Small speaker deal of the century.....

[Porscheguy]

I'm probably gonna flamed for this suggestion, but there is a pair of Insignia speakers at Best Buy that are just too good to be true. My co worker has a pair in his study and I listened to them one day and was floored by the SQ. They were so good I went and bought a pair myself.

Best part, $87.00 a pair... I'm not kiddin. The build quality is great, they have excellent bass extension, silk dome tweeter - but are a tad on the bright side. A steal in my opinion. I A/B them next to my $2500.00 Snell Type J's and.......... no they did not sound as good nor play as deep or set the great soundstage that the J's do, but at $87.00, they are a tremendous value. I don't know who builds them for Insignia but a job well done

Check them out for yourself - read the reviews.......


www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia%26%23153%3B+-+6-1/2%22+Bass-Reflex+Bookshelf+Speakers+(Pair)/7705307.p?id=1138085354138&skuId=7705307

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[taoggniklat]

Nov 10, 2010 17:54:38 GMT -5 Porscheguy said:

I'm probably gonna flamed for this suggestion, but there is a pair of Insignia speakers at Best Buy that are just too good to be true. My co worker has a pair in his study and I listened to them one day and was floored by the SQ. They were so good I went and bought a pair myself.

Best part, $87.00... I'm not kiddin. The build quality is great, they have excellent bass extension, silk dome tweeter - but are a tad on the bright side. A steal in my opinion. I A/B them next to my $2500.00 Snell Type J's and.......... no they did not sound as good nor play as deep or set the great soundstage that the J's do, but at $87.00, they are a tremendous value. I don't know who builds them for Insignia but a job well done

Check them out for yourself - read the reviews.......

www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia%26%....akers&cp=1&lp=2
« Last Edit: Today at 4:50pm by Porscheguy »

I saw those when I was at BB the other day. Is it $97 for the pair or each? So many times BB lists them as 1 in the price.

[carlp336]

listed as a pair online .

[carlp336]

also skiing ninja has an upgrade for these.

[Porscheguy]

Its $87.88 for the pair.....

[NorthStar]

Two pairs of those, and you're well surrounded for very cheap!

[taam]

those used to be 40 for the pair they have had them for years at the store. great value.

[badronald]

These speaker can be bought for $20.98 including shipping from best_buy_outlet on ebay

[Porscheguy]

Nov 11, 2010 13:42:18 GMT -5 badronald said:

These speaker can be bought for $20.98 including shipping from best_buy_outlet on ebay

To be fair, thats the current bid for a used pair on eBay..... Still a good value if they can be had around that price and they are in good shape :-)

[bootman]

Yes, these are a good buy for the $$$.

Here is a review.

www.soundadviceblog.com/newspaper-columns/insignia-ns-b2111-speakers/

[bootman]

Nov 10, 2010 18:33:39 GMT -5 carlp336 said:

also skiing ninja has an upgrade for these.

Yes they do.
$95

[djoel]

These kinda of great sounding rare inexpensive type of speaker reminds me of the Radio Shack's monitor with the ribbon tweeter on top. Those had some following for their crazy imaging and excellent value..I think they sold for 150 or something crazy like that. I believe they were call Realistic?

Djoel

[strindl]

Nov 12, 2010 14:28:24 GMT -5 djoel said:

These kinda of great sounding rare inexpensive type of speaker reminds me of the Radio Shack's monitor with the ribbon tweeter on top. Those had some following for their crazy imaging and excellent value..I think they sold for 150 or something crazy like that. I believe they were call Realistic?

Djoel

I've actually got a pair of those...the "optimus Pro LX5"

The conventional 5 inch woofer is in a ported die cast metal case with gold plated 5 way binding posts and a cloth grill.

The interesting part is the tweeter...mounted with 360 degree dispersion inside a metal grill on top of the woofer enclosure. They called the tweeter a "Linaeum" tweeter...and is a type of ribbon. It's a sort of ribbon wrapped around a couple spaced posts that has 360 degree dispersion.

It sounds quite nice and was dirt cheap. I even bought my pair when they were on a half price sale.

[strindl]

I just found a pic on line of one with the top metal protective grill removed to expose the Linaeum tweeter

[strindl]

Here is a Stereophile review on those Radio Shack speakers:

www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/695ratshack

[Porscheguy]

Another review. I read somewhere that they are made by a company called Radiient and I thought I also read that they used a KEF driver.... I gotta pull them out of their box and listen to them again!! Good stuff on the cheap!

www.firingsquad.com/hardware/insignia_ns_b-2111_review/default.asp

[djoel]

Nov 12, 2010 17:24:37 GMT -5 strindl said:

I just found a pic on line of one with the top metal protective grill removed to expose the Linaeum tweeter

Now that's cool, thanks for sharing strindl

DJoel

[djoel]

Nov 12, 2010 18:22:46 GMT -5 Porscheguy said:

Another review. I read somewhere that they are made by a company called Radiient and I thought I also read that they used a KEF driver.... I gotta pull them out of their box and listen to them again!! Good stuff on the cheap!

www.firingsquad.com/hardware/insignia_ns_b-2111_review/default.asp

Man they are good looking speakers.

Djoel

[NorthStar]

Hey, I also got those, but mine are the GENEXXA version, with two small round ports on front, which I filled with thick foam to have a better overall sound from them.

A true dipole/omnipole speaker, that also excels at Surrounds duty.

* Price ain't important, only sound is!

Here's that picture model version of mine:





** Notice also the different dust cap of the mid/woof driver.
And the surround of that driver is made of foam, and not rubber!
But who cares anyway? Because when that foam surround is gone, I'll put some new drivers in them!
Or I'll simply make them new rubber surrounds myself!
Hey, for $60 a piece and not bad sound at all, what's to really complaint about?
Just think about it for a sec: High Tech Linaeum tweeter, die cast enclosure, 5-way brass gold plated binding posts, and a mid/woof driver for free!

[strindl]

Nov 12, 2010 21:13:29 GMT -5 NorthStar said:

Hey, I also got those, but mine are the GENEXXA version, with two small round ports on front, which I covered with thick foam to have an overall better sound from them.

A true dipole/omnipole speaker, that also excels at Surrounds duty.

* Price ain't important, only sound is!

Here's that picture model version of mine:





** Notice also the different dust cap of the mid/woof driver.
And the surround of that driver is made of foam, and not rubber!
But who cares anyway? Because when that foam surround is gone, I'll put some new drivers in them!
Or I'll simply make them new rubber surrounds myself!
Hey, for $60 a piece and not bad sound at all, what's to really complaint about?
Just think about it for a sec: High Tech Linaeum tweeter, die cast enclosure, 5-way brass gold plated binding posts, and a mid/woof driver for free!

Those are identical to my Radio Shack ones..identical....right down to the label on the back. Here are mine: