9/5/2023 0 Comments Cerwin vega amp reviews![]() At 101db from just one watt you are way ahead of what most speakers will produce. But they play clean and crisp too all the way up to the point your amp gives out or you blow a fuse. You are very unlikely to ever find a set of speakers that play as LOUD as these do. ![]() Put them in a small room like my den and they will rattle the nails out of your walls. We're talking speakers that create a maximum of 125db according to CV. They are very hard on your ears at the volume they produce. I've blown a few of those fuses too but I have given up trying to make myself deaf. And the fuses keep them from getting blown. You can't scream over top of them and get anyone to hear a word you're saying. They rattle the windows and the baseboard heaters. These speakers make my mouse move around on my computer desk. And you would never get the volume out of them that you can from the CV's. Infinity made some speakers I thought were better but they had a much higher price tag. One set I saw must have cost $10,000 each back in the 1980's. I did hear a couple of sets of speakers that were better in those days but even then the price was way higher. They are excellent especially for their time period. And the company has made some real dogs but the DX9's don't fall into that category. The stores that sell those speakers laugh when you talk about CV. And the price tag matches their high quality. But there are some speakers that are more clear now. And they are better than the vast majority of modern speakers in the upper ranges too. These speakers will not play with the same clarity and presence as the high dollar speakers of today but they blow anything under $5000 per speaker totally away when it comes to full range audio. I've had better speakers for that range but not many. There are drop offs around 200hz to 300hz but you get that with 15" bass drivers. They play the full range of audio and they play it well. For the time these speakers were produced better speakers were few and far between. Testing reveals they produce much more power than that. ![]() I drive these beasts with a Kenwood Basic M2 which runs 340wpc at 4 ohms but that is a very conservative number. I have to record to something with a memory card to get full volume without skipping. I've tried dozens of fixes for that problem but nothing works. I can't turn my system up and play a CD because it makes them skip like crazy. And the bass is the same super driving force of nature the D9's had. The high end and the mid range is far more clear and detailed. I had heard my cousin's D9's (the original Earthquake speakers) and really liked them but the DX9's are MUCH better. I paid a whopping $285 for a brand new pair.
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