ive been using quad 989 speakers for my main listening for a few years now. recently removed some old PA speakers from my church and on a lark hooked them up at home. These things are ugly. big horns free standing on a massive plywood bass horn enclosure with a 15" driver. really thought the bass would be huge. oddly they sound great with small music, accoustic, vocal, think nora jones, late johnny cash. big rock causes fatigue. When i went back to the Quads they were almost boring. better sound top to bottom but boring. The horns had very little bass but the top end and midrange were positively exciting. I love my quads but they lac the excitment and dynamics of the horns. any suggestions for a middle ground or best of both worlds.
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Topic - mad speaker decision - littlefred2@gmail.com 05:51:29 03/04/17 (35)
- RE: mad speaker decision - JURB 10:12:41 10/18/18 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - KanedaK 00:29:28 10/15/18 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - fstein 14:14:28 03/07/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - russ69 15:39:54 03/05/17 (0)
- Best of both worlds? - E-Stat 13:48:28 03/05/17 (0)
- Dynamic contrasts... - mkuller 11:51:10 03/05/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - George S. Roland 09:44:42 03/05/17 (0)
- find a friend with a good sub woofer you can borrow....... - vinnie2 03:50:13 03/05/17 (1)
- Agreed - G Squared 04:34:20 03/05/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - Ozzy 03:46:58 03/05/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - RGA 22:49:32 03/04/17 (16)
- Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? nt - Rick W 13:32:28 03/05/17 (15)
- I was interested in the Boenicke W5 until I researched them - Dave_K 06:39:24 03/06/17 (7)
- Agreed. nt - jusbe 09:35:25 10/14/18 (0)
- Hmm, that's surprising. - Rick W 09:11:21 03/06/17 (5)
- RE: Hmm, that's surprising. - Dave_K 16:02:25 03/06/17 (4)
- RE: Hmm, that's surprising. - Rick W 13:29:45 03/07/17 (3)
- Desmond sounded like Desmond - Dave_K 10:18:59 03/08/17 (2)
- RE: Desmond sounded like Desmond - RGA 17:26:13 03/08/17 (1)
- I used to attend shows - Dave_K 07:33:45 03/09/17 (0)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? nt - RGA 17:13:19 03/05/17 (6)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? nt - PAR 00:59:20 03/06/17 (4)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? nt - RGA 01:31:34 03/06/17 (3)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? - PAR 06:23:07 03/06/17 (2)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? - RGA 18:04:20 03/06/17 (1)
- Yep, sounds very good to me. nt - Rick W 10:22:54 03/07/17 (0)
- RE: Heard any of Boenicke's speakers? nt - Tidycat1 20:59:20 03/05/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - SgreenP@MSN.com 12:45:54 03/04/17 (0)
- Tannoy Prestige - Bill Way 12:34:31 03/04/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - Mick Wolfe 10:15:10 03/04/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - PAR 07:43:10 03/04/17 (3)
- More refined indeed... - Ivan303 08:50:03 03/04/17 (2)
- RE: More refined indeed... - PAR 09:56:12 03/04/17 (1)
- Bass is going to have to come from a well integrated sub... - Ivan303 18:11:55 03/04/17 (0)
- RE: mad speaker decision - bullethead 06:18:26 03/04/17 (0)