Well, what can I say... I see a company trying to be a Pro Audio company using unpaid-for designs in their web, and offering "pro audio" monitors WITHOUT an XLR or TRS balanced input.
Now I've only been in a few hundred recording studios, but I can't think of ONE that didn't use XLRs and TRS for the mains feed. And I can't think of ONE that used an "iPod" or USB interface (you can find AES/EBU sometimes, but of course that's also an XLR interface, albeit a digital one).
So DD's making "Professional" monitors that don't interface to other professional gear, and they're website's using ripped-off code that announces it's ripped off (yes, that is considered theft). Quite professional!
Look, DD's got a good reputation - deservedly so - in the car audio subwoofer/competition market. But having a pretty looking box does NOT make you a prosound company. Go take a look at a KRK monitor versus a Genelec. The KRK's ten times sexier.
Now which one is more accurate? Which one is bought by the real pros? You see Gennies in studios left and right. KRKs? They stay in the homes of GC shoppers (at least the KRKs have balanced inputs). See, pros don't go just by what looks sexy, James. It's a prosound monitor, form should follow function.
Not to mention DD doesn't even understand what the measurements are that they are posting! Can anyone explain why there is an IMPEDANCE TRACE for a freaking ACTIVE MONITOR? Beuller? Beuller? IT'S AN ACTIVE MONITOR! But they show a trace indicating a PASSIVE CROSSOVER! Hello McFly, they're posting nonsense about their speakers. Way to be taken seriously!
DD showed they really don't understand the "prosound" space, nor even how to put a professional face on their own website. And apparently that's good enough for some folks.
If you want to play with the big dogs, prepare to get chewed on a bit. DD just fizzled in a big way. Unless their market is to make active monitors for kids to buy and use in their dorms? Far cry from a "prosound" market, of course...
