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Old 07-23-2003, 04:48 PM   #1 of 102
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Hey the White van guys tried to sell speakers to me. Ha, ha, ha


It was great. It made my day.

They caught me in the parking lot of Home Depot, in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The White van pulled up with three guys in it. The driver said to me, "Hey dude, you wanna buy some bad ass speakers?"

In almost disbelief and with a big grin on my face I looked at the van, looked back at him and said, "Alright, the White van speakers guys!"

"Sure I'd love to see what you got."

I could barely contain myself, ha, ha, ha.

"What do you have there?" I asked. "Digital Designs, Dodd Digital, Dahlton's...?"

He said he was with Dahlton, and those other companies sold crap. Their stuff was good.

Starting to laugh now I then introduced myself, and told him who I was and that I was a loudspeaker designer and manufacturer... and owned GR Research.

"Oh really," he says, with a look of surprise...

I then told him he was more than welcome to bring some of those speakers by to GR Research and I would be more than glad to shoot some responses on them, take an impedance response, etc, and he could see for himself how good his speakers were.

He said he would actually be interested to see for himself how they measured.

I gave him my web address and phone number but did not hear from him, bummer!

He gave me his card too.

His name was Shawn Haugh. He is with T & M Enterprises Inc.

I have an Irving, Texas address and phone number if anyone is interested. He, he...

Here's their web site: http://www.dahltonloudspeakers.com

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Old 07-23-2003, 06:08 PM   #2 of 102
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Hey, that's pretty funny. It's probably a good way to get rid of them too. Too bad you didn't humiliate them because I really don't care for people that run scams.
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:10 PM   #3 of 102
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Well at least they look kinda nice...
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:25 PM   #4 of 102
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how cheap r they? is it bose with fancy wood veneerS?
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:31 PM   #5 of 102
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the speakers do look nice....



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Old 07-23-2003, 06:36 PM   #6 of 102
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Too bad you didn't humiliate them because I really don't care for people that run scams.


I would have if they would have showed up to have a pair of them measured.

Here is a link to the last pair of these White van speakers that I measured.

http://www.gr-research.com/diyevents/white.htm

Sorry, I posted the wrong link the first time.
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Old 07-23-2003, 06:52 PM   #7 of 102
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The Dahlton's look nice...But, that means nothing.

Edit: After reading the page linked above.

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These are really lightly constructed, and if you knock your nuckles on the side of them, they rattle and resonant for a second or two afterward.
Ewww!

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The midrange and the tweeter actually shared a single capacitor as its network, making this a four driver two way design.
Double ewww!



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Old 07-23-2003, 10:51 PM   #8 of 102
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Watch out! Next time he'll have GR-Acoustics for sale.
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Old 07-24-2003, 12:08 AM   #9 of 102
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LMAO! Now that is just too ironic. I think that made my day.



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Old 07-24-2003, 12:54 AM   #10 of 102