VAF Research DC-X GENERATION IV Floorstanding Speakers
VAF Research DC-X GENERATION IV Floorstanding Speakers
USER REVIEWS
[Jul 01, 2009]
Electric_Haggis
AudioPhile
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[Feb 25, 2008]
Tapet
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
-If your looking for speakers for serious 2 Ch. listening and or home theatre and your on a budget. They would be difficult if not impossible to beat.
Weakness:
-Big and Heavy.
I was a little hessitant to go with the the DC-X's. because 1. I couldn't hear them before I purchased and 2. There big. Wife was not keen on big speakers. Dispite there size they look good with there classy Australian Jarrah finnish.
Customer Service It was great. Although I only spoke to the guys at Vaf over the phone they seem like real enthusiast not just salesmen. They sound like they love what there doing.
Similar Products Used: -Tannoys
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[Oct 11, 2006]
Crist Constanti
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Big and beautiful. a real man's speaker with sound reproduction quality that is present in units 4 to 5 times the price.
Weakness:
Need to go to VAF to audition but even if you have the delivered you will not be sending them back What can I say that alrady has been said. These babies are the most exciting pieces of audio equipment that we can own.
Customer Service Best I have ever experienced. Similar Products Used: JBL Jamo Accusound |
[Jan 03, 2005]
Electric_Haggis
AudioPhile
Strength:
1. The best speakers I've heard for anywhere near the money. 2. VAF's top goal is ACCURACY, which I respect. 2. Don't have to sit through pointless hi-fi shop speaker demonstrations. 3. Too many more to list...
Weakness:
Can't try before you buy. But trust me - you WON'T be sending them back. This is a review of the new DC-X Generation 4 speakers, which I bought to replace my existing DC-X's. I assembled them myself to save some bucks. At one point I was investigating several other makes to see if I should stick with VAF, but no doubt about it - for the money these are just unbeatable. I've loved the former DC-X for some years now, and kept coming back to their accuracy, deep, clean response and big soundstaging. But the new incarnation is a definite step up. While the differences were obvious at first, it wasn't until I ran them against the old models that they really shined. More transparency all round, particularly up top. Improved tightness and definition down the bottom end. Less strain during loud and busy passages, and a cleaner mid-range with less 'grain'. The twin-tweeters really work in casting a wider sweet spot, but without causing more side-wall reflections in my narrow room, oddly enough. Only a SERIOUS bass junkie would feel the need use a sub with these things, such is their response. I used to have one with my previous DC-X, but ended up getting cleaner, less boomy results without one, albeit minus the very bottom register. If you have other full-range speakers in a surround setup, then you have even less need. I also got a custom-made Generation 4 DC-X centre speaker, which easily beats their standard DC-6, if you have the room for it. So really, I couldn't be happier now. They're nice looking (I got the 'old-style' wraparound stocking finish), they're amazingly flexible with room-placement, and they're VERY easy to drive. And they sound bloody fantastic. My system is: * Creek OBH-22 passive pre-amp (REAL transparency - I will have this thing buried with me) * Arcam Alpha 8 CD player (upgraded LClock XO3 and improved op-amps - incredible) * Rotel RMB-1075 5-channel power amp (drives the DC-X's with ease) * Rotel RB-971 2-channel power amp (for surrounds in a 6.0 setup) * Rotel RSP-1066 surround processor (pretty good) * an HT PC for DVD's etc * VAF DC-X Generation IV for front 3 speakers. * VAF DC-7 (old model) for side-surrounds * VAF DC-6 (old model) for rear-surround * Speaker cable: Belden 1810A (quad cable but not bi-wired over a 10metre run - This equals any overpriced snake-oil cable I've heard) * Interconnect cables: Van den Hul D-102 MkIII and D-300 (Pricey interconnects are a joke - zero improvement over standard $30 interconnects like Crest, Belden or Canare ) Similar Products Used: Many - Australian and overseas brands. |