So the M&K satellite speakers came today. I was super excited to get them all week. First thing I did was do an A/B test with these against my home-built Radio Snack Minimus 7 speakers on a two channel amp with an ipod playing mono recorded Beatles tunes, panning balance back and forth. Started with "A Hard Days Night". All M&K speakers tested fine, all sounding the same. But my Radio Snack speakers exceeded them in output, high end and all-around fuller sound. That 2-channel system has a Yamaha 50 wpc receiver and an 8" subwoofer, which I had off for this test. Then I tried (with 8" sub on) my favorite go-to song to test a system or speakers, "Stand and Deliver" by Mr. Mister (if you want a great test song, use this!) and again, my home-built ones were far better in every way. The woofers on the M&K's I believe are 3.25". My Minimus 7's have 4" woofers. I didn't think 3/4 of an inch would amount to much, but it turns out to be a pretty significant difference. And maybe that is the difference in sound. I did not use the metal cone set for this test. Those have unreal output and would automatically blow the doors off any other small bookshelves. For this test, I used Minimus 7's with stock woofers and tweeters and 2-way xovers I bought off of Amazon.
So I am a little dejected. But I can sell them. I will wait a few months so other bidders on that auction will hopefully forget about this listing ("why are you selling them already?"). But I am also blessed that my home-built speakers sound better than these that originally sold for $299 each 20 years ago! Makes me an even stronger believer in what I built. Now I need to build one more set so I can have rear heights in my living room system.
