THE DQ10 WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT ARE REALLY HARD TO BEAT.I OWNED THEM FOR MANY YEARS,1978 AND JUST SOLD THEM TO A FRIEND A FEW MONTHS AGO.WHILE OWNING THE DQ10 BOUGHT SEVERAL PAIRS OF SPEAKERS THINKING I WAS UP GRADING. WRONG!!! I BOUGHT THE DQ20,ALON11 MK111,ALONV MK11,VANDERSTEEN 3A AND VON SCHWEIKERT VR6 WHICH ARE PLAYING NOW AS I TYPE.I PREFERRED THE DQ10 TO THE VANDYS AND THE ALON11 MK111.I STILL OWN THE DQ20,ALONV AND THE VR6 BUT THE OTHERS SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE THE MAGIC OF THE DQ10.THESE SPEAKERS WERE WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME AND STILL GIVE MANY CURRENT HIGH PRICED SPEAKERS A RUN FOR THE MONEY.THEY NEED THE RIGHT FRONT END ,CAUSE THE BETTER YOU FEED THEM THE BETTER THEY SOUND,MORE SO THEN MOST SPEAKERS.
Help My friend wants to go with some DQ-10s
which were probably good back in the days of cheesy disco...but these things sound like a wet towel has been placed over them...and the bass...well..it is slower than a broken down bus...and the dealer is asking $500 for the pair! To be fair, they image pretty good...but so does every other decent speaker nowadays...this is his first attempt at entering the world of hifi...and as a friend...think he can do much better...I have tried to enlighten him...but he is mystified my the Dq-10 heritage...and a smooth sales rep...any thoughts on persuading him to a modern design?