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| Topic: | High end rocks? This thread has 18 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 11:13 |
tomciara Loyal Member |
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Have used StereoStone, Rockustics, TIC (bleah) but have settled on Episode the last few years.
I have a client who is interested in something much better, or perhaps from a better known manufacturer. Do you have any recommendations?
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| Post 2 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 11:45 |
I've used the 8 inch Sonance rocks on the last couple of jobs and been pretty happy with them. [Link: sonance.com]
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| Post 3 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 12:31 |
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jamo had some excellent rocks once upon a time
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| Post 4 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 12:35 |
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Why rocks? Recently I've been using NEAR LB8's on their ground-mounted method, hidden behind the plants. In the past I had a metal fab guy build me a "T" stake with holes for the mounting bracket points and used big Sonance Mariners, Paradigm Stylus', or even Niles OS8 back in the day.
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| Post 5 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 12:43 |
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If the rocks aren't a deal breaker check these out [Link: coastalsource.com]To be clear...they have rocks...i just prefer the bollards.
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| Post 6 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 14:14 |
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Near gets my vote for durability and superb sound. They had inground, but not rock speakers, and I hated giving them back after I wrote a review. Best sounding outdoor speakers I've heard....
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| Post 7 made on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 16:56 |
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I HATE rocks. look so cheezy and cheap. I install them kicking and screaming...Sonance gets my vote if you must be cheezy
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| Post 8 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 08:33 |
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Agreed 3P, I have never seen a rock speaker that didnt look like a fake, plastic rock that made sound.
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| Post 9 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 09:00 |
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Is "really good rock speakers" similar to 'really good S-video cables'?
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| OP | Post 10 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 11:33 |
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On September 4, 2020 at 09:00, highfigh said...
Is "really good rock speakers" similar to 'really good S-video cables'? From a tech point of you, what is the issue? It is a sealed cabinet, with interactions between the resonant frequency of the woofer and the volume of the cabinet. Like a bookshelf speaker with an odd shape. No reason it could not sound just fine. If the fact that it looks like a plastic rock irritates you, I can understand that. That does not mean it cannot be made to sound decent.
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| Post 11 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 14:27 |
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On September 4, 2020 at 11:33, tomciara said...
From a tech point of you, what is the issue? It is a sealed cabinet, with interactions between the resonant frequency of the woofer and the volume of the cabinet. Like a bookshelf speaker with an odd shape. No reason it could not sound just fine.
If the fact that it looks like a plastic rock irritates you, I can understand that. That does not mean it cannot be made to sound decent. That's true, there is no reason why it couldn't sound good...it's just that I don't think any of the manufacturers of rock-looking speakers put any effort into making them sound any more than OK.
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| OP | Post 12 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 16:38 |
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On September 4, 2020 at 14:27, osiris said...
That's true, there is no reason why it couldn't sound good...it's just that I don't think any of the manufacturers of rock-looking speakers put any effort into making them sound any more than OK. Tell that to StereoStone, Rockustics, where that’s all they do... they would probably give you a potent cross-eyed look, like, are you serious?
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| Post 13 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 17:08 |
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I don't think some of these people have ever really seen a StereoStone or Rockustics product.
"Cheap looking plastic rock" is the last thing you would be saying.
Sound quality... meh, it is what it is.
I just wouldn't want to use any of those actual cheap plastic looking rock speakers. They neither sound any good, nor do they usually last.
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| OP | Post 14 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 18:29 |
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On September 4, 2020 at 17:08, Brad Humphrey said...
I don't think some of these people have ever really seen a StereoStone or Rockustics product.
"Cheap looking plastic rock" is the last thing you would be saying.
Sound quality... meh, it is what it is.
I just wouldn't want to use any of those actual cheap plastic looking rock speakers. They neither sound any good, nor do they usually last. Funny, I just replaced a set of rocks in someone’s backyard that were still working from 15 years ago. I guess your mileage may vary. Anyway, I didn’t mean for it to turn into a rock speakers good or bad thread. I do appreciate the recommendation on the Near speakers.
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| Post 15 made on Friday September 4, 2020 at 23:27 |
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On September 3, 2020 at 12:43, Mac Burks (39) said...
If the rocks aren't a deal breaker check these out [Link: coastalsource.com]To be clear...they have rocks...i just prefer the bollards. The Bollards are amazing... But the Rocks sound really good tool. Especially with a Sub.
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