I went in with the mindset that they really just couldn't improve that much on the first gen of these speakers as they were already a benchmark for the budget market and offered amazing value that had never been seen before in this side of the market. Harold's Recommendations and Comparison to the Gen 1 speakers It honestly was like a different set of speakers, like I had spent twice as much or more on them! So these might sound pretty decent on a budget receiver, but they very much thrive when paired up with some nice clean power from either a higher end receiver or a real power amp, you will notice a large improvement for sure and it will really bring these speakers to life. The mid-range was greatly improved, the sound stage was huge and much more detailed, the bottom end cleaner and more pronounced. I really did not expect the receiver change to make a large difference, but when I hooked my SR805 back up the change was huge. When I first listened to these speakers I had them hooked up to a low end budget receiver and I was not very happy with the sound at all.
I have to say these speaker handle it amazingly well, they seem to reproduce the intensity of the clocks quite well without becoming too overwhelming and unbearable. The first track I always like to listen to on this one is Time, it is great for testing how well the speakers are able to handle the top end notes of all the clocks and how easily they will fall apart and become shrill and painful to listen to. I have been listening to this album since I was just a kid. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon - This is another album that I am extremely familiar with.
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While the midrange and woofer drivers look identical, they do have different model stamps on the back so they may actually be spec'd slightly different from each other although I am not certain.
They have a pressed in sort of carbon pattern to help make them more rigid and I imagine able to make them a bit thinner and lighter cones as well. The wiring appears to all be 18Awg copper wire.ĭriver construction - The drivers on these appear to be the biggest improvement over the previous generation speakers. Wiring and Binding posts - The binding posts are very solid feeling and are mounted to a terminal cup that is made of the same thick plastic the port is made but with a different texture. It has what looks to be poly caps and ceramic resistors. Port - The port is made of black plastic and is pretty sturdy and does not flex when I push on.Ĭabinet finishing - Cabinet is finished with a thin vinyl that is made to look like black ash wood.Ĭrossover construction - The crossover is on a PCB using an air-core inductor on the tweeter circuit, and an iron core inductor on the woofer circuit. The MSRP on this complete system is only $549 you can not really expect one inch thick MDF and rosewood veneers at this level, with that in mind I will try and describe the materials used to construct these.Ĭabinet - The cabinet is made of 3/8" MDF, this is the real stuff too not that porous HDF that most cheap speakers use. When looking at the build quality of these speakers you have to take into account the price of them.
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