turbinetwister

I purchased my D8's in 1980, I auditioned over a hundred pairs of speakers, the best available at that time. (Being military I spent days in BX sound rooms listening to speakers and matching. While using different driving combinations, Nakamichi, Yamaha, Sansui, Pioneer, Technics, and far more. Speakers JBL, Altec, AR , Klipsch, Snell, Infinity, and most of what everyone today drools over. The only pair of speakers that accurately reproduced the TELARC version of Tchaikovsky's 1812th overture was the D8's. They were not not shrill and those (yes) small 10 inch woofers did not buckle....... I was amazed. The Altec VOTT's (I have a set) buckled. The infinty RSII's had real problems. AR7's again failed. In 1980 Design Acoustics was being sold to ADC and I purchased the last set of D9's they had in stock. ( if you were paying attention) You noticed D8's and D9's, sometime in 1979/1981 time frame one driver was added and the speaker grill cover was changed. I have a set of D8's and a set D9's. They perform beautifully 40 years later. I have yet to find a set of speakers for under $10,000.00 that would match them. For those that need to know your D8/9s should be placed about 2 feet from a wall and be allowed the "breathing" around them. (more knowledge as I carried a head shell with a Stanton 881S with D81 Stylus, and the Telarc album all over the pacific and California while I listening to speakers ( at that time only the shure v15 4 and the stanton 881s could track that album) My D8s and D9s are being driven by a Pioneer Sx 1980, which I also purchased at that time. LOVE THOSE DESIGN ACOUSTIC D8'S AND D9'S.......