The new F300 series shaking the paint off your walls

Mar 30, 2007 13:13 GMT  ·  By

By default, music is nothing without proper gear for both creating it and listening to it and people, having understood such a simple thing, began building serious audio gear. Now, it doesn't necessarily have to cost $25,000... well, if you're a rich audiophile and would rather spend such money on top-of-the-top gear - it's quite fine, I guess.

But there are people who also love music and more - love to listen to quality music on quality gear: these are the majority of people truly dedicated to music listening: you won't find in their homes any piece of popular gear from popular brands - only simple-looking, classy design and utmost performance equipment from brands like Destination Audio.

These days, Destination Audio have released the F300 series loudspeakers and I guess they'll be a hit simply because they offer sweet design, oustanding quality and reliability, all for a very decent price. Destination Audio will bring excellent sound from its excellent speakers in your living room at the cost of roughly $1,500. Not bad for audiophile-grade gear, isn't it?

The F300 series has 4 types of units. The first is F300R, a bookshelf-type speaker, being able to handle excellently the high and mid-high frequencies driving a 5.25" PolyGraphite mid-range cone and a 1" fabric dome tweeter. Small and sounding great, 100W, roughly 5kg, $320/pair.

Next in line is F300C, a LCR unit based on a 2-way, 3 driver-array: sound between 60Hz and 20kHz (as F300R, as well) will fly free through your room from this nice, rather center-pos speaker. Also usable as bookshelf box, it sports a (another classic array) dual 5.25" PolyGraphite and 1" fabric tweeter, working at 120W maximum power and weighting about 7 kg. Need one? $180 and it's yours!

F300T are looking really cool and T comes from TOWER: tall stands housing 8" Compressed Cellulose Composite membrane woofers and the (you've already met) 2 5.25 PolyGraphite mids and 1" fabric tweeter. 150Watts between 45Hz and 20kHz will make your windows shake for $780 a pair.

The last piece costs $440 and is the subwoofer: a 10" Compressed Cellulose Composite membrane driving 100W continuous power in your house, as low as a skull-mashing 35Hz threshold topped at 150Hz with a crossover start point around 50Hz.

Placing all these together will ensure you a wall of Hi-Fi sound in compliance with possible pre-existing Destination Audio ceiling or wall speakers. Find the proper amp (DA as well, maybe) and you're set for good.

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