lowrider007
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I've owned my DM602s2 speakers for 15 odd years now, (still in mint condition!), and I'm genuinely still enjoying them, very musical, love the sweet highs, vocals sound amazing on them, they are not analytical which I like, sometimes I just want that hi-fi sound with a sprinkle of analogue thrown in and I feel the 602's offer that in today's world of small boxed bookshelf/stand-mount speakers.
That being said I still feel a compulsion to upgrade, I guess partly because of how long I've owned them, and partly because I feel I might be missing out on new speaker tech?, maybe the next modern equivalent to the 602 that I can enjoy for a further 10 plus years?
I also own a pair of Kef Q100's that I use as near-fields for my PC setup, I have spent the last couple of months regularly swapping my 602's for my Q100's in my lounge setup, it's been an interesting experiment, and even though I believe the Q100's are technically a better speaker, I prefer the musicality of the 602's still, the voices in particular sound a lot more natural.
I found this track very interesting in comparing the two speakers,
On the q100's I found the rain in the background (which adds so much ambience to the track) much harder to hear compared to the 602's, and it made me think if I can't hear the rain that well on the Q100's what am I missing out on in other tracks?
Is there an obvious winner between this 2 speakers considering the age and price?, I suppose I'm assuming some people might be thinking "The Q100's are miles better that those old speakers!".
If I'm looking to audition a few new stand mount speakers that provide a discernible upgrade in sound quality, preferably with metal dome tweeters, what would you recommend? I want musically, but still a good top end, and natural tone to voices.
Thanks.
That being said I still feel a compulsion to upgrade, I guess partly because of how long I've owned them, and partly because I feel I might be missing out on new speaker tech?, maybe the next modern equivalent to the 602 that I can enjoy for a further 10 plus years?
I also own a pair of Kef Q100's that I use as near-fields for my PC setup, I have spent the last couple of months regularly swapping my 602's for my Q100's in my lounge setup, it's been an interesting experiment, and even though I believe the Q100's are technically a better speaker, I prefer the musicality of the 602's still, the voices in particular sound a lot more natural.
I found this track very interesting in comparing the two speakers,
On the q100's I found the rain in the background (which adds so much ambience to the track) much harder to hear compared to the 602's, and it made me think if I can't hear the rain that well on the Q100's what am I missing out on in other tracks?
Is there an obvious winner between this 2 speakers considering the age and price?, I suppose I'm assuming some people might be thinking "The Q100's are miles better that those old speakers!".
If I'm looking to audition a few new stand mount speakers that provide a discernible upgrade in sound quality, preferably with metal dome tweeters, what would you recommend? I want musically, but still a good top end, and natural tone to voices.
Thanks.