Disappointing Speakers You Have Owned
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Coming from someone who obviously knows speakers. :rolleyes:ka7niq wrote:.Maybe the 2.5's were 4 ohms and the yammahammer dd not like the load ?~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Many "nominal" 8 ohm speakers can dip down to lower impedances.Coming from someone who obviously knows speakers. :rolleyes:
My experiences with Klipsch has been limited to the Heritage Line, and the CF 4's.
The KG 2.5's are small speakers by Klipsch I haven't paid much attention to.
That is why I asked the impedance.
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Hey, chew on this ?George Grand wrote: »I'm going to insist you spare me that ordeal there Slick. My friends don't seem to care for you (they have impeccable taste in humans), and that's good enough for me.
I do not care IF you OR your friends like me, understand ?
It means nothing to me.
Your strategy of being rude to me is going to prove unsuccessful, because I don't give a ...., understand ?
This is the Polk forum.
It belongs to Polk, and is for their customers, all of them.'
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I can barely read this through the tears.
Unsuccessful? I think not. How about your strategy of being a long-winded blowhard? Nice technique. Looks like it's working out pretty good for you, as you are in fact a STUNNING bore. Good night cupcake.
NEWS FLASH guys. Some 8 ohm speakers can actually dip below that impedance. I'm glad I stuck around. Ever occur to you that's why they are called NOMINAL? Are we all going to get a lesson in something that every freakin' person on this forum already knows? Blowhard. -
Hey, chew on this ?
I do not care IF you OR your friends like me, understand ?
It means nothing to me.
Your strategy of being rude to me is going to prove unsuccessful, because I don't give a ...., understand ?
This is the Polk forum.
It belongs to Polk, and is for their customers, all of them.'
NOT just a chosen few.
I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, it is offered as friendly advice.
It's obvious that the opposite of what is written above is true. When one seeks acceptance at any cost, even at great cost to one's dignity, such as the case here, there is an issue that needs attention. I would encourage talking to a professional in your area as it's never too late.
Good luck to you, sir.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
He might know Dr Phil......before Dr Phil became famous he designed a few speakers in Speaker Builder magazine.The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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Jesse,
I think you're right. Special K really needs some help.
A regular psychiatrist couldn't even help Special K. Special K needs to go to like Vienna or something. You know what I mean? Special K needs to get involved at the University level. Like where Freud studied and have all those people looking at him and checking up on him. That's the kind of help Special K needs.
Not the once a week for eighty bucks. No. Special K needs a team. A team of psychiatrists working round the clock thinking about him, having conferences, observing him, like the way they did with the Elephant Man. That's what I'm talking about, because that's the only way Special K is going to get better.
Cheers,
Russ
Like I said, the Bozo filter works great, you don't have to even be bothered with it.Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
I'm waiting for him to build a showcase with pics of all these speakers he owns/owned using other peoples images he found on the interweb
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Gee...I hope I'm not wading through a minefield while I throw my own two cents in...Back to the original topic, a couple of pair of speakers I owned (and I've owned far too many) that were disappointing were the KEF Reference 4's (tremendous build but just lackluster sound) and NHT 2.9's. On the 2.9's it was more of having to have your head in a vice to get great sound out of them.
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Roof cleaning huh. Fallen off a couple?Denon 3806 Receiver
Denon 3910 DVD
Oppo BDP-83 Blu-Ray
Outlaw 7500 300w x 5 @4 Ohms Amp
58" Panasonic 800U 1080P Plasma TV
SVS PB-12 Plus Sub
Lsi25 Fronts-Cherry
LsiC Center
LsiFX Surrounds
SMS-1 Velo Sub EQ
PBJ Interconnects
Blue Jeans Cables
Everything was going just fine till my buddy poked the cop in the chest and said "did Andy give you your bullet today Barney?" -
Bose and JBL N series.
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Klipsch LaScalla's - loud and obnoxious. Traded them back in for Chorus II's - again, loud and obnoxious. On the bright side (pun intended), I traded them back in for my first set of LS-90's. I had those for 20 years and now a friend has them. After a 2 year sabatical, fortunately, I scored a nice pair from Russman. They are keepers. The moral of the story? Sometimes you need to kiss a few toads before you find your match.
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We have all had our share of disappointments with speakers we had high hopes for.
I will go first.
Martin Logan Monoliths - these were going to be the LAST speakers I ever bought.
They were bright, the woofers did not blend with the electrostatic elements, and sound was thin and disembodied.
I spent megabucks on the right amps/cables/preamps/cartridge/tt/etc, etc.
Finally gave up.
New owner got lucky, ML changed the speakers to roll off a bit on top.
He got retrofitted, no charge.
Monsoon Planers - I had the middle of the Monsoon Line, a tall planer hybrid.
Had a zingy treble, thin mids, just not very good, no matter what amp used.
Klipsch LaScala - Screechy, ear piercing sound, even with tubes, and folded horn tuba coloration, yuk.
None. My first pair was Polk M10 S2 bought new in '91 and my second pair, LSi-15's bought this year. -
As far a dissapointing goes I would have to go with my old Boston Acoustics A150's. Just not very good speakers overall.
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Big CV's
I had Infinity's for a while, and changed my taste in music. I had always wanted the big Cerwin Vega's, and ended up getting some. I returned them 2 days later. Big flexible boxes, and drivers just meant to go loud just didn't do it for me any more.Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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Is this true?...before Dr Phil became famous he designed a few speakers in Speaker Builder magazine -
Read Corey Greenberg's rave of the Paradigm Mini-Montor in the old Audio magazine. Purchased them and the more I listened to them, the more I was disappointed with them....etched highs and boomy bass. Yuck!
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I never heard that before.mhardy6647 wrote: »Is this true?
But if it is true, perhaps he will have some good advice when a set of speakers you buy or build turns out to be a big disappointment.
I have a pair of Infinity Prelude Pfr's in the bed on my pick up as I post this.
Just bought them, went over to Orlando to get em.
Had em before, but in a much smaller room.
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Technics SB-LX7 they did nothing right, and this was before I knew what decent audio was, the part that sticks in my memory most was they did not have bass, they farted, and I figured with a 12"er and a flared port it should sound decent(I was a basshead). I took them back 2 days after I purchased them, and went with a Panisonc sat and KLH sub setup. The KLH is gone now also it was a 2 note boomer.
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My first speakers were technics as well. I don't remember the model number but they sold for laround $150 per pair back in 1985. I thought I was building a real high end system at the time. I kept blowing out the tweeters.
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Technics made some old speakers called Linear Phase.My first speakers were technics as well. I don't remember the model number but they sold for laround $150 per pair back in 1985. I thought I was building a real high end system at the time. I kept blowing out the tweeters.
Looked like pregnant Kangaroo's.
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Yeah Russ, that kind of help.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Just before I got my RT2000's I bought a pair of Paradigm Monitor 9's. These speakers did absolutely nothing for me. I took them back 2 days later. At first the owner refused to eimburse me. But after I told him that if I kept them, they would just be used a paperweights, he gave in. I took that money and got the 2000's. Man, what a difference.:D
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I never heard that before.
But if it is true, perhaps he will have some good advice when a set of speakers you buy or build turns out to be a big disappointment.
I have a pair of Infinity Prelude Pfr's in the bed on my pick up as I post this.
Just bought them, went over to Orlando to get em.
Had em before, but in a much smaller room.
Thought I would try them again.
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I have a pair of Infinity Prelude Pfr's in the bed on my pick up as I post this.
I hope you were are on your way to the local Goodwill or county dump. Infinity made a couple good speakers but that isn't one of them.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint. -
I have all the issues of SB from 85-99 and even had an article published in 93 but don't ever remember Dr Phil being a contributor.:Dmhardy6647 wrote: »Is this true?Testing
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To the roof cleaning guy in the house. Is your secret ingredient elephant snot?
You can learn much more on this board than audio. [hint, hint........]~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Boston Acoustic A40s. Moved me not at all.
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Monitor Audio Bronze B1s.
Without a doubt the worst I have tried. I was looking for some minimonitors on the cheap... and he had a set of these Monitor audios... and I heard that their tweeters can be laid back, and I like laid back... so I tried them out. God awful. My PSBs beat them in every way, same with my 17 year old JBL 2500s, my $100 JBL control monitors, ect... Even the RTi4s with the sizzly tweeters was preferable to these things.
The veneer was vinyl, cheesy black grain vinyl. But they were compact so that is what mattered... but the sound. They sounded like listening to music through a musty sock. My wife hated them more than me, what does that say? OH, it was because of the sound quality! No WAF problems here.
