i just took a chance on some chinese made speakers called aer acoustics on ebay.I thought at first it might be a speaker scam like the white van thing but decided to take a chance.
I am glad i did.The speakers I got are called pisces and they have kevlar woofers with an aluminum phase plug and a top mounted aluminum dome tweeter.They resemble b and w and swan designs loosely.They also have a flared 2 inch port.
They look great too!
How do they sound? Well the box says 89db efficiency but I think its more like 87.They want power! They were much quieter than my AR's .Once i cranked them up full range with my sub off I did a double take.They had some real deep bass! They sent me a graph when i requested it and it looked pretty balanced but a little choppy in the mids.Real quick peaks and valleys.There was no evidence of coloration in the mids when i listened though..I actually thought they sounded very true.Voices sound natural and midrange instruments seem to be right there.The tweets are bright but not harsh at all.The dispersion is really good too.I put them to small and turned on my sealed tempest sub and really cranked them up to ear splitting levels.I thought the sound was unbelievable!
Now I'm not suggesting these speakers compare to B&W or Swan.But at their price you get a little bit of that design technology trickled down.And there arent many options in this price range at all! What, would you go to best buy and buy a pair of klh's? Just think for around 500 you could have a complete matched 6.1 setup! Im pretty excited and i may go with these all around.
The box says 60 watts power handling.I suggest using much more because of their low efficiency.I actually tested them with a pair of yamaha mono PA amps (200 watts each).But if you like your music loud i expect you should use a sub to keep the woofers from reaching their limits.
This is an inexpensive speaker but I think they put my ar318ps's to shame.
I also prefer them to my bud's jbl studio series ensemble.
I am glad i did.The speakers I got are called pisces and they have kevlar woofers with an aluminum phase plug and a top mounted aluminum dome tweeter.They resemble b and w and swan designs loosely.They also have a flared 2 inch port.
They look great too!
How do they sound? Well the box says 89db efficiency but I think its more like 87.They want power! They were much quieter than my AR's .Once i cranked them up full range with my sub off I did a double take.They had some real deep bass! They sent me a graph when i requested it and it looked pretty balanced but a little choppy in the mids.Real quick peaks and valleys.There was no evidence of coloration in the mids when i listened though..I actually thought they sounded very true.Voices sound natural and midrange instruments seem to be right there.The tweets are bright but not harsh at all.The dispersion is really good too.I put them to small and turned on my sealed tempest sub and really cranked them up to ear splitting levels.I thought the sound was unbelievable!
Now I'm not suggesting these speakers compare to B&W or Swan.But at their price you get a little bit of that design technology trickled down.And there arent many options in this price range at all! What, would you go to best buy and buy a pair of klh's? Just think for around 500 you could have a complete matched 6.1 setup! Im pretty excited and i may go with these all around.
The box says 60 watts power handling.I suggest using much more because of their low efficiency.I actually tested them with a pair of yamaha mono PA amps (200 watts each).But if you like your music loud i expect you should use a sub to keep the woofers from reaching their limits.
This is an inexpensive speaker but I think they put my ar318ps's to shame.
I also prefer them to my bud's jbl studio series ensemble.