Speakers are like pizza and sex, it’s always good to some extent. I just bought a new RV that has outside mounted speakers. They might be the worst speakers I’ve ever heard but I’m looking forward to listening to them.
I guess someone here ever bought a completely Sony system in the late 80’s. Or really any of the department store cheap systems that had partial board cabinet speakers. The more expensive ones with monster sized woofers were the worst.
The very provocative - black see through racy speaker cover - with chrome dust covers - MCS brand stuff, Panasonic.
I have a theory that the audio industry just made cheaper and cheaper stuff until it lost its costumer base. Everyone was competing to hit the lowest price point and then it went away. There is very little from the 80’s that isn’t in a landfill or should be. Conversely, many amps and speakers from the 60’s and seventy go for crazy money. there are many nice speakers that I don’t care for and would bring home being mentioned in this thread but calling them the worst you’ve ever heard is insane. Not far from where I live is the county fairgrounds and the have harness racing one week a year. The grandstands looks like it was built in the 40’s and hasn’t been renovated. The pa speakers look like horns and are in the infield, I haven’t understood one word through them in the last 20 years. That may be my final answer on worst speakers ever.
New thread! Which is better generally, your speakers, sex or pizza! Maybe the combination of all 3 in an evening makes up for any shortfalls in any one....
What?!? Huh?!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!! Once upon a time, I guy in my college dorm who I took to see Iron Maiden reciprocated by taking me to see Ratt from row 2 front and center. Wow, what a great show EXCEPT for the part where I forgot earplugs. Toilet paper is a poor substitute
I’ve consistently heard that complaint about Zu’s in general: harsh, bright, and overly ‘hi-fi’ sounding. But, some ppl love that type of sound. .
Hey, you can ship those Cerwin-Vega speakers to Danny at GR Research, and he will charge you about $250.00 and with the addition of new caps and resistors and coils, turn those speakers into Wilsons! Could be a bit more time he adds for the internal cabinet damping materials. Oh my! Here is a Dynaudio transformation, problem is, you loose your 8 year warranty, a slight problem for some folks.
@Silverwolf "New thread! Which is better generally, your speakers, sex or pizza! Maybe the combination of all 3 in an evening makes up for any shortfalls in any one...." Tough one, and no clear answer. Any one of them could prevail at a given moment. Giving speakers the plurality, though...not slighting the other two. I'd add a couple of things to compare, maybe.
Epos M12i. Beautiful speaker...unrelentingly bright. I couldn’t be in a room with them for more than 5 minutes. I blew up the Creek & Epos forum...literally, over the issue. I began a discussion and within a few weeks I was the top poster on the forum. Clearly, they couldn’t have someone who was highly critical of their products being the top guy so they closed it down. The terrible thing was that I was very positive in my comments on so many of their other products. It was a shame, really. Later they issued an inline resistor to owners of the M12i, to tame the HF, recognizing how unlistenable that speaker was. Unfortunately, in a PM to me Luke Creek and later one of his minions were so awful to me that I wouldn’t buy one of their products if they were the last audio company standing. That said, if I were to find a mint set of Epos ES 14’s I’d snag them in a heartbeat.
Chilli on pizza? You mean actual chili with beans, tomatoes and beef? That sounds worse than any of the speakers in this thread !
Have you guys ever had good sex? I've heard great speakers, and eaten some tasty pizza, sorry, not even close to good sex.
much better ! in chicago we have a pepper based spread for hot dogs, italian beef, italian sausage and sometimes pizza. try it if you ever see it! Giardiniera | Vienna Beef | Home or Retail
The stock speakers in my 2014 Subaru Legacy. Took me less than five minutes to realize that an aftermarket solution was *necessary*. For about $1400, I got an Alpine head, German Physik speakers and a suitcase sized subwoofer. Real nice. Good thing, as I wound up driving that car across the continent and back five times. I won't mention the home speakers I didn't like because I don't remember the specific models and the brands have hardcore fans that I have no need to rile.
Some will assume you're just being provocative; of course I have no idea. But the most boring system I've ever heard had the then (2008-ish?) top-of-the-line Wilsons as speakers. $500k of yawn. Another experience with big Wilsons not long after had a similar result. Might've been the amps, though (big Krells, D'Agostinos or whatever ...)
I remember the hullabaloo when those hit the market. Epos fans especially disliked them. I don't think I was on that forum though.
I worked in a Lafayette store years ago and they had Khorns set up against the wall in the middle of the room. They were brutally painful to my ears and no bass. Years later I heard some set up properly in the corners. They were sublime. Duh, cornerhorns! Bad setups and poor system matching can make most any speaker sound bad.