Pearljam5000
Master Contributor
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2020
- Messages
- 5,626
- Likes
- 6,028
What do you guys think?
You can find my measurements of the Fleetwood DeVille at https://www.stereophile.com/content/fleetwood-sound-company-deville-sq-loudspeaker-measurementsUgly as hell and wildly too expensive. I fully expect they sound quite bad.
Yeah, not good enough for 20 grand. Not broken, just... not amazing. For that kind of money if I wanted something living room-acceptable I'd probably just buy ATCs.You can find my measurements of the Fleetwood DeVille at https://www.stereophile.com/content/fleetwood-sound-company-deville-sq-loudspeaker-measurements
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
You can find my measurements of the Fleetwood DeVille at https://www.stereophile.com/content/fleetwood-sound-company-deville-sq-loudspeaker-measurements
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
Looks like your typical lifestyle speaker taken to the nth+1 degree. It looks cool but I'm guessing a crisp stereo image is not part of the design brief for this one.They also have another new speaker coming soonView attachment 243823View attachment 243824
I am afraid I have no idea.@John Atkinson - this may be a breach of professional decorum, so feel free to ignore this question, but if you've had any interactions with Fleetwood Sound, do you have the sense that they are profitable?
That hump doesn't make sense with the oversized box used. The last octave does make sense for the box volume used. I wonder how lower tuning would work. The hump would give the speaker a punchy sound. I wonder the crossover frequency. Looks to be 3Khz. 2khz or slightly lower might be better. THD is probably low. Just WAGs.The hump at 100-200hz is not encouraging, although I guess that might be a measurement artifact, but probably not the resonance at 300hz... and the chaos beyond 10khz is bracing to look at. Looks like a headphone measurement! My guess is they sound OK if you're in a mellow mood and don't pay too close attention to the treble, but maybe not so great off-axis.
I guess if you pay $18K for speakers you are probably inclined to devote a seat for listening also, idk.
Now they're just trolling us.Also remember that this company is actually the LOW COST brand of another brand that has far crazier designs: https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers
Oh yeah, actually there was another article that went into the OMA speakers a bit, and they're supposedly in the mid-6 figures. Given that, I think it's easy to see how they can afford that workshop. They only need to sell 2 or 3 flagships per year to take care of overhead, I'd guess.Now they're just trolling us.
Maybe they're operating on different acoustic principles than I learned, but I'd say those look like they tossed together stuff to look Steampunk. I guess if the owners are happy...Oh yeah, actually there was another article that went into the OMA speakers a bit, and they're supposedly in the mid-6 figures. Given that, I think it's easy to see how they can afford that workshop. They only need to sell 2 or 3 flagships per year to take care of overhead, I'd guess.
If by “different” you mean 1940s tech combined with putting appearance and high cost above sq, then yes… different.Maybe they're operating on different acoustic principles than I learned, but I'd say those look like they tossed together stuff to look Steampunk. I guess if the owners are happy...