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In Reply to: RE: hi-rez acoustic suspension minimonitors? posted by budget minded on August 05, 2014 at 15:41:54
Role Audio specializes in sealed speakers with compact dimensions (not all of their speakers are sealed designs but the three listed above are sealed and are their most popular models). They have gotten some rave reviews so far and, despite being made in the USA using eco-friendly construction, are very reasonably priced.The Skiff and the Kayak monitors are great desktop or "bookshelf" speakers. The Discovery monitors are bigger and might sound a their best on dedicated stands.
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i've read a few reviews for the kayaks and am interested in them. one reviewer even liked them better than LS3/5A clones, but i'm troubled by the fact that they're a subsidiary of NSM which is SUPPOSED to be their "high end" line, but their model 10S uses totally unacceptable 1/2" MDF.
if kayaks use 1/2" MDF too, i'd put my former energy RC-10s with their ports plugged up against them any day. those speakers had awesome 5 1/2" kevlar woofers with aluminum phase plugs and the new standing waves reducing notches in their surrounds and a truly amazing aluminum dome tweeter with amazing speed and detail without a trace of aluminum signature i was ever able to detect. if only the had beefier cabinets, they'd run toe to toe with more expensive B&W and paradigms.
until i know that role doesn't use 1/2" MDF too, i'm leery of them. i emailed them before coming here to inquire about that. if they do use 3/4" MDF (NOT "green") then i'll take them more seriously.
right now, the $500 sonnance 622s thatr use 1" cabinets are really impressing me as potentially better than superzeros if only theyu use better tweeters.
If it's ported, it's distorted.
If these are closed box why do the pictures have a hole in the front panel.
Look again...Some of the speakers are ported and you can see the "holes" in their photos. The Skiff, Kayak, and Discovery speakers are the sealed ones.
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i really worry that the kayaks suffer from the same 1/2" MDF syndrome that my well reviewed mission M71s and energy RC-10s did because their parent company, NSM uses 1/2" MDF in a fairly expensive speaker
If it's ported, it's distorted.
i found out that the kayaks do in fact have 1/2" MDF cabinets in an email from them trying to sell that as acceptable because of internal bracing.
it's NOT acceptable to me, and i'm sure why there was a mention of box sound from them in stereo mojos mini shootout
If it's ported, it's distorted.
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