Wondering about B&W DM 640s?

geppy1
geppy1 Posts: 3,075
edited March 2014 in Speakers
Wondering about B&W DM 640s There are some for cheap with some slight damage. Anyone ever used them? Thanks
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited March 2014
    I had a pair of dm 610i bookies. Same tweet and an 8 in woof. Nice sound. Tight bass. Really good for ht. I would imagine that the kevlar mid would sound even better
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited March 2014
    Personally I'm not a fan of that kevlar driver. It colors the sound too much in my opinion. Thought it sounded excessively "dry" on a pair of DM 602s. Man they could get loud and stay composed though. Only demoed some rock stuff on them. Didn't get a chance to try anything else.
    Display: LG 47" LCD | AVR: Marantz SR5005 | BD: Panasonic BDT-210 | CD/SACD: Oppo 980 |
    Amps: Rotel RB-990bx | Marantz MA-500 | Speakers: Totem Mite : Totem Mite-C : RC60i | Sub: HSU VTF-2 MKIV

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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited March 2014
    drummer86 wrote: »
    Personally I'm not a fan of that kevlar driver. It colors the sound too much in my opinion. Thought it sounded excessively "dry" on a pair of DM 602s. Man they could get loud and stay composed though. Only demoed some rock stuff on them. Didn't get a chance to try anything else.

    Those drivers were designed for specificaly reducing coloration. Not sure what you are hearing as coloration.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Those drivers were designed for specificaly reducing coloration. Not sure what you are hearing as coloration.

    I agree as I find B&W speakers clean, detailed, and forward; a very different speaker than Polks.
    Jake
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited March 2014
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Those drivers were designed for specificaly reducing coloration. Not sure what you are hearing as coloration.

    Maybe I'm hearing a lack of coloration as coloration. They were incredibly dry-sounding to me. I've worked with marching drumlines for the past 10 years and we use a kevlar-woven head for the snare drums to keep the tone very dry even when the heads are under extreme tension. To me, the drivers in the B&Ws sounded like kevlar, not like music. In theory the kevlar driver makes sense, but in practice it just wasn't for me. Granted, this was only one pair of B&Ws and wasn't intended as a blanket statement for all models.
    zingo wrote: »
    I agree as I find B&W speakers clean, detailed, and forward; a very different speaker than Polks.

    Maybe I heard a bad set then because I thought the tweeter was anything but forward. It sounded very laid back to me. The tweeter was my favorite part of the speaker by far though. Very clean and detailed for sure. I liked the sound of it very much. The speaker was very well balanced from top to bottom, the overall sound just wasn't for me.
    Display: LG 47" LCD | AVR: Marantz SR5005 | BD: Panasonic BDT-210 | CD/SACD: Oppo 980 |
    Amps: Rotel RB-990bx | Marantz MA-500 | Speakers: Totem Mite : Totem Mite-C : RC60i | Sub: HSU VTF-2 MKIV

    HK AVR635 | Polk R30 | Sony DVD/SACD Player
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited March 2014
    This is making me want to re-listen to those 602s though. Maybe I didn't give them a fair chance.
    Display: LG 47" LCD | AVR: Marantz SR5005 | BD: Panasonic BDT-210 | CD/SACD: Oppo 980 |
    Amps: Rotel RB-990bx | Marantz MA-500 | Speakers: Totem Mite : Totem Mite-C : RC60i | Sub: HSU VTF-2 MKIV

    HK AVR635 | Polk R30 | Sony DVD/SACD Player
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited March 2014
    drummer86 wrote: »
    This is making me want to re-listen to those 602s though. Maybe I didn't give them a fair chance.

    Source material makes a huge difference. I cant listen to some of my poorly recorded cds anymore on my cdms. That said, well recorded stuff really shines through.
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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited March 2014
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Source material makes a huge difference. I cant listen to some of my poorly recorded cds anymore on my cdms. That said, well recorded stuff really shines through.

    It probably had more to do with the fact that the only other speakers in the room for comparison were Monitor 60s. The 602s should some more laid back and "dry" than those. I know what I'm going to do this weekend now...

    See if I can put together a Totem/Dynaudio/B&W comparison test.
    Display: LG 47" LCD | AVR: Marantz SR5005 | BD: Panasonic BDT-210 | CD/SACD: Oppo 980 |
    Amps: Rotel RB-990bx | Marantz MA-500 | Speakers: Totem Mite : Totem Mite-C : RC60i | Sub: HSU VTF-2 MKIV

    HK AVR635 | Polk R30 | Sony DVD/SACD Player
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  • geppy1
    geppy1 Posts: 3,075
    edited March 2014
    Interesting
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited March 2014
    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/Home_Audio/600_Series/explore.html

    Check out the 600 series too.


    Whats your budget looking like?
    B&W CM9Classé Sigma
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  • geppy1
    geppy1 Posts: 3,075
    edited March 2014
    They would be very cheap but ar beat up so maybe not a good idea. I put up another thread. on a different brand.
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