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Dayton Audio B652-AIR Speaker Review

These thngs work fine as surround speakers (to add a little sense of spaciousness in my 4.1 desktop setup) after putting a 2 ohm resistor in series between the existing resistor and the tweeter -- and while I was doing that, I noticed that the tweeter polarity reversal idea that ZeroFidelity tried now seems to be the stock wiring. Aside from that, WTF can one reasonably expect from a $42 pair of speakers? They're certainly much better than any "computer speaker system" (e.g. Logitech) I've encountered -- and they're less than half the street price of those admittedly better Pioneers.
 
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amirm said:
Does it sound better than a truly garbage speaker? Yes. But I am here to keep you from bad sound and this is bad sound folks. Spend a few more dollars and get the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR.
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Or just get the low end powered JBL's and be done with it, including the cheap amp that someone would connect to something like these. :)
 
My Pioneer SP-B22-LRs are staring all of you down, furious beams of high frequencies emitting from their tweeters, with two very imposing subwoofers as bodyguards. I am not one to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO. Punks.

NEXT!
 
hardisj said:
I'm still playing around with how I want to present these. I think I like the lines for the different axes. Makes it easier to keep track when you know that the vertical line bins are 10 degree increments.
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Those lines definitely help. One other suggestion that makes these easier to read for me, is a line that traces the -6 db and -12 db downpoints through the colors. This makes gives a more precise look at a glance than trying to visualize them through the color smudges.
 
Jon AA said:
Those lines definitely help. One other suggestion that makes these easier to read for me, is a line that traces the -6 db and -12 db downpoints through the colors. This makes gives a more precise look at a glance than trying to visualize them through the color smudges.
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Thanks for the feedback. I actually posted about this in my other thread to see which presentation is preferred.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/erinsaudiocorner.11219/post-325911
 
Matias said:
Such and advanced system and analysis wasted on these cheap speakers... I wished users would loan higher end speakers for testing. My respect to Amir spending his time testing this. :D
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I think we are just getting through all the budget stuff that Amir acquired to produce a bunch of "baseline" reviews. There will definitely be high end stuff measured in the future.
 
Sancus said:
I think we are just getting through all the budget stuff that Amir acquired to produce a bunch of "baseline" reviews. There will definitely be high end stuff measured in the future.
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I agree...he's just getting into a rhythm... I would have been surprised if he started with his Salon's...
 
Very interesting. I guess this isn't exactly surprising. More data! Keep it coming!
 
I am surprised with the other reviews. Usually, I just assume the company somehow pays the reviewer directly or indirectly to get a good review so I expect expensive speakers to get rave reviews. But this?
 
Yep, to me the headline is how absolutely incompetent or awful or phony or bought-and-paid-for (or some combination thereof) the audio press and blogosphere is. What a bunch of poseurs. It‘s actually much much worse than even I thought. And believe me, I am a skeptical person. Thanks, @amirm , for illustrating this so vividly.
 
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Well, I definitely must have tin ears. I use 6 of these for Home Theater setup in our summer camp in the Adirondacks. Two pairs stacked for L and R , AMT' s in the center (top of the pair upside down). Driven bi-amped with an Onkyo TX-RZ720. A third pair, series , for the center wttw horiz. 'Room EQ'ed ' with the built-in Onkyo thing..

Now this is never used for 'serious listening' - do that only on HP, LG V20, Liquid Spark, HE400i.

But for TV, the family loves it!

I have to admit, I am sorely, sorely tempted to buy a dsp-408 for $149, take the L and R pairs, rip out the 'crossovers' , drive each of the 4 tweeters and woofers independently, create a proper crossover for each, and PEQ each..Then ship 'em (one pair anyway and the 408) to @amirm :)
 
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They sound better than almost all of the Radio Shack monkey coffins I've ever heard -- if that makes anybody feel any better.
A shoot-out between the B652-AIR and the boss's beloved MC-1000s might be illuminating and instructive.

;)
 
Blumlein 88 said:
Yes, the old version was bad. The AMT tweeter made it even worse.

Seems whenever someone runs a woofer full range it mucks up distortion higher up.

This is a terrific review. I love it because its comedy gold with prior reviews being so very wrong done with the eyes/ears methodology.

So for now we have a Biggest Loser. But is it the speaker which is the biggest loser or the loser-ville reviews everyone has done on these? :)
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Imagine people in my country paying USD$115 for it
https://sg.carousell.com/p/dayton-a...eakers-with-amt-ribbon-tweeter-pair-67156883/
 
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