Hey audiophanatic, I too was curious about soomoku for same reasons (VFM
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) ... and in case you have gone through the concerned thread, you must have already noticed that.
I did talk to Mr. Palesha... he has promised me to send his product catalogs and look into the matter of their website (
www.palesha.com) which is down for sometime.
I have also visited a dealer in bangalore, he happens to be dealing with only high-end systems (both branded and non-branded, I mean those among who's-who in audio as well as not-well-known types of brands!). I believe the person who had started soomoku thread had observed the same in Hyderabad. I am talking about Bangalore, and think it shouldn't be merely a coincident. Like what Vikram had mentioned, I found that guy to be highly knowledgeable. He too agreed that many speakers by palesha electronics are excellent VFM (not just car, home as well), before I could say anything. The moment I asked him about soomoku, he responded with a smile, "you seem to have done enough of research!". He only had 10" soomoku sub model with classD amp (so called digital amp or classX). Have not listened to it yet though. I am not an expert, but in the first glance I could notice a few signs which talk a bit about its quality-
-the cabinate was big, rigid and tapered shape, did not create drum like beat upon knoking it. Sound could easily damp away (signs of lack of resonaces)
-the cone was sturdy with good rubber surround. Just pushed it near outer edge and the whole cone could move easily without getting folded, or tilted on any side.
-it has powerful and efficient classD amp (less drain on battery) with nice to have controls for cutoff, 0-180 deg phase shift and a remote knob to control bass level
I will update, once I listen to it. For that he quoted around 10-11K (don't remember exact figure, for 12" it will be little higher he told)
Here is another independent advice by an old audio nut who believes in just stereo listening rather than home theater (typical of oldies!). He has recommended may indian speaker brands including cadence and lithos, palesha being one of them.
http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Tips...m-39787-1.html
Navinji, I have one question for you which I wasn't clear about in soomoku thread- have you listened to the same model with 12 incher and class-d amp? (sorry, posting it here since the original thread has been closed for a while)
talking about cheap products in general, let me share my opinion:
Indian- in speakers as long as driver and amp is sourced from a reputed brand, enclosures can be easily built locally with much lesser overall cost, especially due to availability of design softwares. Thats what all DIY guys do. If any indian company does that commercially and make good products available at a fraction of an equivalent branded one, I would grab the opportunity.
Chinese- we have preconceived notions about all chinese being worthless. But I belive it has emerged as a global manufacturing hub, and they do have good quality products too. Most of the big companies throughout the world outsource a lot of critical componets from chinese companies to cut costs. I wouldn't be surprised if I open a branded item just to find many components being OEM from china
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