RE: It depends on whether you're deaf or not...

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Posted by JonM on July 25, 2012 at 09:24:04

In Reply to: RE: It depends on whether you're deaf or not... posted by Crazy Dave on July 25, 2012 at 08:56:04:

My recollection from brief listening in a showroom long ago was similar to EdA's. I recall them as being muffled, thick, and ill-defined. Someone threw a thick blanket over everything. It took almost no time at all to hear they weren't very good.

How can a company make good turntables and cartridges and produce lousy speakers? Easy - different design teams, different design skills, different objectives. As far as I could tell at the time, the focus for the Empire speakers was on the marketing, not the product itself, as evidenced by the advertisement one of the other folks in this thread posted.

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Topic - Empire speakers... - Raymond Leggs 10:43:41 07/19/12 (18)

It depends on whether you're deaf or not... - EdAInWestOC 10:42:03 07/23/12 (3)

RE: It depends on whether you're deaf or not... - Crazy Dave 08:56:04 07/25/12 (1)

RE: It depends on whether you're deaf or not... - JonM 09:24:04 07/25/12 (0)

Don't sugarcoat it, tell us straight. (nt). - reelsmith. 20:05:35 07/24/12 (0)

RE: Empire speakers... - geraldm121 07:26:38 07/22/12 (0)

Great advertising ... - reelsmith. 10:15:32 07/21/12 (3)

That is a great ad! What are they sellig? (nt). - Crazy Dave 08:23:32 07/23/12 (1)

Naked brunettes -nt - E-Stat 14:03:41 07/23/12 (0)

I remember seeing that ad - 1973shovel 08:19:32 07/22/12 (0)

as i remember, they were... - hifitommy 10:02:32 07/20/12 (0)

RE: Empire speakers... - DaveV 19:37:27 07/19/12 (0)

Ha, I have a pair of those from the vid. Be forewarned... - 2chJunkie 14:16:45 07/19/12 (6)

They don't sound too good as I recall - mhardy6647 17:51:26 07/19/12 (5)

Wait - WTH is a "Cavalier Kitten"? - ToddM 11:42:52 07/20/12 (4)

I almost posted the full page scan - mhardy6647 17:37:09 07/20/12 (3)

There's a joke in there, somewhere, with the "padded seat" and all - ToddM 12:45:53 07/23/12 (2)

But, not as hot as the Kate Beckinsale Absolut ad with turntable, - cfb 18:19:28 07/23/12 (0)

Here's two audio related Bardot's - cfb 18:08:14 07/23/12 (0)

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