Design Acoustics was the speaker branch of Audio Technica. These were all sealed designs that made use of mediocre drivers ( like most speakers did back then ). The sum of the parts was much better than what any of the individual parts were worth, showing that the designers had both good ears and talent. For a small system that wasn't expected to shake the earth with high spl's or prodigious bass output, they wouldn't be bad at all. With some simple mods that would cost next to nothing, they could be improved even further.
As a side note, due to being sealed, their bass output isn't going to be nearly as round or "potent" as most current vented designs. If you can live with tight bass that is pretty quick, clean and reasonably accurate down to about 55 - 60 Hz or so rather than desiring a lot of under-damped bloated slop that extends down to 45 Hz or so, these will do you fine. Sean
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As a side note, due to being sealed, their bass output isn't going to be nearly as round or "potent" as most current vented designs. If you can live with tight bass that is pretty quick, clean and reasonably accurate down to about 55 - 60 Hz or so rather than desiring a lot of under-damped bloated slop that extends down to 45 Hz or so, these will do you fine. Sean
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