Would anybody ever buy these....
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Silver Member Username: QuigPittsburgh, Pa Us Post Number: 172 Registered: Sep-05 | i mean honestly.... http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=4315 |
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Silver Member Username: GangstafertJacksonville, Florida USA Post Number: 192 Registered: May-06 | I'd steal them.lol |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1053 Registered: Apr-05 | JBL had a two way bookshelf speaker with a beryllium tweeter backin the 80's. I have listened to them, since a buddy of mine bought a pair off of ebay. He was so excited about them, so he calle me to come in and do a sit down session at his lab when they came in. Unfortunately the beryllium is the only thing that allowed those speakers to hold their value. The speakers themselves were unsatisfactory  I havent heard the Focal ones, but I just wanted to let you guys know, that sometimes its not just the material of the tweeters diaphragm that makes a certain tweeter sound good. It takes a true engineer to design a quality piece. By the way, Focal isnt the inventor of the inverted dome. I have seen inverted dome tweeters from as far back as the late 60's and early 70's. The front face plate was made out of wood. I am not a Focal hater, but I am just stating facts about some over-priced european speakers that claim superiority, when in fact they just stole the idea from others. |
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Gold Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 1054 Registered: Apr-05 | http://www.madisound.com/accuton.html Here is another companythat is using expensive resources to build speakers. Personally I would take a Vifa soft dome or an MB Quart metal dome over these $2600 tweeters anyday. Scan Speak also has an excellent tweeter, but then again it comes at a higer price where most people draw a line. Dynaudio has the esotar that also will empty out your pockets. I love quality, but I wont compromise 1000% price difference for un almost un-noticable difference. Just my .02 |
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Gold Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 2442 Registered: Feb-05 | Focal Utopia Be's are nice sets of speakers. they are expencive sure and you get what you pay for to a point. tweeter materials don't always affect the sound. hard domes aren't always harsh and soft domes aren't always smooth. i think the boston pro's have silk tweeters and i'm always hearing about people who complain about them being too harsh. and the Cal 26's i have are Titanium tweeters and they are not the least bit harsh. as smooth and detailed as they come. just two examples i can think of off the top of my head. |
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