B&W 603 S2 Anniversary Edition Speaker Review

B&W 603 S2 Anniversary Edition
Price: $2000 (Dec,2020)
TBR Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.9 (4.9)
Build Quality: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Highs: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
Midrange: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Bass: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sound Stage:⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Price: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pros: Impressive Scale and Dynamic Sound.
Cons: Occasional Bright Highs.

Associated Equipments;
TBR-DS Custom Speaker Cables.

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0:00 Set Up & In Room Response
0:59 Build Quality
2:47 Sound Quality
13:32 Sound Sample

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[lifebed]

Nice to see a current review on the Anniversary edition. I purchased these recently and find your review right on and very knowledgeable. I agreed with all your analysis and it reinforced my feelings about these great speakers. I too owned the previous 603.

[rmcssd]

Very nice and very honest review.. i own this over a year now and paired it with arcam sa10, and it blow me away… very engaging and very pleasant to listen for hours and hours, its not tiring at all…the more you listen the more you discover how lovely it was 😊

[Sebwolf]

Thank you for this stunning review!
We recently got a pair 603 S2 as well and we're - two weeks, owning them - still blown away.

[BrunnoSpinelli]

I’m very happy to listem someone like you. You show the evidences!!!!

[Dortch]

I must agree with your review, for my brother picked these up sometime in the past year, and I was impressed....not even broken in yet.

[adamalex]

B&W 603 Anniversary Edition is a big upgrade. I listened this speakers and it sounds amaizing for this price.

[benjaminjensen]

Another good review, i Hope you Will review kef r3 soon. Thanks tharbamar.

[giangvu]

My man, love your reviews! Seems like we have similar taste in hifi products.

[gregorypatton]

Ive never owned a bnw but theyve been on my radar for a while now. Maybe in 2021. Great review!

[mstak]

Just got the 603 regular ones for around 1200 usd and I'm in love with the sound 😁

[mohansk]

All your reviews are really great. Kindly change the song for sound demo please because hearing the same song again and again in almost all of your sound demo videos.🙂

[ikealamp]

Here in Holland you can now get the regular 603's for 1300 a pair. So tempting. I now have the 606's which are already great.

[andreasmoller]

Good speakers for the price camapared the. To 702 s2 that i was intrested in buying. But 702 s2 was still on another level

[Cooliewhistles]

Thanks for your great and honest reviews - I heard you talk about soundstage but not imaging. How do they image? Or do you consider imaging in your soundstage rating

[gregmccann]

Fantastic review. I couldnt agree with you more on your thoughts and comments. It was good to find this video after I had some time on them in the house. You confirmed what I was hearing, Odly enough they had a wider soundstage the the 700 series( tweeter on top) when I originally demoed them. I even had them move the speakers around to same spot. Went back and forth for 20 mins. Couldnt figure that one out . They were $2.3k/speaker?

Just picked them up mint demos for stupid cheap, and couldn't pass them up at the price after listening. Not what I was going in to demo them( martin logan 60 and 40 xti) Listend to Kef 950s as well. Was going in to see if they had some BW 703 s2's.

For music, I'm running a Schitt Freya N pre, and 1985 Hafler DH-220. At home in my room, they seemed bright at first until I gave them some room to breathe ( sidewall separation), little more rear and speaker separation completely different speaker. On axis at 0 toe.I had a little learning curve as well after listening to Klipsch KG4's loudly for 38 years.: )

Not to rehash review but what did stand out is low listening session resoultion is as described, incredible, clear, detailed and high "resoultion". Soundstage as well. I can sit off access of left and still hear the right speaker.
Not a party speaker, almost sounds like your in a studio with certain genres. Plays well above its price in my POV.

[mehmetcemalcepeloglu]

Hello. I appreciate your opinion on comparing these B&W speakers with relatively prevalent B&W 703 S.2's. It seems like the main difference between them is the woofers (Aerofoil vs paper cones). Three additional remarks: 1- I share your opinion/advice on using good headphones for YouTube Sound Demos. I am using my good old Sennheiser HD 380 pro's. 2- I like to ask why your Marantz network/cd player unit is absent. 3- Your cabinet is a handsome choice.

[kayakuprising]

Beautiful speakers..but why would you place a cover of the one and only Sade instead of just playing Sade? :)

[mammocas]

I got these speakers but ended up returning them. They looked gorgeous and I really really wanted to like them but found them extremely tiring to listen to. After a couple of minutes I would unconsciously start to lower the volume and want to turn the sound off. My ears would be ringing after. Excessive brightness? I got a pair of QAcoustics after and my ears are very happy now, no fatigue at all.

[BearsBlend]

Nice review! Maybe it would be an idea to go for the new 702 signiture. That might be your ultimate speaker.

[crazyME]

im sure the 603s2 are great speakers. but looks like the evo 4.2 in the background is what you've fallen in love with