B&W 607 vs 607 S2 Anniversary Edition

Yaayuh! · 1 Feb 2021 at 17:01

I'm interested in getting the B&W 607 but cannot find anywhere that compares the new 607 S2 AE with the outgoing 607 and whether it's worth paying an extra £150 for, because i'm currently thinking it's not worth it.

I have heard the 607 in the past with positive results, but I cannot just waltz into SSAV or RS and trial at the moment.

Can anybody here offer any insight?

signs · 2 Feb 2021 at 12:06

hi
its pretty much all about your room , is it possible to order online and audition at home ?

i have B+W 603 , love them

hornetstinger · 4 Feb 2021 at 20:14

Can't see the point of just changing because of revisions. I'd look at higher end models and/or different brands

a1ex2001 · 10 Feb 2021 at 20:50

No way any difference will be worth £150 in my opinion. The speaker design has not radically changed between the generations so I’d save yourself some cash.

Sp00n · 11 Feb 2021 at 11:08

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/bowers-and-wilkins-607-s2-anniversary-edition

Not a literal direct comparison but they discuss the improvements over the original 607s, whether they are worth the extra £150 is rather subjective.

Things change I've changed · 11 Feb 2021 at 17:50

That review is talking out of it's backside seriously, I've spoken to a few trusted hi-fi shops and they have said the difference is very minimal,

Here is a fantastic comparison between 606 and 606s2 which would be similar to the 607 vs 607s2 in terms of differences, use google 'translate to English' and it reads very well,

https://www.avmagazine.it/articoli/audio/1469/supertest-b-w-606-vs-b-w-606-s2_index.html

Also,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyHlsu7LDDE&t=587s

Their conclusion was that they could barley hear the difference with very minimal differences.

I chose the regular 606 over the 606s2 and was recommended to do so by a friendly chap at Peter Tyson as it was much better value for money and arguably best for in it's class at the it's out going price, I got mine @ the reduced price and an extra 20% off via eBay promotion so very happy.

Firegod · 12 Feb 2021 at 17:25

I love my 606 speakers too! I wouldn't spend the extra for the slight tweak that the s2 gives. Got mine from Peter Tyson too. :cool:

Martynt74 · 25 Feb 2021 at 21:55

Bit late if you bought some but saw this and thought it might be of interest.

https://petertyson.co.uk/open-box-bowers-wilkins-607-standmount-speakers-matte-black

Yaayuh! · 1 Mar 2021 at 08:53

Thanks for the info guys. I didn't settle with the B&W in the end, wasn't a massive fan and changed up the positioning to near-wall so ended up with the ELAC Debut B5.2 instead, very happy with them.