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Subject: Re: Dak incorporated BSR speakers offer-is it a scam?
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Date: Sat, 26-Jul-86 22:08:13 EDT
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In article <2409@rsch.wisc.edu> uppal@rsch.wisc.edu (Sanjay Uppal) writes:
:Has anybody heard of BSR, and/or had any dealing with this sort

I got the 15 inch BSR subwoofer a few weeks ago.  As reported earlier, the
unit went sour while driven by a Sony STR-VX250 receiver ($135, 20w/ch), but
I think that failure is a fluke (bad glue on the voice coil or something).

Before taking the unit in for warranty repair, I did look inside.  No, you're
not gettong $400 worth of speaker for $100.  The crossover network consists of
one NP electrolytic and one ferrite core choke per channel.  The woofer has
two separate voice coils, so you don't have to worry about funny grounding
systems on amps.

Assuming the 15 inch subwoofer can take as much power from the little Sony
as the 6 inchers have taken for a year or two, I'll be happy.  It did sound
OK in the computer room before it blew.  Not in the same league as a pair
of ten year old 12 inch Infinity's or AR-3's, but not as expensive.

Based on this example, and assuming the replacement woofer bahaves properly,
I would not hesitate to consider BSR for price sensitive applications.

The catalog that came with the woofer includes a $249 remote controlled DBX
equalizer which I'll probabaly order soon.  I have an equalizer already, but
I can't adjust it very accurately because the system sounds different from
the listening position. (I use the EQ for problem recordings, and use the
mike and RTA to adjust the speaker locations, driver balance controls, and
the treble control on the main preamp without using the EQ.  Sort of backwards
from the usual application, but it's easier to remember the normal setting
of two treble controls than the settings of 20 sliders).