Using many of the same technologies as the award-winning (and bank-breaking) Nautilus, the DM603 delivers top end performance at a a fraction of the price. There are few character marks on the cabinets, but they aren't noticeable at a listening distance. This is a perfect opportunity to audition a pair of these award-winning loudspeakers.
- Production
- 2006-07
- Condition
- 9/10
- Serial No.
- 0102392 / 0102962
- Orig. MSRP
- $1999
- Restoration
- Full 30-point service check
- Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis
- Factory Specs
Type 2-way loudspeaker bass-reflex system
Tweeter 1x 25mm (1") metal dome
Woofer / Mid 1x 180mm (7") woven Kevlar cone
Radiator 1x 180mm (7") paper/Kevlar cone
Frequency Response 47Hz – 20kHz ± 3dB on axis
Sensitivity 90dB spl (2.83V 1m)
Width 236mm
Nominal impedance 8Ω (minimum 4.3Ω)
Dimensions 9.3"W x 33.5"H x 12"D
Weight 42 lbs ea.
- Documentation
B&W DM603 Spec sheet
- The History of Bowers & Wilkins
- In 1966 following a bequest from an elderly lady called Miss Knight, John Bowers founds B&W Electronics Ltd. Because she was so impressed with John Bowers’ knowledge of classical music, and so pleased with the loudspeakers that he had made for her (as a hobby), Miss Knight left him £10,000 in her will to develop a...
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- Liner Notes
B&W significantly modified the series DM600 by implementing a number of recent in-house technical and technological solutions. The series in this vein was renamed into DM600 S2. In addition to S2 prefix in the title, DM603 also got a damping channel with exponentially decreasing cross-section for high-frequency head and woofer with paper-Kevlar diffuser instead of passive radiator. Two pairs of plugs made of foamed polymer of different density give space for experiments with basses. Restraining bass-reflex's activity by plugs makes basses slightly harder and a bit lighter. But the main feature of sound image is very open, wide panorama, the work of which owes much to the festive-bright and dustless high frequencies. It seems possible to refer such kind of "nice brightness" to specific features of sound of many B&W systems. Tactically paying the listener's attention on the periphery of overtone richness of sound, the system opens unexpected facets of singularity of "natural" instruments. The same can be said about vocal with slightly emphasized hissing consonants. Control points in the stage's image are well fixed: stage doesn't "swim" in space, places of performers don't disappear in quite wide movement area of a listener, depth is felt. We should definitely mention a perfect macro-dynamics of basses. The speaker system works with various genres in quite unique and at the same time nice manner, which is greatly caused by weak dependence sound quality from volume level. There are no contraindications for using B&W DM603 S2 in medium and even small rooms.
- Stock No.
- 7627012964573
Using many of the same technologies as the award-winning (and bank-breaking) Nautilus, the DM603 delivers top end performance at a a fraction of the price. There are few character marks on the cabinets, but they aren't noticeable at a listening distance. This is a perfect opportunity to audition a pair of these award-winning loudspeakers.
