B&W 606 Bookshelf Speaker Review

But I will admit to being a bit biased as my personal history with the speaker fortifies my love for it.

I bought a floor model pair from a store in Toronto. I sold two pairs of Mission speakers to purchase them.

I have used them with every amp I’ve ever had in-house. Both personal and for review:

• They have been used as mains for a two-channel setup.
• On my record shelf as part of my DJ setup.
• On my desk set up as mixdown monitors.
• In a Home Theater set up as front channels but…
• …also, as rears when paired with my old 683 Floor-standers.

They have served me well and I am loyal to them as everything I have played through them has sounded great.

Since then, B&W has iterated the 600 series with newer models, and I have been super curious to see what they sounded like. I got to first hear the delightfully smaller sibling, the 607 S3. It turned out to be a better-constructed, more refined, tighter, and more coherent speaker than my 685s.

And now, at long last we have the 606 S3 in for review.

Going off of the 607 review, I had high expectations, as the 606 shares the same tweeter, and similar cabinet construction but with a cabinet and larger mid-bass driver.