SDAT as good as Usher Audio?
Soundideas said:
What is Tawaun driving these speakers with? Is that a powered side firing subwoofer? Why are these speakers touted as having dual 6.5" woofers on the front, then in the specs, say 5.5"? It's that way on most of the sites selling this unit.
91db/1w/1m sensitivity
4-8 ohms impedance (again, what the h*#% is that?)
20Hz-20kHz frequency response (I've got land in Florida if you're intersted)
600W max power handling (at how many milliseconds?)
300W optimal power handling (what the H&$@ is optimal?) how about rms?
Custom digital crossover circuitry (custom digital, wow)
1-in. silk dome tweeter
Detachable top tweeter
1-in. silk dome center tweeter (does this mean three tweeters?)
2 x 5.5-in. paper cone front woofer driver (it says two 6.5" in the descr.)
10-in. paper cone side subwoofer driver (powered? biampable?)
Black piano finish
For $249, you can do much better with a set of bookshelves. As of 6-5-05, Tawawn had 17 posts at ecoustics. He said he doesn't know what to do with his Mordaunt Shorts now that he has his Generic Chinese speakers. Geez. Didn't he also say Athena speakers were "bad?" He must have a metal eardrum.
Tawawn says here "
Well I would go with a used Nad intergrated amp they like current and amprage.You may be able to land a Nad at E-bay or audiogon the 320bee or 352." Well no sh!t. All those Generic Chinese speakers need to be plugged into a wall for sound. They do that so you don't blow those p.o.s. drivers.
John Dizoe chimed in and said "
Generic Chinese speakers sound and look like white van speakers to me. They look so cheap and corny that I can't imagine them sounding good. Tawaun and Richard probabaly work for the company, and are just trying to get people to buy them. " Well, glory be. What a revelation.
One of the ecoustic members compared the Generic Chinese speakers to Usher Audio speakers. There is no comparison. Please. And even then, Stereophile, who rarely slams anyone, slammed the Usher X-719 pretty hard - even at $1000 a pair. I will say Usher makes some pretty fancy looking speakers. Here's a cool looking set...a little more pricey though.
http://www.stereotimes.com/speak110203.shtm
The issue you get into with these very entry level chinese specialty speakers, is the cabinet and design ripoff effect. The idea is they "must sound good" based on their looks. Even the higher priced Usher's have stolen some of the top audio designs. Many of the speakers in the Usher “Compass” line’s “X” Series and Dancer Series bare a striking resemblance to speakers in the Sonus Faber speaker line - which is fine by me. They're not the only ripoff artists tough. The Snell XA Reference looks like a Thiel design, and the Carver Amazing loudspeaker looked like the classic Apogees.
Here's another look at the pretty Usher Audio speakers...
http://audioholics.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/main-speaker/Usher/PRD_142595_1594crx.aspx#reviews
Soundideas,
I'm not trying to be rude. If you want that, go back to the ecoustic circus. What I'm saying is you are not going to find the type of quality sound a guy named Tawawn in Dayton claims Generic Chinese speakers puts out. Generic Chinese speakers never makes claim to running with $1200 towers. They know better. Audioholics is a different type of forum than ecoustics. We don't argue rediculous claims like this. I know a few of their seasoned members have tried to lay claim, but there's just too many ignorant newbies and guests chiming in left and right.
I've gone way overboard here because I don't want other members wasting time on such nonsense. If Generic Chinese speakers wants to send me (or Clint or Gene) a pair of their speakers, have them pm one of us. Audioholics has already demo'd a similar set of towers - Canyon Audio, which is very similar to Fluance. They received OK reviews 3.5 out of 5 - (and IMHO only that high because of the price). Please take the time to read the review. I'm sure you'll (as well as Tuwawn) find it enlightening.
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/CanyonAudio310loudspeakers.php
[Edited out speaker name, and yes that review rating was heavily influenced by price - Admin.]
