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RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits)

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In Reply to: RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits) posted by thump on November 30, 2017 at 14:31:15

From 9-20' some metal dome can sound great. Get me any closer and the edge is always there. My Epos M5 are absolutely incredible at 12-15'. Up close, not so fantastic. Come to think of it, most near field pro models I can think of are soft dome or more recently ribbon. That tells me something about metal dome.

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RE: metal domes - thump 14:31:16 12/11/17 (0)
i used to sit about 7 feet from my energy RC10s and loved their treble. i didn't hear any sizzle or aluminum resonance. i'd still have them if it wasn't for their flimsy BOX resonances i find unforgivable in a pair of $500+ list bookshelves. the woofer was great too, but the boxy sound slowly started driving me nuts.

i could see how the average (read not port despising) listener (or lazy reviewer who refuses to used supplied plugs and report on them!) would love RC10s unplugged. they box resonances seemed to disappear the last time i listened to them on cambridge gear where i sold them, and they sounded extremely lush and musical where they were just a bit clinical on my class D panasonic.

metal domes were TERRIBLE, like CDs when they first came out... like fingernails dragged on a blackboard harsh! even B&W sounded bad on early digital.

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