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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
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...
bob9822
1 posts
 
I have a pair of DBX Soundfield V with 5 way 5 driver system. It is a rectangular box - 18" w x 1" d and 36" high. The front bevels back at about 1/3 the distance down from the top. There are three front and two top mounted speakers. I bought them in January of 1991. Most of the speakers have died. They produced great sound. I pushed them with an Onkyo TX-SV 515 PRO receiver that has also died. If this is what you have, let me know and I will copy the pamphlet that came with it for you. If some of your speakers are bad, I may be able to help you.
mcreyn
293 posts
 
The DBX's sold by DAK were not the same as the earlier soundfields sold through dealers. Different drivers and designs. The Soundfields were really amazing, they were designed to be placed against the wall, and they maintained a solid image as long as you were somewhere between the two speakers.
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