i am one of those who owned the dca 4", for the music u intend to play don't wait any longer, the dca 4" sound wonderful with the daring amps , i been playing with them for years now in a non folded horn i designed myself and i never use a sub , and they are my reference speaker

i still have coral flat 6, beta 6 , 8a 40 and some other coral, dca 5.5 , tangbang bamboo 4" and some other Japanese 4" to 5" driver but i choose dca 4" so why wait ????

My next project, should it ever materialize will be the dca 5.5's in a BIB enclosure!
Otherwise just enjoying hte music every chance I get, which is really rare these days.

I would recommend the dca 5.5 over the 4's, but both are good drivers. The 5.5 have good enough highs and also good enough lows.
THe 4 have slightly better highs, but IMHO need a sub, actively crossed at about 80 hz. The 5.5's go down to about 60 but seem to go down lower (don't ask me how) in the PAWO enclosure.
According to other posts here, they go down to 30 hz in a BIB enclosure (well the enclosure goes down to 30 hz!). Imagine that in a 5.5 " driver. Pretty close to the holy grail eh?

I have some pairs of both, but I am certainly not willing to part with them.
Wayne, we need to have another audio meet soon...maybe listen to Mark's honky tonk badagonk system?
-akhilesh

I remember hearing your 4's in the PAWO enclosure at Tulsa and remembered you commenting on using a sub with them.

I think I'm still going to go for the 4's in a Ziggie not only because of floor space issues and WAF, but for the cheap cost as well . I will run them on their own for a bit, but probably end up adding a sub with an active x-over.

I see pairs of the 4's come up for sale once in a while.

I would love to get together at Mark's place to hear his Audio Note system. He invited us all over to his place last weekend, but there was no way I could go. I probably can't make time for a get together for another month at least.

I finally decided to move from my starter home, one I had lived in since I was 29. Thought I'd get it while the interest rates were still good, but found myself right in the middle of all that sky is falling stuff. These days, they go over you with a fine tooth comb, but in the end I think they're still able to finance homes as long as you can demonstrate an ability to pay for them. So I closed in August and have been in the process of packing, moving, unpacking and organizing ever since then. At the same time, I'm getting the old place ready to sell. So with all this going on, my hands are full.