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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?
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sogood51
2,157 posts
 
For $500 he can get some baby maggies,off comes the towel and the bass is just as deep as the old dq-10s.
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kenscollick
278 posts
 
SOUNDS GOOD Maybe he can find a Garrard turntable, Audio Research Sp 3 and a GAS ampzilla to go with them I would also get Polk cobra cables.
captain
81 posts
 
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.
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phasecorrect OP
2,013 posts
 
My new Quad 12Ls really pull the pants down on the DQ-10s...across the board:detail,imaging,transparency,soundstage,speed,dynamics,bass.etc...these hideous things are simply outclassed by new technology...there is a pair for sale on AUdiogon right now for $675...is that guy on crack or what? I also have heard people spending 1k to have them refurbished by Regnar...no joke...
sean
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Delete the piezo tweeter, rewire and re-cap them with good quality parts and the DQ-10's are not bad speakers. Technology has moved on, but a good basic design is still a good basic design. You can probably beat them with newer products in any given category, but probably not in as balanced of a manner for the same amount of money.

By the way, $500 for this speaker in stock form is too high, especially if he does not have a warranty and / or right to return or trade back in. If the speakers truly are in fully functional shape, tell him to offer the dealer $350 and put the extra $150 into high quality crossover parts. Then hook up the finished product to some decent electronics and work on speaker placement. You might be pretty surprised. Sean
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