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dbx Home Speakers

All,

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about dbx home speakers. My dad bought a pair about 10-12 years ago from DAK, a mail-order gadget company from California.

I can't remember the model number, but I think they're Soundfields, either Mark 4 or Mark 7. They're a four-way of some sort, with a rear-firing 15" woofer and some kind of ribbon tweeter.

I've looked around on the 'net and I can't find ANY information about these things. I'm just curious as to what the deal is with them. They don't sound very good, but: My dad's a packrat, so his room is full of junk. The speakers have stuff stacked on/in front of them, and they're right against the wall. Plus, he's driving them with a lousy JVC receiver. On top of it all, he barely listens to them (they weren't even hooked up the last time I was there) so I don't even know if they're broken in.

I'm just wondering if it might be worth the effort to pry them away from him and hook 'em up to better equipment.

If anyone knows anything about these speakers, I'd like to hear from you.

-Chris
cds9000
cds9000 OP
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Listener57,
Yeah, DAK had a lot of cool stuff. I was pretty young at the time, and I remember being wowed by just about everything they sold. Do you remember the turntable that used some sort of laser tracking system so you could select each "track" via remote, just like w/ a CD player?

Isellstuff,
I THINK he bought them between 1990-1992, probably in '91. Lemme know if you can hunt up any hard specs.

-Chris
honest1
586 posts
 
From what I remember, they were SUPPOSED to be placed against a wall.
cds9000 OP
22 posts
 
That seems odd for a rear-firing 15" driver, though. I don't believe they're ported in any way. I wonder what the reasoning would be for having them positioned that way. Seems to run contrary to everything I've ever heard about placement...
honest1
586 posts
 
I could be wrong about the specific model. I remember some DBX speakers that were truncated-prism-standing-on-end shaped that were supposed to go next to the wall to make the reflection and the original sound coinicide. It was about 20 years ago, and I was just starting out, so I didn't look into them too deeply.
cds9000 OP
22 posts
 
Hmm...not familiar with that model. These are basicially big square boxes, with the outer corner of each tower cut at a 45 degree angle, leaving a flat face instead of coming to a 90 degree right angle corner. Hard to describe in print...
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