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Reviewed by:
Tone
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
November 17, 2004Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.30 of 5,
10.00 votes
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Review 1 of 51
Price Paid:
$400.00
from Sound of Music Summary:
Okay, I was in the market for a B&W LCR600 S3 and lucked out to find a used mint condition predecesor LCR6 S2. I had just hooked up the newly acquired B&W LCR6 to my right stereo channnel and played Rush's Tom Saywer, then look over with wide eyes at Michelle (total babe girlfriend). As I pan the balance left and right to the sweeet-sounding Mission 764 tower and then to the LCR6 she confirms immediately that the B&W sounds way better....and that I'm "NOT EVEN TO THINK ABOUT UPGRADING TO MORE OF THESE EXPENSIVE SPEAKERS!!" Enough said??
I'm not into $30,000 stereos, but I am into $7,000 ones, and have been for 2 decades - even my $7,000 car stereo has a JMLAb front end in the form of high end component Focals. So take it from someone who is probably right for your price range (considering you are looking at this regularly $750 Canadian priced Center Channel and not a $2,500 one) - this speaker sounds warm, clear, sweet and makes me want to turn that sweetness up more and more. I detected no harshness whatsoever in 2 channel stereo mode, and expect the same once I integrate it into my surround system.
As expected, at 89db and 8ohms the B&W seems to require ample amounts of clean power, but what a payoff in sound quality. From this experience I may soon end up uprading everything to this next level of B&W speakers.
Note: I purchased this unit used so it was probably broken in upon arrival - from the other reviews I suspect this is an important thing to remember if you are buying one of these or a LCR600 S3. Strengths:
Warmth, texture to sound, clarity, looks. Weaknesses:
Requires lots of clean power, no banana plugs Similar Products Used:
Mission
Paradigm
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Reviewed by:
starguygwb(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 5, 2003Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year |
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Review 2 of 51
Price Paid:
$400.00
from Alma's HiFi Summary:
Since selling my pre-amp, amp combo to get into surround sound, I've been listening with B&W 602s2, and 601s2 but with a center channel given to me from a friend. I found this center at my HiFi shop and brought it home. WOW what a difference, I've had to rewatch all my movies again to see(hear) what I've been missing. If you have B&W speakers and want to match the center channel to them, go ahead and give a listen if you can find one. I got lucky when my shop bought extra when they found out there was a new model coming. Strengths:
Really allows voices to come out, matches very well with 602s2, nice bass, bi-wireable. Weaknesses:
only in black, have to watch which end is which when laying on top of tv.(bass is at bottom, and voices at top) Similar Products Used:
DCM's,Definitive tech.
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Reviewed by:
Huy Nguyen(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 3, 2003Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month |
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Review 3 of 51
Price Paid:
$400.00
from Dong Thanh Co.,Ltd. Summary:
I got this speaker for the center channel after comparing with Jbl S center, Klipsch Rc-3, AR Sc2. LCR 6 S2 is the best speaker. Klipsch Rc-3 is the next crisp, clean but it needs more bass. Strengths:
Crystal clear, deep, dynamic sound Weaknesses:
Too weak grill Similar Products Used:
Jbl N-Center
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Reviewed by:
dcmulli(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
June 10, 2002Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year |
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Review 4 of 51
Price Paid:
$375.00
from Sound Innovations Summary:
I needed a larger center to match my mains(B&W 605's). So I upgraded to the LCR. The LCR made my CC6 sound like a toy. Crisper highs with a much deeper bottom end. The midrange matches the 605's pretty well also. Don't waste money on the CC3's or the CC6's. The LCR6 is well worth the extra money. Strengths:
Deep Bass and crystal clear highs.
Very Dynamic!!! Weaknesses:
A lttle large to put on top of a TV.
Needs to be availible in other wood colors. Similar Products Used:
B&WCC6,BOSE 151,
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Reviewed by:
rock-man(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
March 29, 2002Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
 3 of 5
Used product for
1 to 3 months Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
4.00 votes
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Review 5 of 51
Price Paid:
$450.00
from Sound Advice Summary:
I purchased 5 LCR 6s2 speakers powered by
a Onkyo TX-DS797 6.1 receiver and M282 amp
for Newton S300 surround back speakers.The
center speaker sit''''s on my Sony 32HS20 and
the other 4 on StudioTech SC-24 stands. I
choose all the same to listen to SACD''''s. I
Have a Sony SCD-C222ES SACD player and using 5 matched timbre speakers the sound
is fantastic. All cables are silver serpent between components. Everything sit''''s on Standesign DTV-40,3-shelf video rack. Also there''''s a Sony DVP-NS700P dvd
player and a JVC SVHS u9600 vcr. The sub is a Velodyne CT-150 to make up the low end. I had to swap out the casters on the rack because of the weight with heavy duty
casters. The living room is 22''''x 14''''. Strengths:
I found these speakers to live up to the many reviews listed here. Weaknesses:
You need good quality cables, I use silver
serpent biwire cables for all 5 LCR 6s2 from bettercables.com, The S300 are monster XP 14 awg cables. I choose these
speakers cause of price and their''''s a switch to go between bipole,dipole and mono. Similar Products Used:
Harmon Kardon MK25-2 receiver,HK tape deck
cd player...etc.. and Cambridge Soundworks
speakers.
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