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NHT ( now hear this ) speakers...

I have a pair of NHT Classic 2 bookshelves and find they give plenty of bass. They're designed very well from an aesthetics viewpoint and are remarkably solid.

They're still in business and sometimes have some good deals if you buy direct from them.
 
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(I just remember arguing that the correct word for vibration control was damping, not dampening, and he got pissed about that.)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's one of my pet peeves too. Funny thing is, I work in suspension development, and you'd be amazed how often folks in the shock absorber group make that mistake!
 
I passed up a pair of NHT Super Zeroes at an AK gathering/swap meet and bought Minimus 7's instead. Kinda regretting it to this day. Maybe I'll find another pair.
 
Yeah, that's one of my pet peeves too. Funny thing is, I work in suspension development, and you'd be amazed how often folks in the shock absorber group make that mistake!
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I've found both used and it seems to vary somewhat geographically. Perhaps the following discussion will help.

The verb technically appears to be to damp. FumbleFingers notes the OED's definition. M-W and the Random House Dictionary (at Dictionary.com) under dampen merely refer the reader to the relevant definition of damp. The things in a piano are called dampers, not dampeners. In a more formal context, damp is the proper choice.

Dampen does seem to enjoy use. On the Wikipedia page for damping (music), there are instances of dampening. NOAD lists as a subsidiary definition, "reduce the amplitude of (a sound source)." M-W and Random House both acknowledge that it has the same meaning in music as to damp. In an informal context, dampen is fine.
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https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/67497/is-it-damping-or-dampening-when-referring-to-sound
 
Super Zero's are quite impressive for their size/price, I have two pairs at the moment.

For a real eye opener, find some Super One's, the Zero's bigger brother. I use two pair and an NHT center for my HT setup.

Their larger speakers are also excellent performers, if you get a chance don't pass them up.
 
I own a pair (plus one) of the super one's and like them a lot.

I also demoed a pair of the newer super one 2.1's, and sent them back.
 
wmgwizard said:
Super Zero's are quite impressive for their size/price, I have two pairs at the moment.
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Several years back, I just so happen to be in Benicia, CA, so I swung by NHT's showroom. I was looking around when one of the NHT guys turned on one of those compact Marantz systems. The Marantz system was hooked up to a pair of the SuperZero 2.1's, but no subwoofer. The high quality of the playback was obvious, even without a sub. I was enjoying it when another NHT guy asked me if I wanted to hear something with a little more bass. Sure!! He took me into an area that resembled some kind of speaker driver testing facility and then had me sit down in front of a darkened area. He set up a basic stereo system that include a Sony ES CD player and asked me to listen to an upcoming NHT speaker that were working on. Music started and it sounded great....much better than the sub-less SuperZero 2.1's. Those unseen speakers were very compact and would eventually become the SuperOne 2.1's. I ordered a pair (for $250.00) once they became available to the public.

Oh, the gentleman who took to the darkened listening room? NHT co-founder Chris Byrne.
 
proud owner of 3.3s, their flagship model

if you have the space for them, I doubt any other speaker can come close to their performance for the money on the used market besides maybe some huge infinity VMPS, but even those will not extend to 25hz flat

they need a LOT of space, per NHT manual your listening seat should be 1.5x the distance between the speakers, and most people place them 10+ft apart

long term goal of running fully active 4 way xover

old pic but shows the scale

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the true secret with NHT is their passive subwoofers that go for pennies on local classifieds. Any sub using the 1259 or 10" driver they used in the 2.9s are EXCELLENT
 
I have a pair that I run with a NAD 3225... bitchin' speakers and incredibly portable. Awesome for near field listening...
 
onwardjames said:
If you really want to see what they'll do, use a passive crossover to shut off anything below 100 hz, and a truly quality sub, and be prepared to have your jaw hit the floor.
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And for the next stunt, power them with 300 watts/channel!

I've had Super Zero's since the late 1990's. Currently a pair lives on my desk and I enjoy them all day long. My NHT collection also includes SuperOne, 1.3a, 2.5, and 3.3
 
A nice variation of the Super Zeroes, were the VT-1a's. Designed for HT video use, they were a tall, slim tower, with Super Zero drivers. But, with an extra SZ woofer. Plus, a front panel switch that allowed for an Audio or Video crossover setting. Audio offered more pin point imaging. Video had a more diffuse sound, that worked better for movies. Less localization. Though, for Ambient music, I liked the Video setting. That produced a nice bubble of sound. Very spacious.

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I THOUGHT I spotted those legendary meters, but the color seemed.....orange??

I bet that was truly sweet.
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previous owner had installed an orange LED which blended a little with existing green LEDs it looks OK

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Sacrilege to the purists, I always planned on adding some nice cold white LEDs like this-

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