A sight for sore ears.
If you thrive on perfectly flat response, the world of speakers is loaded with frustrations.
And somewhere between the ten-foot monsters that sound good and the little boxes of mush that look good, there's got to be an answer.
Well, maybe you've found it.
The DS-303 from Mitsubishi Electric. A 4-way bookshelf system so carefully thought out and put together, it could spoil you for anything else.
Because, unlike many systems, the DS-303 isn't a compromise based on available components.
It's a total system designed and manufactured from scratch.
Nothing about it smacks of compromise and nothing about it is left to chance.
Every DS-303 we make has its day in the anechoic chamber. Where it performs in solitary terror. If the frequency response isn't properly flat from 30-35,000 Hz, it fails. If there are differences in characteristics near the crossover frequencies of 600, 5,000 and 10,000 Hz, it fails. If it can't handle 100 watts without distortion, it fails. If it can't pass a dozen other tough requirements, it fails.
And the punishment is swift.
If a woofer shows an abnormality at 5 Hz, for example, it's not just rejected. It's punctured.
Destroyed then and there.
This hurts, every time we have to do it.
But better us, than your ears.
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(High Fidelity, 1976)
Also see:
Analog and Digital Systems (ADS)