Altec Voice of the Theater... blast from the past technology. Would probably sound great in a huge room. Wonder how the seller (no personal association with them) intends to ship these?
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Been watching a Nakamichi ZX-9 deck on Audiogon. It is listed at $3,800. Mine is in the basement with a broken belt. Keep hearing they are worth a lot if in good shape and have been on the fence about having it refurbished and trying to figure out if I want to take a $1,000+ gamble on getting mine done.
A guy a went to college with had a pair of Klipsch Horns - in a dorm room.
Yeah, it was a little loud. But it sounded great! Onliest better sounding speakers on campus were my Infinity Qas & Larry's Dahlquists (when he got them - he, his wife, his girlfriend, and his half-brother lived in what used to be the infirmary, and thus he had a decent-sized room - he sat me down in the sweet spot & put on an album by a Highland pipe band; pipers, of course, always walk when they play, and I heard those suckers march clean around me! I mean, the sound came from behind, according to my ears. Great speakers, those Dahlquists!)
Peter
I have a set of the Cerwin Vega Subwoofers from the Sensurround Earthquake theater sound system from the 1970's. 18" reverse K drivers in a 48" x 48" x 20" enclosure. Had them in my living room at my last home. Powering them each with 360W. They are tuned at 20Hz so you "feel" them more than "hear" them. I later put the drivers into a 24" x 24" x 24" downfiring cube with a granite top. Pipe organs are fantastic! So are bass drums. Been in my system now for 40 years.
We always used to lust after Earthquake speakers, both for stereo and SR applications; closest I ever came was a pair of 18" single scoops in a 4-way PA - which were absofreakinglutely majestic!
I want to hear your system.
Peter
A friend of mine still has his 80s Dahlquist's, haven't heard them in years but always thought they sounded great.
I still like a lot of the old audio technology... new stuff is hit and miss unless you spring for high-end audiophile components. I still think that despite their limits the best set of speakers I ever owned were Spendor LS/3.5A monitors that were designed for BBC broadcasting. Small desktop speakers that didn't have a deep low-end but mids- and vocals sounded amazing and the highs were accurate and precise with no exaggeration. I was listening to The Everly Brothers-"Songs Our Daddy Taught US" LP on these and it was the first time I experienced "speakers disappearing" it sounded incredibly natural and like you were in the room with them. This is an acoustic record with bare instrumentation and I think it is just a beautiful release. I got an excellent price on the Spendors, paid $400 for them in 1986 and sold them about 5 years ago for $1,500. I kind of wish I hadn't sold them...
My Infinitys were powered by a Yamaha CA-810 integrated amp; everything from full-on rock to 1 voice & 1 acoustic guitar sounded like you were there.
Lost the speakers in a flood, and the amp is sitting in its box waiting for spousal approval to get its glitches fixed. I am not holding my breath.
Peter
I was using Heco p115's powered by a Hafler 500; I miss it...I still have it but can't use it in my new place (I call it new, I've been here 5 years) but it was way too loud for anything but the most accommodating or absent neighbours...