dbx Home Speakers


All,

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about dbx home speakers. My dad bought a pair about 10-12 years ago from DAK, a mail-order gadget company from California.

I can't remember the model number, but I think they're Soundfields, either Mark 4 or Mark 7. They're a four-way of some sort, with a rear-firing 15" woofer and some kind of ribbon tweeter.

I've looked around on the 'net and I can't find ANY information about these things. I'm just curious as to what the deal is with them. They don't sound very good, but: My dad's a packrat, so his room is full of junk. The speakers have stuff stacked on/in front of them, and they're right against the wall. Plus, he's driving them with a lousy JVC receiver. On top of it all, he barely listens to them (they weren't even hooked up the last time I was there) so I don't even know if they're broken in.

I'm just wondering if it might be worth the effort to pry them away from him and hook 'em up to better equipment.

If anyone knows anything about these speakers, I'd like to hear from you.

-Chris
cds9000

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My father-in-law has these set up practically flush against a brick wall, and side walls are brick, with an echo, in a basement. He uses a thirty year old Sony mid-fi receiver, and a fifteen year old low-fi CDP, so by listening through dual hearing aids he is happy.
Perhaps, these are better than they seem, because one can stand in the same room with them, and not run out screaming.
I still use a pair of DAK condenser microphones feeding a high end portable cassette Sony tape recorder, so your mention of the long departed Dak Company is a nostalgia trip.