Decaware speakers

[shep]

I've asked this before but...I'm getting that itch and wondered who here has experience with Decaware speakers? Input appreciated.

[tmazz]

I've asked this before but...I'm getting that itch and wondered who here has experience with Decaware speakers? Input appreciated.

Sorry Shep, I wish I could help, but I have no first hand experience with any Decaware products.

[JLM]

It's been a few years, but here goes...

1st gen Radials: the soundstage was a cloud floating above the speakers, decent sound, some wouldn't need a sub

High Def Towers: silly/complicated design, not impressed with the sound

Haven't heard any other current offerings, but in general Decware speakers were quite bass light (something I see in nearly all SET friendly speakers).  I wanted to like Decware (value, made in the American heartland, lots of support), but their amps were too small for my chosen speakers (and I believe deep bass to be foundational to quality sound).  Even at the first Decfest he hosted, he kept turning down the stereo Imperial subs?!?

If you're looking for high efficiency, American made, reasonably priced speakers I'd look into Pi Speakers and Hawthorne Audio.  Both sell kits/drivers.  Hawthorne are open baffle (tiny baffles, that legitimately reach 40 Hz).  The higher end drivers provide much improved resolution.  The smaller ones close the gap between small tweeter/huge woofer, but with loss of deeper bass.  Pi also offers value and are reasonable easy to build.

[topround]

I owned the first gen Radials. They were OK at best, they did not make much bass, but I did not expect them to, but they had a color that bothered me.

I sold them quickly(Thank God)

I too was intrigued by the large fan base he has(I did not say fanboys). Never heard the amps, my friend had one and said it was very clean sounding, perhaps a little on the lean side, but I have no idea since I never heard one but I trust his ears.
He did not keep the amp, but he said he would have liked to have tried it with Decware speakers with which they were voiced.

The whole situation reminds me of my hornshoppe horn experience. A lot of undeserved bandwith wasted.

But the hobby is filled with it

[opnly bafld]

1) I'm not a fan boy, although many times I do wish I could use the term on AC. 

2) I live about 70 miles away so I have listened to many of their speakers during several Decfest visits ( http://www.decware.com/newsite/zenfest2011.html ) and on a couple of other occasions.

3) Some I like, some not so much (more of a personal preference thing, type of music I listen too, etc.), some have good bass, some not so much IMO.

Lin

[rollo]

  Sorry to go off topic but what about Triangle manufactured in France ??? Or Heco Horn from Germany ?? Guru from Sweden ?? Great stuff.

charles
SMA

[shep]

I'm just churning over possibilities and gathering ideas. So far having a broadband TL or bass reflex made here semi-diy, seems the cheapest and best way to go.