My OCD compelled me to save these speakers from a dumpster. I've tidied them up and had a listen. I can't find anything wrong with them. The low bass is possibly amongst the best I've heard from 5" drivers. The top is crisp without being harsh. The mids are typical for a 2-way bookshelf system.
Alas, I have a ton of speakers with better badges. These are going back to the dumpster.
Alas, I have a ton of speakers with better badges. These are going back to the dumpster.
Is the sound not more important than the badge?
You don't say which model it is, which may help answer your headline question.
Fidek speakers are a First Audio product. Manufacturing started in Hong Kong and then transferred to China.
One certainly wouldn't say that all China built loudspeakers are bad!
Here is Fidek's current home audio line: https://www.fidek.com.hk/article/43.html
And some history of the company: https://www.fidek.com.hk/history.html
You don't say which model it is, which may help answer your headline question.
Fidek speakers are a First Audio product. Manufacturing started in Hong Kong and then transferred to China.
One certainly wouldn't say that all China built loudspeakers are bad!
Here is Fidek's current home audio line: https://www.fidek.com.hk/article/43.html
And some history of the company: https://www.fidek.com.hk/history.html
looks and sound are not necesairly connected to each other. A lot of the so called "high end speakers" sound terrible, while there are very cheap plastic speakers that sound wonderfull good also like the very cheap active Edifer R1280T that a friend has. He uses them outside on his terrace, laying in the windows frame playing on low volume and this speaker does that almost perfect and costed less than 100€...
The speaker that you have i don't know, but it's price does no say anything about hte quality i learned. It could be good, it could be bad whatever it looks like.
The speaker that you have i don't know, but it's price does no say anything about hte quality i learned. It could be good, it could be bad whatever it looks like.
Why back to the dumpster? Why not to a second hand store / thrift shop / pawn shop so someone else might have a go with them.
Free on FB marketplace place, something other than to a landfill!
Free on FB marketplace place, something other than to a landfill!
I have a pair of Profiles of Audio from best buy a decade ago. With a 1.5 ohm resistor between amp and speaker these sound fabulous and can hit 40 hz with a 6" woofer.
I still have a shipload of two way speakers with woofers 8" and below. Eventually they will find homes where they are loved. For now they are keeping one another company on the shelves.