A few days before I posted this question, I had already
ordered the 2.1's. My wife finally got her wish and
kicked my big, old B&W DM330's out of the living room.
I was pretty happy with those B&W's, but sometimes you
gotta go with the wifes wishs, especially when it means
a chance to awaken those long dormant audiophile impulses.
I auditioned some B&W 602's, which I though sounded
great, but I returned them after seeing that the Diva's
were cheaper & had real rosewood veneer (i am a
sucker for rosewood). Also, while auditioning the 602's
I noticed that they would clip far earlier than my old
speakers... when I tried them out on a friends system,
no clipping. hmmm, problems in the amplification will
need to be addressed.
When I first got the Divas I felt, like Pete, that they were so bright... too, too bright. I began to consider returning them.
I have had them about a week now, playing them as much as possible. At this point, I am thinking I will to keep them.
Have the speakers "broken in" or have my ears just "broken in"? I dunno, but they seem to be sounding pretty good.
I might add, that the rest of my gear is not that great,
and until I read Pete's post, attributed the problems to
my 25 year old Nakamichi Amp (420), my Carver
pre-amp (CT-24). My CD player is a pretty nice Rotel, but not one of the higher priced ones.
Now I am considering a budget Integrated Amp (Creek or
maybe Arcam, or?) and hopefully get rid of the clipping
problem and probably improve the overall sound even
more.
Or maybe hold out, save more money for somthing even better.
I dunno, but thats where I am at with the Diva's. Still
more time to decide if they are keepers or not.
Thanks for the comments & I will keep on reading here
at Audiogon!
later,
-jas
http://dimbulb.org
ordered the 2.1's. My wife finally got her wish and
kicked my big, old B&W DM330's out of the living room.
I was pretty happy with those B&W's, but sometimes you
gotta go with the wifes wishs, especially when it means
a chance to awaken those long dormant audiophile impulses.
I auditioned some B&W 602's, which I though sounded
great, but I returned them after seeing that the Diva's
were cheaper & had real rosewood veneer (i am a
sucker for rosewood). Also, while auditioning the 602's
I noticed that they would clip far earlier than my old
speakers... when I tried them out on a friends system,
no clipping. hmmm, problems in the amplification will
need to be addressed.
When I first got the Divas I felt, like Pete, that they were so bright... too, too bright. I began to consider returning them.
I have had them about a week now, playing them as much as possible. At this point, I am thinking I will to keep them.
Have the speakers "broken in" or have my ears just "broken in"? I dunno, but they seem to be sounding pretty good.
I might add, that the rest of my gear is not that great,
and until I read Pete's post, attributed the problems to
my 25 year old Nakamichi Amp (420), my Carver
pre-amp (CT-24). My CD player is a pretty nice Rotel, but not one of the higher priced ones.
Now I am considering a budget Integrated Amp (Creek or
maybe Arcam, or?) and hopefully get rid of the clipping
problem and probably improve the overall sound even
more.
Or maybe hold out, save more money for somthing even better.
I dunno, but thats where I am at with the Diva's. Still
more time to decide if they are keepers or not.
Thanks for the comments & I will keep on reading here
at Audiogon!
later,
-jas
http://dimbulb.org