Tbg,
Good memory.
The X-Dream as I recall, that was part of what we purchased when we bought the assets of DK Design, was the remarkably reviewed speaker. All plate aluminum, and if that design caught your fancy, quite stunning looking. I was psyched to hear it after having read the review.
When we called to have it shipped to us from the aero space company that had cut the aluminum on their CNC Machines, which were set up to cut such thick unforgiving alloy, we were told that Daniel Khesin had never paid the bill for their work. We paid a small fortune to get them out of hock.
Then, when they arrived, we discovered that the speakers had never been wired, no portals cut for running wiring from the crossover to the drivers. The review, in other words, was completely fraudulent. This rhapsodic review by Positive Feedback was a complete sham. These speakers could never have been listened to. No internal wiring, no crossover, no nothing.
So, I got to work and selected the drivers, some of the best available--uncommonly flat output, smooth, dynamic, easy loads. It took a while. Then my VP of Design and Engineering John Tucker hired a man to do the crossovers. 1st and 2nd order crossovers. Then I crossed my fingers. I knew the cabinet would be spectacular. It was totally, and completely solid. It was amazing with 1/2" plate in places. When it was finished, we let it play endlessly to break in as some of the components in the cross over were notoriously hard to break in.
At the end, the fictitious review did not even do them justice. They were really spectacular speakers.They were not to be driven by tubes as we found out in Denver, but with SS amp (the LSA) the sang loudly.
Thanks for that walk down memory lane Tbg.
Good memory.
The X-Dream as I recall, that was part of what we purchased when we bought the assets of DK Design, was the remarkably reviewed speaker. All plate aluminum, and if that design caught your fancy, quite stunning looking. I was psyched to hear it after having read the review.
When we called to have it shipped to us from the aero space company that had cut the aluminum on their CNC Machines, which were set up to cut such thick unforgiving alloy, we were told that Daniel Khesin had never paid the bill for their work. We paid a small fortune to get them out of hock.
Then, when they arrived, we discovered that the speakers had never been wired, no portals cut for running wiring from the crossover to the drivers. The review, in other words, was completely fraudulent. This rhapsodic review by Positive Feedback was a complete sham. These speakers could never have been listened to. No internal wiring, no crossover, no nothing.
So, I got to work and selected the drivers, some of the best available--uncommonly flat output, smooth, dynamic, easy loads. It took a while. Then my VP of Design and Engineering John Tucker hired a man to do the crossovers. 1st and 2nd order crossovers. Then I crossed my fingers. I knew the cabinet would be spectacular. It was totally, and completely solid. It was amazing with 1/2" plate in places. When it was finished, we let it play endlessly to break in as some of the components in the cross over were notoriously hard to break in.
At the end, the fictitious review did not even do them justice. They were really spectacular speakers.They were not to be driven by tubes as we found out in Denver, but with SS amp (the LSA) the sang loudly.
Thanks for that walk down memory lane Tbg.