Don't You Hate it When...
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Your neighbor comes back from the local Tweeter store that's going out of business with a pair of new speakers and you pop in a song that you know well and it sounds better than your speakers. I've always liked the tri-lams, but newer technology just puts these tweeters to shame. The neighbor purchased a pair of Focal 828's with an aluminum/magnesium inverted dome tweeter with response up to 28KHZ. A very smooth sounding tweeter.
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I've listened to the Focal's at Tweeter several times, and I have tried to like them. There's something about them that to me hasn't sounded right. Unfortunately Tweeter never has any good source equipment, so I'm not sure I have been giving them a fair shake!DKG999
HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED
Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC -
They're definitely lacking on the low end. They bottom out around 40-45hz. The neighbor's running Denon's old flagship, the 5800. So he's got ample power to run the speakers. I tried to turn them up a notch or two to get a feel for the bass response, but he's still in break in mode and didn't want to open them up.
