CES 2012 – Davone
The very existence of these speakers implies that some people find the ordinary everyday speaker ugly, an unacceptable eyesore in the home. There are other speakers like this, glass speakers, colorful eyeball speakers, or, of course, in-wall speakers…
Me, I think ordinary speakers are cool, like large, glass front bookcases or big cherry armoires – which are also probably out of fashion.
But as we all know, fashion goes through cycles…
I sure am anxious to see this one end 🙂
I can really envision young people liking these Davone speakers, like the guys on the Friends TV series [instead of their Martin Logans]. And the Davone speakers do seem to be winning lots of awards.
Davone Ray loudspeaker
Davone Ray loudspeaker rear
Davone Ray loudspeaker from above
Davone Grande loudspeaker
Davone Grande loudspeaker
Davone Grande loudspeaker from the rear
Davone Mojo loudspeaker
Davone Mojo loudspeaker
Davone Rithm loudspeaker
Davone Rithm loudspeaker rear
This room driven by Bel Canto electronics and XLO cables
Hello Mike,
Actually the name of those speakers you have named “Menu” is “Ray”. 🙂
My question is – how do those sound?
BR, mb
Hi mb,
Thanks, I *thought* Menu was a strange name for a speaker :-). But you can see why a person might think they are called ‘Menu’ on their site:
http://www.davoneaudio.com/ray.html
How do they sound? It appears these cost $6K after doing a little surfing. Hmmm…
They sound laid back and seriously uneven top-to-bottom. I put them somewhere between the Vandersteen 2ce and 3A, which are also laid back, although they are more uneven than the Vandy, and likely do not go as low frequency wise.
Not the first time one pays more for a specific, some might say better, more stylish appearance.
Me? I think this speaker below might be fun : 🙂 [although it looks like just a mock-up, not a real speaker]
Take care,
-Mike
Hello Mike,
Now I have a website to put to a face 🙂 I remember your stealthy and very quick photoshoot of our room. Oozing experience from many shows as I understand from your great blog. Next time I will not let you get out of the door before you have sat for at least a minute on our couch 🙂
Hi Paul,
Well, I hope I was not the only photographer to digitally document your room’s existence this year…
Thanks for the invite. I’ve actually been to your rooms at several shows – which would be more obvious if I could ever get around to organizing all the 30,000 photos into our online show database. Argh. Or is that Ugh?
I think you guys are doing great work pushing the frontiers of audiphiledom out into the wilds of a suspicious and disbelieving public. Thanks! Hopefully you will inspire others.
Take care,
-Mike
You’ve got some great shots of those beauties.
Hi every one,
I am in progress of making a Davone ray replica, but I was wondering about the diameter of the enclosure port
any one has an answer. please help