Dayton 300-670 speaker story *PIC*

[envisionelec]

Provided Link: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-670


I bought a pair of the Dayton 300-670 this weekend for my wife's study area. She wanted a pair of small speakers that could plug into her laptop through a small homemade amp (about 7W per channel).

The both of us decided to audition several small speakers at Parts Express this weekend. Our budget was $50 or less. I worked the selector switch panel while my wife listened carefully. It didn't take long for her to pick out the 300-670 as the clear winner. Although less efficient that the Pioneers, the 300-670's mibass was "less WOOOOAH" (her words) on the vocals. She said she liked the clarity and imaging; "It sounds like the center channel is on!" she exclaimed, pointing to a similar speaker below the wallmounted LCD.

Lucky us, they were on sale for $28.00. At home, I went to work on a quick, but loveable amplifier using the LM4756T chip. It has built-in gain resistors and only requires a single ended power supply. After about an hour, I emerged with an ugly box stuffed with half a PointZero power source and an ungainly perfboard/heatsink contraption sticking out the top and a length of 3.5mm plug-terminated wire dangling from the side. Mechanical ability is not my strength...

Nothing says "I love you" like a good set of amplified speakers. My wife was thrilled with their sound (and she is PICKY). I must say that I am impressed with their low cabinet resonance and extremely tight coherency between drivers. Even from a short distance, the tweeter blends effortlessly with the woofer. I have never, ever heard this kind of blending in a small speaker. I can imagine that these would blend superbly with an 8 or 10" bass driver given their smooth, rattle-free response.

Highly recommeded for room filling sound in a small space!

[jeffdeclerk]

I too am impressed with these dandy little speakers. I bought the 5 pc system for a 2nd system in my office. I built a entertainment console containing a variation of the triska sub that will house my components and 40" lcd. I'm waiting for the paint to dry so I haven't got all the speakers set up but I did connect 2 of the mts to the front channels on my living room system and I'm very impressed so far with the sound of these things. Midrange clarity and balance is great for such a cheap speaker. I don't think it can be beat for the price. When placed close to a wall they do have a fair amount of midbass as well. Will know more when I can everything setup permenant.