Have been listening to these every night since Tuesday. You know a speaker is decent when you can sit at a table, listening for hours and not doing anything else except focusing on each song. Last night, I kept meaning to stop but each song that came on was a good one and I did not end up prying myself from these until 2 AM. Sitting here typing this post, it also occurs to me that I can't wait to do it all again tonight after work over a couple beers.
Admittedly, I have no 'golden ears' and I can't really give a damn about the audiophilia perpetual chase of perfection or concerns, other than low distortion and solid, balanced, believable performance. In other words, I don't have the attention span to really grade speaker quality beyond what I hear.
Speakers like these, that I spent roughly $300 for the kit a few years ago, is exactly why I will never see the value in a pair of bookshelf speakers costing 10, or even 5x as much.
I do have another set of these NLA tweeters though, and am considering building the partial original kit that Meniscus audio still has available for those who have them. This time in H. mahogany perhaps. These have truncated faceplates but I could likely fashion some round ones at work since I have aluminum flat stock of this thickness.
I believe these were manufactured by Usher audio and rebranded by Dayton, perhaps. Either way, in light of these recent listening sessions, I feel fortunate to have them.
