bass reflex vs, acoustic suspension and japanese speakers

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Hello Sound fans:

I have this memory of my youth (the 80's)of this small acoustic suspension speakers that had the most tight bass response ever....they were japanese -Technics SB-F2 (2 way)- placed on this small tripods.

Maybe the hard wood floor had a lot to do too with it and not too many furniture in that room, it was perfect.....ahhh what a memories.....


Later in the 90's my roommate had this old tower Technics (4 way), bass reflex this time, that sounded awesome with his old silver Kenwood Amplifier and Onkyo CD changer.

Are japanese speakers very good or they just fit my ears?


Any one with comments about this two types of speakers (Bass Reflex vs. Acoustic suspension) and japanese speakers???


Thank You

Most Japanese speakers are best avoided.While they make a lot of "HI FI" sound, the manufacturers are not too bothered with the finer aspects of sound reproduction.Typical problems are poor crossover implementation, bad driver integration, shrill highs, disjointed mids and highs, slow woofers resulting in wooly bass, inability to image properly etc...