{"id":534,"date":"2016-07-17T18:28:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T06:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/?p=534"},"modified":"2019-02-14T18:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T05:36:47","slug":"dd-audio-iw6-5-in-wall-speaker-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/dd-audio-iw6-5-in-wall-speaker-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"DD Audio IW6.5 In Wall Speaker Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is known that DD Audio<\/strong> have been making Home Audio<\/strong> for quite some time now, in fact my understanding is that DD Audio<\/strong> have been designing and building high quality products for Home Audio<\/strong> as far back as 1986<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when Ashley \u2018Madd Bass\u2019 Burrell<\/strong> told me that DD Audio<\/strong> had just released the IW6.5 In-Wall\/Ceiling Speaker<\/strong> I had to have a listen, so for the next few days I hounded Ashley<\/strong> (As I do) for us to get a set in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first thing I noticed when I unboxed the IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> was the twin Silk Dome Tweeters<\/strong>, seeing that made me even more impatient since most speakers with Silk Dome Tweeters<\/strong> generally have beautiful clarity and a real refined sound to them. After glaring at the front for what would seem like an eternity I decided to check out the components before we got George<\/strong> & Ashley<\/strong> to mount them in the front wall of ABTEC\u2019s Audio Lounge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the DD Audio IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> were mounted into the wall I let them have a few hours of play time before I had a listen, not because I wanted to give them some run-in time but more so because I knew Ashley<\/strong> would of wanted to have a good listen first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that Ashley<\/strong> had finished listening to the IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> it was now my turn to have a sit down and try numerous songs from a wide range of music genres, during this time I only had the DD Audio IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> running so that I was sure that every sound I heard was only from the IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong>. Straight away I could hear the clarity and detail from the twin Silk Dome Tweeters<\/strong>, the woofers had a very clean mid-bass and nice distinctive kicks that wasn\u2019t overwhelming which made the listening experience very enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now I had a good taste of the sound that the DD Audio IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> produced it was time to do a little comparison to two other hi-end Branded (Which I will not name)\u00a0In-Wall\/Ceiling Speakers<\/strong>, the song\u2019s I used for this was Pink Floyd\u2019s Time <\/strong>& Guns and Roses\u2019 Dead Horse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I listened to Time<\/strong>\u00a0through the DD Audio IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> and after that listened to it on what I would now call Speakers A<\/strong> & then Speakers B<\/strong>, straight away I could tell the differences in the Tweeters<\/strong> as the Aluminium Tweeters<\/strong> in Speakers A & B<\/strong> soon became harsh at the beginning of the song during the Grandfather Clock Bells<\/strong> and also during the Guitar Solo<\/strong> on the higher notes while the twin Silk Tweeters<\/strong> on the IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> held the notes smooth and true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While listening to Dead Horse<\/strong> the Vocals<\/strong> & Acoustic Guitar<\/strong> on the IW6.5\u2019s<\/strong> sounded natural and so so clean, I can\u2019t emphasize on how clean they are to the point when I listened to the same song on Speakers A & B<\/strong> I was instantly disappointed. The woofers picked up the Drums and Bass Guitar<\/strong> sounds precisely and dominantly that it filled ABTEC\u2019s Audio Lounge<\/strong> without any of the music breaking up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n