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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?
phasecorrect

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lpquick
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Your thoughts (Phasecorrect) are fine, but if your friend wants DQ-10's, talking him out is not the right thing to do. You are friends and he might continue to think about these speakers after buying something else. You can give him your thoughts but, let him decide what sounds good to him! I owm a pr of DQ-20, which I upgraded the coils and capacitors and new wire, rebuilt the woofers and midranges and bought new tweeters, the speakers are better than new. They still take a back seat to my Vandersteen 3A Sig w/ 2wq. Associated equipment does make a difference especially here. I've mated the Vandy w/ Classe CA 300 & ARC LS25MII. The DQ-20 w/ Magnum Dynalab MD208. I like classical with the DQ-20's and just about everything else with the Vandy's.
I never consider changing the vandy's, the sound is that good. I would consider changing the DQ-20's maybe for something out of the new JM Labs line next year!
Thanks for the thread and Happy Holidays...
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