Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them?


I've changed my mind about many things.  Beer for instance.  Now I can really only drink IPAs and dark beers. Lagers?  Phooey.  This is very different than what I drank in my 20s though. 

Same for audio gear. 

So let me ask all of you, are there brands or equipment you've changed your mind about, for better or worse?  And if so, why?  It doesn't have to be a brand, it can be a TYPE or technology.

For instance, I used to love Ti and Be tweeters.  Now usually can't listen to them.

What about you?
erik_squires

Showing 1 response by mammothguy54

I thought that metal tweeters was the way to go.  I bought Mirage M-3Si quite a number of years ago.  At first, the big open sound was great.  But after some time it began to bother me; way too bright.  Raising children and paying for higher education prohibited me to replace them.  But now that is behind me and I have been building an entirely new audio system.  I auditioned BE tweeters in a few brands last year and, though better than the titanium metal tweeters in my Mirage speakers, they still sounded like a metal tweeter.  I had my eyes & ears on Dynaudio for some years.  I bought their car audio speakers for two of my car audio systems over the past 10 years.  So, I recently bought the Dynaudio Contour 60i set of speakers.  They are "smooth as silk" as stated above by jrbirdman333.  I only have about 12 hours of run-in time on them and already they sound amazing.  I can imagine the midrange and bass will only get better over the next 60 or 70 hours of run-in time.  But the real story hear is the tweeters.  Metal tweeters were once what I thought was great.  But actually a soft silk dome tweeter much more satisfies my musical tastes.  And also, far more satisfying to my ears.  From titanium to soft dome, from bright to smooth; made everything wonderful for me.