hifinutt
hifinutt
I have struggled with DT8 in my room with excessive bass and have had a thread running in the past. I have mostly solved the issue by standing them on their spikes onto IKEA bamboo chopping boards under which I superglue 4 sorbothane hemispheres and the result is much improved. I did try them with a loaner Rega Elicit mk5 and that seemed to boost the upper midrange and is a better match than my Nait XS2.
I think that the bass can overwhelm the midrange and be rather unimpressive. They are however great for jazz but not so much for dance etc.
I did listen to the DB1s at the dealer and was very impressed actually but foolishly went for the DT8s as I preferred the look and to be honest seemed like more speaker real estate for the money.
I have now also got some Alchris Audio AR4 which are excellent in my opinion but are slightly bright. A massive contrast to the Proacs but very enjoyable with excellent imaging.
Good luck with your search.
interesting comment re the AR4 .... i am often searching for a speaker that is NOT bright as i have a less than perfect room . the AR 6 has been most certainly quite smooth in the top end . rather good in fact