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Feb 28, 2009
So what’s so special about these puppies???
5 of 6 found this helpful Well, these speakers heavily borrow from the company’s top of the line Nautilus technology. Some of the new technology used in the current DM600 S2 series is in the tapered tweeter tubes, flat ring tweeter suspensions, bass/midrange bullet dust caps, Kevlar reinforced bass cones with 'mushroom construction' and Flowport technology. This IS heavy duty stuff at this kinda budget dudes! The DM 602 S2 is a 2-way 4th-order vented-box system with an ultra-cool looking 7 inch woven Kevlar cone bass/mid driver and a 1" aluminum dome tweeter. In fact, I’ve got it from one of the B&W reps that the 1" metal dome tweeter cap is right off of the top of the line Nautilus speaker. Impressive indeed!
Fine. So what’s so special about these puppies we asked!!!
AH, the sound! (geez, you are impatient bunch!) :)
But first! :o). The speakers were shipped along with a silly-ass pair of metal stands from B&W. Yuck! Too short and lightweight to be any good. What were they thinking? Thank goodness for the super Spica Gravity stands I use with my TC-60’s. They really saved the day.
Ok, the sound. First impressions were NOT all that. It was apparent from the start that the DM602’s were hot on top and that some heavy duty break-in was an absolute necessity. By the same token tho’ it was also fairly apparent that these speakers were not lacking in low end foundation. Yipes! Could these things shake the walls or what!?? I actually thought I’d forgotten to disconnect the Janis subwoofer!!! Again, this was a pleasant surprise.
The 602 S2’s began to flourish at around 50 hours with the tipped up high end definitely mellowing out by leaps and bounds -- not just spectral balance-wise -- but also by smoothing out as well. As I closed in on 75+ hours of the break-in period I grew confident the speakers had finally blossomed and the fun began! :-)
Bottom line with these little speakers??? THEY ROCK DUDES -- that’s what!!! Whew! These puppies do rock great!! I couldn’t believe how loud and clean the overall sound was. I mean, we are talking Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Rush (hi Steve!), Stevie Ray Vaughn, whatever. Don’t get me wrong, while I dig your Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony as much as the next music lover, it was just SO LIBERATING to rock out loud just for the fun of it! No worries about busting drivers, no worries about ultimate finesse, no worries about anything else (well, except maybe getting complaints from whiney neighbors - Hehe!). And all this without the added help of a subwoofer. Incredible.