Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in

now we're getting somewhere

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http://www.digitalp.com Website is out of date and does not have much information on the EP series, they say they are working on that.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

Atmosphere,you are quickly becoming one of my favorite "thread reads",as I definitely get an impression of true hobbyist concern from you.I wish more mfgrs/dealers were as well intentioned as you.Thank you for your candor!

Sirspeedy, thanks. Believe it or not some of us in the industry do this because we *like* it :)

Atmasphere is indeed unique - no hyperbole here - in that he maintains an amateur's enthusiasm and a professional's objectivity without a shred of self service. What a boon to the Audio community he is! Thanks, Ralph!