Fleetwood deville impressions -Mixed bag vs the competition
"Listening to them they have very good dynamics and bass extension to maybe high 30 hz region" jimob- How are your determining they are perfroming that low? The website conveninetly doesn't list a spec, and a good floorstander in a typical room will be lucky to get near 40 hz REAL WORLD. A real good bookshelf MAYBE.... Nice looking speaker. No doubt they should play in their price point(at least) Perhaps low325 can address?
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I believe they are rated to the mid to high 30hz on their specs. In real world, in my room, they dont really every preside much in that space, and no other speaker that wasn’t full range claiming to play in the 30s didnt either. But I want to say, they do place waves in high 30s, but not and never with authority and presence. I’ve done simple RTA measurements of my room, and I always see a sharp dip starting at 50hz and below. The corners in my room will tend to muddy up anything that starts to exacerbate it in that region - I have a noise floor of about 37hz-ish... Thats just my room...which is why I have those RELs...If I remember correctly, I have my RELs at 8 clicks on the XO and 6 clicks on the gain (barely playing)...The Devilles do play clean from 63hz to 200hz. To my ears, when it hits 80hz with music, it sounds fast and articulate. But these are NOT wave moving monsters. For what its worth, my listening space is in an open space concept shared with a kitchen to the back, foye to the right, and opens up to a dining area to the rear left of the listening position. Some cornwalls or la scalas would have done nicely too, with maybe a smaller footprint considering I have two additional sub enclosure, but hey live and learn. |
I think you are right @tablejockey , they are lucky to get flat to 80 Hz in normal size room. There is a large advantage in limiting dispersion in your typical room. This limits room interaction and improves imaging. It would be highly unlikly that a small point source speaker would get you to row 2-4. Large linear arrays can do that. @jimob , You are probably getting the impression that they are "in your face," because they are not boucing sound all over the place. I would be willing to bet that in your room you will get a more sharply focused image out of the Devilles. Both speakers are IMHO overpriced. You can get Magneplanar 3.7i's and Sound Labs 545's for the same price, better speakers in every way except perhaps size. |
The sound labs are excellent the issue is room I cannot put them more then 2 feet from the back wall, the MBL 120, or 126 sounded incredible , with my subs a full range monster, also for less money, Marten Oscar duo make a excellent sounding monitor ,or their floor stander ,entry level Marten maybe but very detailed and cohesive , |
