknesses

[NOT GOOD IN ENGLSH]I am a classical music lover in China. I bought these speakers for my new house together with the CD player (Marantz SA8400) and the amp (ONIX A120MK2). i used to listen to headphones, i prefer Sennheiser's warm and comfortable sound. Since i got these speakers, i threw away my Sennheriser HD650, the sound of 604S3 is absolutely wonderful, espicially the warm string sound. With two bass speakers, the bass is made a little---fat, and hard to control. if the amp is incapable of controlling the bass (the Marantz PM7200), the bass is fat and not good to listen. it's a good choice for hifi and home theatre users. Yes, the sensitive of the speakers are made high, so a tube machine can handle that easily. that's all i wanna say. in a word: a good buy!

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DM603S3

sparkling highs , great mid range and bass that is very tight and present

finish is O.K. (Black Ash)

Bought these speakers as a demo off the floor - had a pair of dm601's and really liked the sound - very balanced - this led me to check out reviews and have a listen to these speakers - the DM604 series3. After going thru dozens of speakers the last couple years (carver alIII,Klipsch Cornwall2,Thiel cs3.5,Kef 105 s2, paradigm 20v3, dahlquist dq-10, jbl 4311b,etc.) I have found these to be the best I have heard - sparkling highs , great mid range and bass that is very tight and present - I have yet to listen to a CD that hasent sounded fantastic thru this speaker - the balance of the sound from top to bottom is what really shines thru on this speaker - other speakers I went thru had their good traits, but none were as good all around as these speakers - I'm using a B&K amp (225wpc) and preamp and a Sony dvp-7000 for CD - highly recommended

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4 year & still sound wonderful

NONE

Wow! It has been 4 years since I bought my pair of DM 604S3....They still sound wonderful. When I have parties I get great comments about the speakers...I will have to say that these are still the best speaker that I have heard and they are will worth the money spent. If anyone can find a speaker that sounds better and that has an excellent history in home audio speakers please let me know so that I can compare them to mine. Since the day I purchased these I have not went out to really list to home audio speakers, I really have no need to becasue I am completely satisfied with my B&Ws.

These speakers pump out enough BASS to where I have no need for a subwoofer even now in a larger house. I really enjoy listening to jazz and what a wonderful warm sound....You should go out and listen to any of B&W speakers trust me you will find what you sounds you have been missing.

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SInce I sold my BOSE speakers & bought these...there are none

Built quality. Bass.

Vocals are not good enough for B&W. Equipped with spikes only.

The speakers are very good looking and also well built. I see also no problem with grilles that has been mentioned below. Bass is powerful and clean. Even in very high volumes, speakers don’t have any problems whatsoever to cope. Unless you are a real bass-head, subwoofer is one too many.
B&W has always produced speakers with good vocals, so I expected 604 to do the job as well. It has all the prerequisites – it has Kevlar mid and Nautilus tweeter, but I must say – for some reason it does not fully deliver. The vocals are like bit separated from music and sometimes hard to position. Comparing to its little brother, DM602 S3, I actually prefer the vocals of later.
It also shows up on frequency response measurements. The mid-high of 604 is clearly on lower level than the bass. Comparing to 602 for example, the difference in balanced graph at 12kHz is -3.5dB.
To improve the soundstage I had to adjust equalizer to raise 2kHz +0.5dB Q0.5 and 12.7kHz 1.5dB Q0.5. But involving equalizer is not I want to do for any speaker that has B&W written on it. So I'm very sorry, but I can not give it 5 stars.

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Built quality. Bass.

Vocals are not good enough for B&W. Equipped with spikes only.

The speakers are very good looking and also well built. I see also no problem with grilles that has been mentioned below. Bass is powerful and clean. Even in very high volumes, speakers don’t have any problems whatsoever to cope. Unless you are a real bass-head, subwoofer is one too many.
B&W has always produced speakers with good vocals, so I expected 604 to do the job as well. It has all the prerequisites – it has Kevlar mid and Nautilus tweeter, but I must say – for some reason it does not fully deliver. The vocals are like bit separated from music and sometimes hard to position. Comparing to its little brother, DM602 S3, I actually prefer the vocals of later.
It also shows up on frequency response measurements. The mid-high of 604 is clearly on lower level than the bass. Comparing to 602 for example, the difference in balanced graph at 12kHz is -3.5dB.
To improve the soundstage I had to adjust equalizer to raise 2kHz +0.5dB Q0.5 and 12.7kHz 1.5dB Q0.5. But involving equalizer is not I want to do for any speaker that has B&W written on it. So I'm very sorry, but I can not give it 5 stars.

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Looks
Build
Sound - esp Bass

None really - although bigger spike holes could have been made for larger/better spikes

I bought these speakers as a replacement for a surround sound system i had stolen. Being a student i had to save a good time to be able to afford to buy them, as well as an amp, a cd player, and cable etc. I was originally attracted to there looks, and was reccomended B and W by my uncle, who works at Abbey Road recording studios. I love my bass, and wasn't expecting great things considering i couldn't afford a seperate sub, but the DM604's really knock my socks off - the bass is deep, powerfull, and if you want it - floor shaking. They really do belt it out. Midrange is clear, revealling sounds in music you never thought existed, and the treble is seriously clear and detailed. I never really rated treble untill i heard these speakers. I use a Marantz PM7001KI amp, and a Marantz 5001 CD player. Not the most high end of equipment, but i still get a fantastic sound, with zero distortion, even at room shaking volumes. Luckily I have fantastic speaker cable - moving earth reference series, at £250/m, and 12m of it, thanks to my uncle, so I can't comment on the difference hi end wire will make - as this is all i've ever used. My dad uses a Bose HiFi system, and the 604's knock it dead, his face when he first heard/saw it was priceless - as will your friends be. I defy anyone not to be impressed with these speakers - even if they work at Abbey Road.

Looks, sound clarity in mid range and strong bass delivery
Relatively easy to drive, even with an AV ampli like mine, though Tube amp definitely makes it sound a lot more sweeter
Can go loud, very loud and yet sound composed without distortion ... great for both Music and Movies

Needs mid to hi def. speaker cables and interconnects to be heard at its best.

Its good to see justice being done to these great pair of speakers. Its amazing how much they can deliver on this price range. My sound sytem,
- B&M DM604S3 main speakers
- Denon 3800 DVD Player, Yamaha AZ1 Amplifier
- Wireworld Analogue Interconnect
- EMI Abbey Moving Air Monitor Stereo Cables
- B&W C60 Centre, and B&W 600 Surround and B&W 650 Subwoofer
Even with the CDs played on the DVD player, the sonic detail delivered by these beautiful looking speakers is amazing. In my personal opinion, they look even better compared to the more exepnsive 704s. Upgrade the interconnect and Speaker cables to good quality ones and you will see a big jump in performance. Bass does not seem to be that dominant anymore and mid range sounds a lot sweeter and real. My next upgrade is going to be a dedicated CD Player (considering Cambridge Audio Azur C640) and probably Bryston 3B-ST as Power Amp ... I had tried KEF IQ5,IQ79, IQ9 and B&W 603, 704, 805S, Energy Acoustic floor standing speakers as well and settled for these due to their sound clariry, authority and beautiful looks ... a must have for any new player into the ever expanding world of HiFi choices ...

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Looks, sounded natural and warmth.

Heavy, but it's not a problem for me, 'cos it's not designed to mobile isn't it?

Sorry for bad english. Just bought this speaker about 2 weeks, but it sounded nice even not yet "break in". Driven by Prologue Two tube amplifier, it heard natural, very warm, clear and detail from top to the bottom. But I have to be patient to hear "the real sound" after at least 200 hours isn't it? I thinks it's good for jazz or vocal listener, coz it's amazing soundstage and naturaly sound.

Good speaker

The Low ...mellow.... DOMINANT Base

Sorry People, I know it is a verry good speaker. But for a classisal audiophile like me, the bass is to big. To dominant. It anoys me. Maybe for modern music it must be exellent. I am a 90-10% listener classical-modern.

Looks, sound quality and price

cheap spikes, grills, veneer can chip off easily at the corners near the back end.

This is a follow up review from my last one dated September 09, 2003. To keep tabs this set of speakers never seems to amaze my fasination. It is a truly marvelous pair of speakers I have ever owned or listen to. Versatile, able to perform under any conditions provided you pair it with a competent equipment. I use an Odyssey Mono Extreme amps to power up these speakers, mind you these sets are power hunger you need at least 200W to birng out the qualities it will not disappoint you. As you can read from my review on Odyssey Mono's it gave me great pleasure in listening and watching DVD's with deep well balanced bass no distortion at any level, clean well defined vocals and top of them all....LOOKS black veneer, yellow Kevlar cones with aluminum bass cones. Sounds comming out is amazing and the speakers would totally disappears, my 10 year old son would sit down with me and literally would come up to the speakers and make sure that the sound he hears in comming from the speakers. If I would upgrade my speakers right now it would be either B&W 804D, Martin Logan, German Physiks or MBL 101D I would greatly recommned this to my friends.

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