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Digital Phase Tower Speakers

Digital Phase AP-2.1

  • 1" tweeter
  • 2x 6.5" woofers
  • 42.5" height x 14.25" depth x 13.25" width
  • Frequency response: 35 Hz - 20 kHz
  • ~80 lbs each
  • MSRP: supposedly $1700 in mid-late 90s

I very briefly auditioned them. My impression was that the speaker sounds like a 6.5" woofer that is trying to do everything, and failing. The speaker lacked low frequency extension and also lacked clarity. To be fair, I was listening to it standing up, which is significantly vertically off axis from the tweeter, but the I believe tweeter is simply placed too low in the cabinet to begin with.

These are large speakers, I feel that modern designs (e.g. NHT/Definitive ones) produce better sound in a smaller footprint.

References: 1, 2.

Digital Phase AP-4

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  • 4x 1" spun titanium dome tweeters with neodymium magnets
  • 4x 6.5" carbon fiber impregnated polypropylene woofers
  • Frequency response: 35 Hz - 20 kHz
  • Sensitivity: 92 dB @ 1 W/1 m
  • 50" height x 17.75" depth x 16" width
  • ~120 lbs each

Interesting that these quote the same frequency response as the AP-2.1 despite having much larger cabinets and more woofers?