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Originally Posted by cjd
Yet you recommend Def tech, known for harshness, second only to Paradigm... And I think Yamaha is known for brightness.
When undersizing speakers like these options clearly are for the room, the dispersion and focus of the horns are likely beneficial. YMMV.
whee. 
Also, I'd actually recommend he build a false wall ~1' from the real wall; flush-mount the TV, and good in-walls for the speakers. The space behind can also house properly sized subwoofer boxes (and by house, I mean mostly become...)
Hard domes are harder to work with, but sound amazing done right. Horn loaded actually sorta makes it easier, because throat reflections can help tame the natural nastiness and peaks on the top end.
For commercial stuff, they rarely take the time or $ to implement well (IMO). That said, I appreciated soft domes a bit more (though some of the ceramic domes are amazing... pushing closer to ribbon territory, and the best I've ever heard were ribbons.)
C |
'recommend' is a very strong word. first he balked at the cost of anything over a $300 2.1 sound bar, and then was posting links to other audio places.
i was trying to keep with the places he was already looking, as best buy is crap for anything other than the extremes of the low end and high end.
my actual recommendation was going to be this, but all of the mk402 bundles are out of stock for the next 2 months, which defeats the purpose of recommending it
https://www.parts-express.com/dayton...oofer--300-746