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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 5, 2019 8:39:45 GMT -5
Liner-phase - shows up on the local Craigslist - 1975 vintage - $400 the pair:  |
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Post by creimes on Feb 5, 2019 8:58:09 GMT -5
Not sure on sound but the looks ain't my cup of tea  |
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Post by geebo on Feb 5, 2019 9:03:38 GMT -5
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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 5, 2019 9:08:12 GMT -5
Not sure on sound but the looks ain't my cup of tea They come with grills...  |
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Post by creimes on Feb 5, 2019 9:17:56 GMT -5
Not sure on sound but the looks ain't my cup of tea They come with grills... A bit better haha |
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Post by selind40 on Feb 5, 2019 9:22:53 GMT -5
They look like a mini-fridge.....can they hold beer inside??
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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 5, 2019 9:26:54 GMT -5
They look like a mini-fridge.....can they hold beer inside?? Probably not, but I'd bet they'd seriously LAUNCH one at you through that port...  |
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Post by geeqner on Feb 5, 2019 10:28:51 GMT -5
Over the years, Technics has been known for making some really SOLID (but not quite "audiphile" grade stuff). Their Direct Drive Turntables were near-Legendary.
Almost ANYTHING made by Matsushita Electric in Japan (Panasonic, Technics, and more recently Quasar) was usually simple, reliable, and well-Engineered.
Never seen or heard those, but they appear to be several steps above your typical "garden-variety" Mid-1970's speaker
(bet that Disco played through them would get you "shakin' yer booty...")
Acoustical response optimized for rooms with deep-pile shag carpeting (best if Harvest Gold or Pea Green) and walls covered with black-light posters...
Hook 'em up to a vintage Pioneer or Onkyo set and ROCK da' joint
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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 5, 2019 11:31:15 GMT -5
Hi geeqner - They may actually be much better than that... Or not. |
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Post by geeqner on Feb 5, 2019 12:22:48 GMT -5
Hi geeqner - They may actually be much better than that... Or not. Yeah - I know... I was just having a little "flashback" fun I think that the mid-70's were pretty much the epitome of the Vinyl years, and the stuff that was GOOD back then was REALLY good. (As always - there was also the "cheap crap", but that is definitely NOT what THOSE are; so I would tend to agree that their intent falls into the statement above) In the 1980's you had: - Consumer Electronics design philosophy was heavily going towards "glitz over function" (the more buttons / Graphic Equalizers / extra "junk", the better)
- Emergence of the CD
- Digital being used as a buzz-word when in many cases - the "high-end Analog" of the time was probably better in many cases
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Post by Bonzo on Feb 5, 2019 12:29:10 GMT -5
Hi geeqner - They may actually be much better than that... Or not. Buy them and let us know.   |
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Post by Jean Genie on Feb 5, 2019 16:33:57 GMT -5
...got a sweat soaked silk shirt adorned with neon geometrics, platform shoes & J. Holmes porno moustache. I'm scoping out foxes when this comes out of those puppies: m.youtube.com/watch?v=dwkwjOd7MCUOooh baby, somebody's going to get lucky tonight!😎 |
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Post by vcautokid on Feb 5, 2019 17:44:54 GMT -5
I have but that was many many many moons ago. They were fun. Accurate? Well, I just liked what I heard at the time, I can say that.
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Post by geeqner on Feb 5, 2019 18:04:13 GMT -5
...got a sweat soaked silk shirt adorned with neon geometrics, platform shoes & J. Holmes porno moustache. I'm scoping out foxes when this comes out of those puppies: m.youtube.com/watch?v=dwkwjOd7MCUOooh baby, somebody's going to get lucky tonight!😎 Thanks for the short trip down Memory Lane: I was a horn / bugle / brass guy (Actually played French Horn in Band / Orchestra / Drum & Bugle Corps) Saw Chuck Mangione perform around 1986 with a 5-piece small band at a club venue in Green Bay and still own several of his albums (Tarantella is my favorite of his with Dizzy Gillespie as musical guest) -OR- You could roll some Daft Punk through 'em = best of BOTH worlds: - That "Old-School" funky Disco beat from the 1970's that gets you movin' to the groove
- Modern "High-Test" Digital recording & mixing to REALLY make 'em sing!
IF the Speaker Cones / Surrounds AND the cross-over filter caps are still in good shape - I would bet that those puppies will produce a fairly nice, controlled sound. (As I stated in a previous post a few moons ago - I was VERY pleasantly surprised when I fired-up my old Zenith Allegro 3000 speakers from about 1980, [had been sitting in the Basement since about 2005] and these should be CONSIDERABLY better.) ("Get Lucky" tripped the trigger in my brain that made the association...) |
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Post by teaman on Feb 5, 2019 18:24:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I've heard them Boom. My buddies dad used to own a pair. Very nice sounding speakers although to me the bass was a bit reserved if I remember correctly from thirty years ago. With a big fifteen inch woofer I guess I just expected more. They couldn't hang with my Infinity SM150 in the bass department but the bass was tight and accurate. Seems to me they measured very good and in a large room they could do a great job of filling it.
I owned the Technics SB-X500 and SB-X700 models from the vintage era and still have a pair of Technics SB-A34 in my garage although they are not hooked up to anything. I loved the SB-X700 as they had a great tweeter protection module to prevent clipping. They had beautiful aluminum honeycomb sculpted mids plus a very attractive tweeter. The woofer seemed like some kind of honeycomb foam but seemed like the foam edges were inverted, so i'm sure refoaming would have been an adventure.
Tim
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Post by DYohn on Feb 5, 2019 18:30:16 GMT -5
I've heard them. I say pass. Very disappointing system in my opinion - as are most Japanese speakers from the 1970's and 80's.
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