The year was 1995, I was a freshly minted audiophile - just out of college and a new job in the US of A, with dreams of a system that soared to the sky and a bank balance that unfortunately went the other way. One thing I always did during these pre-internet times was to browse as many audio magazines as I could at Barnes & Noble or at the Borders magazine aisles, alas I was too poor to buy any. One review in particular caught my eye, a review of the NHT superzero monitors by Corey Greenberg in the Jan 1995 Stereophile. He went on to state that these $230 a pair of speakers coupled to a sub., would challenge many higher end speaker available at that time (I did end up buying the magazine). I was smitten, if I stretched it, ate breakfast cereal at dinner for a few weeks, drank some cheap beer like pabst blue ribbon instead of the pricey stuff for a couple of months, etc etc. I could scrounge up the $200 or so for the speakers and maybe another $300-400 for a subwoofer - (Since it was pre-internet there were no real options of buying used - other than local thrift stores etc). So after a few months I ended up getting these speakers along with a cerwin vega powered sub. I was blown away, the sound coming out of these tiny boxes was so good, I couldn't believe it. The mid range was glorious, the treble well extended, soundstage was spacious, the speakers literally disappered, and of-course no real bass - hence the vega sub. was filling in real well. I had these speakers for at-least 7-8 years well into the early 2000's and during some spring cleaning (I had bought a house by then), they were sold. I always had fond memories of these and the sound they could produce. Well fast forward to now - I am older, wiser - hopefully, grayer and balder. And I had a need for some inexpensive speakers for another location for part of my business travels, these came to my mind - having read a crushing review about these from Amir at ASR basically declaring them as junk with measurements to back it up. As much as I like objective stats., I am not one to ignore my gut and the delightful time I had with my superzeros, so I acquired a pair now in the 2.1 guise and almost impossibly very close to the same price almost 30 years ago. Hooked them up in my bedroom system and supported by a Rythmik sub, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. All those old memories flooded back and these sounded every bit as spectacular as the ones I had before.
Thanks for taking the time to read the rambling ruminations of an old audiofool.
Cheers,
Sid
Thanks for taking the time to read the rambling ruminations of an old audiofool.
Cheers,
Sid
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