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Message started by maddog07 on 02/17/23 at 20:26:49

Title: T6 speakers
Post by maddog07 on 02/17/23 at 20:26:49

there was all kinds of over the top "buzz"about these at the last Zenfest in the recorded video - I was not able to attend this last fest.
I see they are now officially available for sale on the website. But I find very little to no mention of them anywhere.

Does anybody actually have a pair?
Do these suffer from the same excessive build lead time as amps?
I'm looking for any info on the T6 anybody has to share!

Thanks!

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Paul2 on 02/17/23 at 20:38:33

To answer your questions

1. Yes, there are some people who have them in their systems. But, we see very little talk on the forum about them.

2. I believe Steve said that they are in stock.. So, there should not have much wait time.

3. I do not have a pair but have heard them at Decfest and they look excellent and sound the same.

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by BlackBess on 02/17/23 at 22:25:18

I ordered a pair last October & received them I think in less than a week. To me they look nicer than any speaker or any other piece of furniture we own. But they’re in my back basement hobby spot. You know, near the washer, dryer, furnace & water heater. If my wife is around you should hear her complain when I play Infected Mushroom upstairs. But for what they are they sound very nice with my old Had. I think between cone area, cabinet size & cost,that should give you an idea of their limitations. The T6’s are rated down to 55Hz +/- 3db I believe, but depending on source & musical selection seem to play much lower. Still I plan to ad a REL sub some day. So I’m hoping when my DNA II’s are delivered they sound 3 times better. J/K Maybe these aren’t popular because they’re not made in this hemisphere. They also took longer than usual to break in, but maybe that was just my pair. I didn’t condemn them to the dungeon right away, they “Had” to work their way there.

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Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Paul2 on 02/17/23 at 22:57:20

They may only be a half a dog high and a dog and a half long but they sure can fly !

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by ddaarr on 02/20/23 at 22:46:47

Curious to hear if you felt the need to run a subwoofer after break-in?

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by BlackBess on 02/21/23 at 06:55:16

Mr. ddaarr, if you are asking me, I would say that in my situation that I would like to add something like the Rel Tx-5. If you had these on nice stands in the middle of your room you may feel differently. But before mine were run in sufficiently they were on top of my Forte IV’s (out in the middle of the room) & they weren’t cutting the mustard. But my desire to use these speakers had a lot to do with size & placement requirements. Depending on room size the Zu DW6 (for example) is going to energize more of the total spectrum of sound for about the same price. But I like cone area. I know how people talk about superior soundstaging with narrower front baffles (I have KEF’s) but I like how a bigger speaker gets more air moving with less drama. Holy smokes, your results may differ. But interestingly the wife was helping me in the basement when some more Infected Mushroom came on. “Bliss on Mushrooms” I believe. Well instead of “this sounds like noise to
me” like before, I hear her singing “oh wee oh” like one of the wicked witch’s guards. So maybe the difference was mood, the particular IF tune or was it the T6’s singing their sweet siren song. Again, holy cow what a hoot.
Anywho, wadda ya think about that, I’m sleeping down at the laundrymat.
Got no clothes to clean, to put inside the machine.

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Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by BlackBess on 02/21/23 at 14:54:01

Here’s 2 similarly sized speakers that I’ve yet to hear but am curious about;

Don Thomas from Wathen & Cryotone’s boxes

These are the new Dennis Had speakers

“Help Cecil help”, for those that remember, I won’t repeat the rest, Ralph

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Tony on 02/21/23 at 17:16:12

Hey maddog07,

You will find more T6 responses in the category "A newbie's questions..

It looks and sounds very good.

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Littlebit72 on 02/22/23 at 00:35:35

"They may only be a half a dog high and a dog and a half long but they sure can fly !"

Jajajajaja!

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Littlebit72 on 02/22/23 at 00:39:22

Yes, these guys sure know what they are talking about and have helped me a lot.
I'm seriously thinking of getting either the T6 or the Trapeziums. May have to hunt someone down to listen to them en person.

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by ddaarr on 02/27/23 at 02:36:20

Thank you to all that contributed to the Decware T6 information. I have an opportunity to locally buy some Omega Bookshelf, not the Alnicos. Both brands are the same retail price. Anyone chime in with experience with both or can compare either brands. Room is 11x15, medium listening levels, and a SET tube amp in the future.

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by bramar on 02/27/23 at 03:19:50

If you’re going for a fleawatt amp + single driver speakers, prepare for astonishing realism with vocals at the expense of bass impact and general fullness of sound.

vocals, solo or a couple instruments sound phenomenal. that means acoustic, renaissance, classical baroque, jazz trio, etc will be rendered beautifully. forget about pop and rock….not very impressive. So you will be limited in music genres.

that is my personal experience.

Brad

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Tony on 02/27/23 at 06:48:11

Hey ddaarr,
I've posted on my comparison of the T6 and Omega Alnicos elsewhere giving the nod to Omega. The Alnico variable was the difference. I can't say without it. You probably can't go wrong with either. Good luck.

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by morp on 02/27/23 at 15:30:06

I swapped from Trapeziums to T6 for nearfield listening on a desk. Both are excellent speakers and I'm very happy with the sound I'm getting. My use case (speakers 3 feet from my ears) is likely different from most folks, but happy to answer any questions!

Richard

Title: Re: T6 speakers
Post by Craig B on 03/21/23 at 18:53:55

Hi. I have had the T6’s for about 3 months and I run them with a Rel T5i subwoofer. I found in my incrementally improving system I am really happy with them. They did take a long time to break in as another person in the thread noted, stick with them. The T6’s are fast and transparent to my ears and when there is air, space and energy in the recording the T6’s show you this beautifully. They have good bass but lack a really low end as per their spec. If the recording has really bass weight and punch the T6’s will give you this. If you want real base thump then may want something bigger, these have more than enough bass for me. The sub just adds the really low notes. They also look really great, lovely finish and shape and put out a really big room sound for a modest sized bookshelf speaker. A couple of weeks back I added some ZFOCUS speaker cables. These made another good improvement. They added another layer of transparency and opened up the sound stage. I am in line for the Sarah 300b amp, hopefully is the next couple of months. I am really excited to connect them up-to the T6’s. I choose the T6’s after watching the 2022 Decfest video’s. The consensus seemed to be they were a really good match with the Sarah.