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Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in

Recently I discovered that there is a cottage industry out there producing some great speakers. Then I posted asking who are these companies and what speakers are they churning out. I was surprised at how many names popped up that I never heard of before. This time around we would like to hear from the owners and their experiences.
One last note, I beleive most of us realize how fortunate for us to have such a variety to choose from, only thing we need to figure out is how do we get to hear them?
Thanks in advance.
pedrillo
arkprof
182 posts
 
I haven't heard KCS yet, but plan to do so this early fall 2008; I've heard a set of Bob Brines speakers ... extremely nice sound/speakers; maybe 9-10 years ago I bought a set of Taylo Ref monitors before Tyler became widely known (and enjoyed them very much). I'm using Consonance speakers right now, but intend to return to "full-range" single-driver speakers this fall. Very much looking forward to it.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
so much for pedrillo's obscure speaker thread...
ptmconsulting
1,000 posts
 
I have a set of speakers from a now defunct compant called Just Speakers, in California. They were their "717's" with Scanspeak Kevlar dirivers and a Revalator tweeter. I guess they are almost 10 years old now. The cabinets were amazing (1.5" thick double boxed MDF and veneer). I have modded them quite a bit, replacing crossover caps, internal wiring, Black Hole 5 inside and making them bi-ampable. Simply great speakers that cost me a song back then ($1500). I don't think I could match them for under $5,000 - 10,000 now.

Enjoy,
Bob
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
now we're getting somewhere
squeegybug
32 posts
 
Digital Phase EP-SM1. They have been building speakers in Tenneseee for 22+ years. Unique and patented bass porting. The designer sent me the measurements of the actual pair I bought: ± 1.5 dB from 40 to 20K, -3 dB at 38 Hz, -4 at 35 Hz. The impedance curves are just as nice.

They are a 2-way (tweeter below) bookshelf monitor. Absolutely the most spectacular tweeter I have ever heard from any speaker. Remarkably three dimensional and realistic sound.

I recently compared the EP-SM1 to Klein & Hummel O300, JBL LSR6328P, Zu Druids, Paradigm Esprit Reference, SLS 8190, PMC TB2+, Acoustic Zen Adagio Jr., and Focal Twin6 Be. Some of these are active, with their own internal amps. For the passives I used Bel Canto eVo 200.2 and Zu Libtec.

I had already chosen the Druids for my hifi room, love them and they will stay there. While I liked Druids in my mastering studio the Digital Phase are now the main monitors. The others were not even close in honesty and realism.

http://www.digitalp.com Website is out of date and does not have much information on the EP series, they say they are working on that. Give Daryl a call, he will work with you on evaluations. I have no affiliation with the company.

Steve
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