ZYGI
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Ricardojoa,
In Steve's defense here and he doesn't really need to be defended....While at Decfest this year I was busting him about his e-mail responses to me, sometimes being just one word. We went up to his office and he showed me his emails from just the two days during Decfest, which he hadn't responded to, there was over 200 emails. Some spam for sure but mostly e-mails that needed his attention.
Then, during the day, he is pretty much on the phone most of the day talking with customers, after the shop closes down, he then gets to work building the amps he builds, sometimes working until midnight, so you see there isn't much time left in a day to scan over the forum and find questions for him....I once suggested to him to have a separate forum heading called "Questions for Steve" which may help as he wouldn't have to read the entire forum each day looking for questions for him and it may let people read his responses which may also answer their question.
Trying to answer your direct question....It would depend on the size of your room. Both HDT's need a larger room where as the ERR's can work extremely well in a smaller room. I find in my room, If I was considering the HDT MKII's I would go with the DM945's instead. My room is 12" X 16".
In Steve listening room, which is 16 by 20 something, the HDT and HDT-MKII work well and sound amazing but between the two it would go back to personal taste. The MK-II being a bit more laid back with a warm sweet sound, where as the HDT a little more in your face detail. That comes with a bit more showing up problems up stream, whether its hardware or software. Bad recording will sound bad with the HDT's where as the MK-II's can be completely listenable with a crappy recording. The ERR's would be somewhere in between.
If we can use light as an analogy here, think of the ERR as being a torch light facing the ceiling, spreading its light evenly around the room. Think of the HDT-MKII as being a flood light shining in your face and the HDT being a spot light. If you have a larger room and have to sit far field then the MK-II might be a better choice, over the ERR's. If you have a large room that a lot of passive listening is done, the ERR's can't be beat for passive listening in a large room.
I've heard all the speakers, but I fail at telling people what a particular amp sounds like with said speaker, in that department I'm limited on what I have on hand.
Lon, Will...I think you two coming from different speakers makes the difference between both of your takes on the HR-Ones.
Will is coming from a forward firing conventional speaker, and is getting a bit of something new with the radial/omni effect.
Lon, you are coming from an almost completely omni speaker and are getting a bit of a conventional forward firing speaker. You're almost going backwards away from the true omni effect which you love so much.
I hope this helps.... Zygi
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