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<blockquote data-quote="Kemper Watson" data-source="post: 76111" data-attributes="member: 31">Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA.I&#039;ll try to give an objective review, although I had many horses in this race. &nbsp;First off, thanks to Ivan and all that attended. It was a nasty rainy day, limiting the listening to Danley&#039;s display room. I find that live music is the best test tone but not this day. Test tones and program material were all we had.&nbsp;I took a pair of KF 650zs, a 12 + 15&quot; Radian Microwedge, EVQRX 112 and an old Peavey DTH 15. There were also the Tannoy, a pair of VRX, an SH 46,an EV ZX5 and two Danley&#039;s monitor offerings, the SM 80M&nbsp; and I believe the SM 100 M . One 650 was bi-amped with an Xilica the other tri-amped with the UX8800. We also tested some subs. There was an SB 1000, a TH 118, the TH 212, Ivan&#039;s new beast, the IHOP, and the 812. &nbsp;Afer a brief set up we started running pink through the&nbsp; top boxes to get a comparitive level between them. As soon as we got levels really close we started comparing boxes. The difference in the 650 was obvious. Anyone have a UX8800 I can get? Maybe a payment plan..LOL. The tri-amped box was really good. No wonder Dave Gunness brags on it. It was pretty flat Smaart wise as well, so it just wasn&#039;t my bias. After going through the tops with several different peoples favorite tunes, including pounding each with AC/DC this was my take on the top offerings..The three best sounding boxes were so close that for me in a blind listening test I probably couldn&#039;t pick one from the other the were the Tannoy, the UX 650 and the SM80. The SH46 was fourth. It had something in the high end I could probably tame but we didn&#039;t spend too much time there. The VRX was next and then the EV. The last two weren&#039;t really bad, just not in the same league as the others. I was really impressed with the SM 80. At 65 lb and 800 watts it&#039;s going to be a welcome addition to the Danley line up. Maybe a bit wide for indoor use but could easily do 4-500 on a stick outdoors.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to post this for now. Next up.. The monitors</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kemper Watson, post: 76111, member: 31"] Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA. I'll try to give an objective review, although I had many horses in this race. First off, thanks to Ivan and all that attended. It was a nasty rainy day, limiting the listening to Danley's display room. I find that live music is the best test tone but not this day. Test tones and program material were all we had. I took a pair of KF 650zs, a 12 + 15" Radian Microwedge, EVQRX 112 and an old Peavey DTH 15. There were also the Tannoy, a pair of VRX, an SH 46,an EV ZX5 and two Danley's monitor offerings, the SM 80M and I believe the SM 100 M . One 650 was bi-amped with an Xilica the other tri-amped with the UX8800. We also tested some subs. There was an SB 1000, a TH 118, the TH 212, Ivan's new beast, the IHOP, and the 812. Afer a brief set up we started running pink through the top boxes to get a comparitive level between them. As soon as we got levels really close we started comparing boxes. The difference in the 650 was obvious. Anyone have a UX8800 I can get? Maybe a payment plan..LOL. The tri-amped box was really good. No wonder Dave Gunness brags on it. It was pretty flat Smaart wise as well, so it just wasn't my bias. After going through the tops with several different peoples favorite tunes, including pounding each with AC/DC this was my take on the top offerings..The three best sounding boxes were so close that for me in a blind listening test I probably couldn't pick one from the other the were the Tannoy, the UX 650 and the SM80. The SH46 was fourth. It had something in the high end I could probably tame but we didn't spend too much time there. The VRX was next and then the EV. The last two weren't really bad, just not in the same league as the others. I was really impressed with the SM 80. At 65 lb and 800 watts it's going to be a welcome addition to the Danley line up. Maybe a bit wide for indoor use but could easily do 4-500 on a stick outdoors. I'm going to post this for now. Next up.. The monitors [/QUOTE]

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