Product Description
Technical features Nautilus™ tube loaded aluminium dome tweeter
Kevlar® brand fibre cone FST™ midrange
Aluminium/paper/Kevlar® cone bass driver
Flowport™
Description 3-way vented-box system
Drive units 1x ø25mm (1 in) aluminium dome high-frequency
1x ø150mm (6 in) woven Kevlar® cone FST™ midrange
2x ø165mm (6.5 in) Aluminium/paper/Kevlar® cone bass
Frequency range -6dB at 30Hz and 50kHz
Frequency response 38Hz - 22kHz ±3dB on reference axis
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Submitted by
J
a Casual Listener
from Date Reviewed: March 11, 2012
Bottom Line: Biwired 683's into Rotel RC-1580 pre and RB-1582 amp. The synergy between the B and W 's and Rotel pieces go together nice. Use to own Kef tower speakers and found the B and W to be a much smoother sounding speaker compairing the 2 with the Rotel components. Room placement is so important for the sound presentation with the 683...the supplied foam port plugs play a vital role in overall bass tightness so you must experiment with these or you really miss out. What surprised me was how much better the 683's sound with the front cloth covers removed. Once removed the sound dispersion really opens up and becomes more airey and detailed. Have listed to many different styles of music from Bach to Coltrane to Hendrix to Metal and they do Classical the best I would say... not to say they don't all genres very good. I'm very pleased with my B and W's for the price range ($1400) they were at. They are a very refined speaker for this price range. For more money I would have bought the Salk Songtowers which are incredible with the right setup. Also the PSB's are just as good if not better than the 683's,I just happened to hear them recently with Rotel components and was impressed, I probably would have bought them instead. It's too bad more stores in my area don't carry more brands of home speakers. Back in the day the stereo stores had way more diversity with speakers you could listen to....sign of the times.
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gary bailey
a Audio Enthusiast
from Date Reviewed: September 27, 2011
Bottom Line: This is my second review of these beautiful speakers( sound & visual). Since I've owned them I've moved into a house that has a listening room just right for these speakers. 12' X 25' room that just lets them breathe. Currently I have Rotel seperates for surround, but I have bi-amped the speakers and WOW! I know what people mean by certain speakers need power. So when the time comes to upgrade, I'm going for a hi-end Intergrated amp, something like a Krell S-300i, Nad M3, or Luxman -l-505u but I would like some info on any of these amps if anyone has spent time with them. And which would match up with the B&W's the best. I'd hate to drag my speakers all over town to audition every amp. Summery, need space and power I think to get the best out of these speakers. I hope this helps.
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Peter
a Audio Enthusiast
from Date Reviewed: June 19, 2011
Bottom Line: Six months ago I got a good deal on the 684, my first "real" speakers. After reading MANY reviews and obsessing over my perhaps too hasty purchase, I made the decision to upgrade, partly because I was kicking myself for not originally shelling out the extra $ for the 683s. This time I did it right and spent more time listening, mostly to speakers in the 1k - 3k range by PSB, Paradigm, and B&W.
Well, my ears kept coming back to the B&W 683, a true 3-way speaker, which I feel is a significant improvement over the 684 in every way. While I would describe the 684s as excellent speakers too, especially in the midrange and treble. But for bass, the 683 sounds a world apart. Such a natural sound, like Ron Carter is right in front you. Better than any speaker I listened to in this price range (the B&W CM9 was probably better all around at 2x the price at $3000, but honestly I didn't hear as much of a difference as I thought I would). After listening to these for the last few days at home, I'm finding more and more that the midrange is a huge improvement over the 684 as well, perhaps due to the FST technology that's been passed down from B&Ws 800 series. Worth every cent of the $400 it cost me to upgrade: Better imagining, soundstage, bass, and clarity. Everything I've listened to on these speakers from Bach to Stan Getz to the Stooges sounds satisfying and absolutely-musical.
By the way, I'm using a Cambridge Audio 650c CD player ($700) and 550a 60 watt amplifier ($550). (I've heard varying opinions about if I would see a performance improvement with a higher-wattage amplifier. My experience is that it sounds pretty darn good with this one and PLENTY loud even at 10 o'clock.) I don't use a subwoofer as I've come around to the opinion that music on speakers with bass this strong sounds better with out one.
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meir cohen-israel
a Audio Enthusiast
from Date Reviewed: October 17, 2010
Bottom Line: the b&w 683 is totaly a great speakers with my rotel ra1070 amp, (100 wpc).
i've owned them now less then a month and they're breakin-in very well.
bass is fast and slam. yet punchy and full.
i have them in black ash and they pretty nice.
the most importent thing is that the b&w 683 is a very impresive sound speaker.
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Michael T
a AudioPhile
from Date Reviewed: February 16, 2010
Bottom Line: Way overpriced. I can think of about 30 speakers for the same money or less than these muddy sounding, Chinese made items.
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