Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22

Posted by Doktor Brahms (A) on September 26, 2023 at 08:43:10

In Reply to: RE: Anyone own a pair of (vintage) Daybreak speakers? posted by Mick Wolfe on September 24, 2023 at 10:38:56:

The Absolute Sound reviewed the Daybreak speaker in the September 1981 issue (volume 6 no. 23). Edward Mendelson did the main review with a post-script by Harry Pearson. Mendelson referred to the Model 22 as "one of the great speakers of our time." Audax drivers in a three-way sealed cabinet roughly the size of a classic New England bookshelf speaker. HP's take on the speaker makes for an amusing contrast. Mendelson: "The soundstage is palpable and rock-solid, with plenty of vertical information and limited but precisely detailed depth....The three-dimensional focus of the Daybreak is a triumph." HP: "The speaker develops no width (a function, I believe, of the mounting of its drivers), insufficient height, insufficient front-to-back depth." Ah, the joys of subjective reviewing!

In the review Keith Campbell (chief designer) is quoted as saying that a subwoofer and a no-compromise speaker are in the pipeline. What happened to Daybreak? Poor distribution? Sorry I never had a chance to hear them for myself.

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Topic - Anyone own a pair of (vintage) Daybreak speakers? - Mr Blue Sky 22:52:19 09/23/23 (13)

RE: Anyone own a pair of (vintage) Daybreak speakers? - goldfieldguss 16:33:25 11/10/24 (0)

RE: Anyone own a pair of (vintage) Daybreak speakers? - Ninjagodfather 20:54:59 11/25/23 (0)

so... no, I don't, but... - mhardy6647 05:13:06 09/26/23 (0)

RE: Anyone own a pair of (vintage) Daybreak speakers? - Mick Wolfe 10:38:56 09/24/23 (9)

Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Doktor Brahms 09/26/2308:43:10 09/26/23 (8)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Ninjagodfather 21:12:01 11/25/23 (0)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 15:54:47 09/27/23 (3)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Doktor Brahms 07:03:04 09/29/23 (2)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 17:23:02 09/30/23 (1)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Ninjagodfather 23:10:21 11/25/23 (0)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mick Wolfe 09:22:33 09/27/23 (2)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 15:55:45 09/27/23 (1)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mick Wolfe 11:23:41 09/28/23 (0)

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RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 15:54:47 09/27/23 (3)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Doktor Brahms 07:03:04 09/29/23 (2)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 17:23:02 09/30/23 (1)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Ninjagodfather 23:10:21 11/25/23 (0)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mick Wolfe 09:22:33 09/27/23 (2)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mr Blue Sky 15:55:45 09/27/23 (1)

RE: Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22 - Mick Wolfe 11:23:41 09/28/23 (0)

Absolute Sound review of Daybreak Model 22

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