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RE: best speakers under $500 (including used & kits)

i never auditioned a pair of absolute zeros. they look HIDEOUS to me with their "kitchen drain" tweeter guards/phase plugs, and i wasn't motivated to check them out after MOSTLY excellent sounding classics disappointed me with THEIR aluminum resonances.

by "super duper zero" (what i intended to say), i mean little superzeros (same size, with 4 1/2" woofers), but with rounded edges on the front baffle for even better diffraction reduction, something like a B&W/energy kevlar woofer with phase plugs instead of dustcaps & planar MMT/planar/ribbon tweeters... basically, hotrodded zeros. i'm not the biggest fan of 5 1/4" woofers, unless 6 1/2" is the only choice.

those little 4 1/2" infinities defined my tastes in speakers... SMALL, but quick & distortion free woofers, and small, preferably radiused sealed cabinets for imaging. bigger woofers are a step in the wrong direction to me & the only thing better than a 4 1/2" midwoofer as far as cones go anyways, is a 3" soft dome in a 3 way with maybe a pair of 5 1/4s.

as far as speakers go, i'm a total speed freak, and maybe lean just a bit towards the clinical side of things, liking class D too.

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