Tuki Covers
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Well Mr. Lewis.....
I thought it about time I
gave you an update on my state of contentment concerning the speaker cabinets that I
purchased from you. I'm the guy 90 miles north of where your brother lives in Red
Deer. You know, the place with the "Big Mall".
I received the speakers a
couple o'weeks ago and despite the “fragile” stickers on every side of
the cartons...Fed Ex still managed to puncture both boxes but luckily the offending
object(s) were stopped by the speaker grills in both cases. Upon closer inspection (and
believe me I looked close) no damage was found with either cabinet.
Now to the speakers themselves: I dig these babies.They're Fat,Phat and all o'that!!!I
spent a weekend A/B ing them with my SWR 6x10 (I wanted a conclusive comparison in case I
had to ship these back south to you) and even before they had completely broken in,I
decided to sell my SWR cabinet. These have acheived what I had hoped. Two
small,stand alone cabinets,that when teamed up,can take on just about any 4x10 (and
many 6x10's) on the planet and meet or exceed them in both sound quality and shear
output! In all honesty though,I have yet to put them to the ultimate test and that is to
use them live. So far they haven't left my basement but I can't see why,in a live
situation they would suddenly display inferior qualities?!?!
I must express one gripe
however. It's with the covers that I purchased but its not with the quality of
them,in fact I think that's very high. I guess it's with the design. Presently....the
cover does it's job very nicely on 5 sides of the cabinet always leaving 1 side exposed to
the elements, etc. My first thought (and even before seeing the covers) was that instead
of the velcro strap there now......it should be a flap of the same cover material
fastening in a similar fashion. I must say that I did feel a little let down in that
dept.The covers are not cheap,yet they do not "cover all". A well designed
speaker should have a well designed cover. It's relatively high cost would then be
justified!
Other than that...I'm
happy and expect to get 'em out there playin' live real soon. I'll let you know what
I think about them then.
Derrick
PS- I have yet to dig up
(but will) that info I wanted to send you concerning "bass transition" and
"2 and 1/2 way" speaker design.
Reply:
Hi
Derrick,.
Thanks
for the note.
Glad
you like the cabs.
I
plead "no-contest" on the covers. I stock them as a convenience for my
customers, and make roughly nothing on them. Some people like them, and some people
don't. I do my best to represent everything we do here as honestly as I can, and hope to
make people smile.
Yes,
I'd be interested in the info you refer to. I'll be putting sections on "FAQ"
and "Science" on my website soon.
Thanks,
Andy