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It is all her idea!
These are on sale again
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It is all her idea!
Been listening to both the Sonys and Daytons side by side. Both sound really nice, but the Sonys are better, and right now they are on sale for $88, just $8 more than the smaller Daytons.
Both speakers really need a sub, but there are some very nice budget options for that.
Neither speaker can play super loud without distortion, so I wouldn't use them for an application where you're really cranking it. But for a small to medium sized living room, office, or bedroom, either will do a great job...advantage to the Sonys.
Both speakers really need a sub, but there are some very nice budget options for that.
Neither speaker can play super loud without distortion, so I wouldn't use them for an application where you're really cranking it. But for a small to medium sized living room, office, or bedroom, either will do a great job...advantage to the Sonys.
Follow uptake a look at these:
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Dayton Audio MK402X 4" 2-Way Bookshelf Speaker PairDayton Audio MK402X Bookshelf SpeakersThe MK Series of home speakers from Dayton Audio are the best way to add rich sound with elegance and sophistication. Built to last, the MK series makes it easy to listen to for hours and hours with it non...www.parts-express.com
and.... skip to the 'conclusion' here:
Dayton MK402X Review (Bookshelf Speaker)
This is a review and detailed measurements of the ultra-budget Dayton MK402X bookshelf speaker. It was kindly sent to me by a member and costs US $70 a pair plus $8 shipping on Amazon. Note that this is the revised version of MK402 (hence the letter "X" after its model number). From the...
Been listening to these for awhile now and have them well broken in. I'm using them with a Fosi 2:1 mini-amp and Dayton's matching sub. The sub is pretty unique; it uses four of the same 4" drivers that the speakers use, in an enclosure tuned for sub-bass. And it does a surprisingly good job down to about 40 hz, which is good enough for most music (not so much for home theater). Very impressive for 4" woofers!
I'm sure these would show some deficiencies if measured on a calibrated mic, but they are extremely pleasant sounding to the ear, which matters more than a calibrated mic anyhow. I'm running them in my shop office and they are rockin'!
For $80 a pair, they are a great deal, a lot of speaker for the money. As with most small speakers, they really need a sub to cover the lower range, but with a sub they sound great.
These would be a great speaker system for a bedroom, office, or even a living room if not too big. And they could do home theater duty in a smaller room along with a larger sub that digs deeper. You could use these speakers for the mains and surrounds, and Dayton makes a matching center channel speaker for it. It would be an excellent smaller system.
Explanation of not using them in a larger room...the larger the room, the louder you would need to drive them. Simple physics; small speakers don't move as much air as large speakers, so they generally don't play as loud. These would do a larger living room if you didn't want loud volumes, but if you want to crank it, you need larger drivers. Gotta move air to create sound waves. This is why you see giant speakers at concerts and stuff.
The first gen of these were meh, but Dayton got it right on the crossover redesign! Well done!
No doubt!
I put in a budget system for a handicapped couple at church and used these, along with Dayton's 12" sub. These are the floorstanding version of the Dayton speakers mudflap linked to.
I have to say, they sound quite nice! They go surprisingly low by themselves, but with the sub they make a very pleasant and well balanced system. Probably not enough displacement for large rooms, but fine for small to medium spaces.
I fixed them up with these speakers, a sub, an amp and cables for under $600, and the system is VERY respectable!
I have to say, they sound quite nice! They go surprisingly low by themselves, but with the sub they make a very pleasant and well balanced system. Probably not enough displacement for large rooms, but fine for small to medium spaces.
I fixed them up with these speakers, a sub, an amp and cables for under $600, and the system is VERY respectable!
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word on the street....... these are some of the best values going on, and American made too!
tektondesign.com
High-end audiophile speakers made in the USA | Tekton Design
High-value, audiophile-grade speakers custom made to match any need - from studio sound to music playback in the home.
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I saw a review of those recently, and they gushed over them.word on the street....... these are some of the best values going on, and American made too!
High-end audiophile speakers made in the USA | Tekton Design
High-value, audiophile-grade speakers custom made to match any need - from studio sound to music playback in the home.
Still not cheep though.
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Ya gotta spend yer money on somethin' !
Man, I have been! All this building/remodeling is killing me! I just hope the income keeps flowing like it has been.
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Since there's no pricing listed (that I saw), I can only assume that I would need to get a reverse mortgage to afford them.
And they better sound amazing because they're butt ugly!
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then check out their turntable(s)......
cptlo
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Do they make sound bars?
Oswalds Mill Audio - Loudspeakers | OMA
OMA loudspeakers are so visually striking that many people think they are designed for visual appeal alone. And in fact OMA speakers have begun appearing in pub
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Oswalds Mill Audio - Loudspeakers | OMA
OMA loudspeakers are so visually striking that many people think they are designed for visual appeal alone. And in fact OMA speakers have begun appearing in pub
oswaldsmillaudio.com
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Technology has miniaturized most everything we use, giving us tiny mobile phones and slim computers with ever increasing power. Digital music puts an impossibly long playlist in your pocket. But sound waves cannot be made any smaller; it's just physics. Yet the trend within the audio industry to reduce the size of loudspeakers to the barest of minimums has resulted in poor, uninvolving sound which, combined with solid state amplifiers and digital music, create an experience that is hardly worth paying for. If you want music to sound like music, the size of the speakers matters. The speaker must be big enough to physically reproduce the source. A symphony orchestra or the Rolling Stones live is not going to come out of a 6 inch woofer without significant problems. We don't want to watch a movie on the tiniest TV screen, and with OMA speakers, you will understand the size and scope of music in a way impossible with conventional equipment.
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Oswalds Mill Audio - Loudspeakers | OMA
OMA loudspeakers are so visually striking that many people think they are designed for visual appeal alone. And in fact OMA speakers have begun appearing in pubSIZE
Technology has miniaturized most everything we use, giving us tiny mobile phones and slim computers with ever increasing power. Digital music puts an impossibly long playlist in your pocket. But sound waves cannot be made any smaller; it's just physics. Yet the trend within the audio industry to reduce the size of loudspeakers to the barest of minimums has resulted in poor, uninvolving sound which, combined with solid state amplifiers and digital music, create an experience that is hardly worth paying for. If you want music to sound like music, the size of the speakers matters. The speaker must be big enough to physically reproduce the source. A symphony orchestra or the Rolling Stones live is not going to come out of a 6 inch woofer without significant problems. We don't want to watch a movie on the tiniest TV screen, and with OMA speakers, you will understand the size and scope of music in a way impossible with conventional equipment.
Darn. I guess I'll go with the $50 sound bar from Amazon then.
Took the night off from working like a dog, and decided to compare these with another fav of mine, the Micca OoO. Names that because it's an M-T-M (midwoofer-tweeter-midwoofer) design and when laid on it's side, it looks like OoO. They are very close in price to the Daytons above, and they have twin 3" woofers instead of one 4" woofer. So very comparable speakers.take a look at these:
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Dayton Audio MK402X 4" 2-Way Bookshelf Speaker PairDayton Audio MK402X Bookshelf SpeakersThe MK Series of home speakers from Dayton Audio are the best way to add rich sound with elegance and sophistication. Built to last, the MK series makes it easy to listen to for hours and hours with it non...www.parts-express.com
and.... skip to the 'conclusion' here:
Dayton MK402X Review (Bookshelf Speaker)
This is a review and detailed measurements of the ultra-budget Dayton MK402X bookshelf speaker. It was kindly sent to me by a member and costs US $70 a pair plus $8 shipping on Amazon. Note that this is the revised version of MK402 (hence the letter "X" after its model number). From the...
The two speakers are very close in sound quality. The Micca has a very slightly better appearance with it's fake wood grain finish. I also have to give the Miccas a slight advantage in sound quality because the midrange is a bit more rich. Finally, The Micca being an M-T-M design, they could serve as a front three in a small home theater design by laying the center speaker on it's side. And I have to say, the bass response of these coming from 3" woofers is surprisingly good so long as you don't need high volumes.
The Dayton's are slightly more efficient and will play a bit louder before bottoming out. They really did a good job building a small and cheap speaker that sounds this good. But one thing I have notices about several of these small speakers that they designed to actually produce bass is...they accomplished this in part by using a 4" subwoofer instead of a woofer. That's great for bass, but they can leave the midrange lacking somewhat because subwoofer drivers just don't produce it well.
A 2-way speaker usually splits the midrange frequencies between the tweeter and the woofer. Subwoofer drivers have a hard time producing frequencies high enough to do the midrange right. This is why I feel the Miccas have better midrange, they use a woofer driver.
The Miccas actually do a bit better on bass than the Daytons, even though they use woofer drivers instead of subwoofer drivers. But that's because they use two drivers, they have an excellently tuned enclosure, and they attenuate the tweeter more. The latter being why they are less efficient.
But both are excellent small speakers for the price! Both would serve well for an office,. bedroom, even a small living room or home theater. Just don't expect either to blow your hat off, they just don't have the displacement to produce those volumes. They will produce moderate volumes, but if you want rock concert loudness, you need bigger speakers. Much bigger speakers!
I know...NERD!!!
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