daver247
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Post by daver247 on Feb 26, 2021 6:58:01 GMT -5
I am wondering why there are only floor design style speakers. In the 80's there was a speaker with say a three way 8-10-12-15" woofer, 3"mid, 1" tweeter, it could be placed anywhere. I am wondering why did that design go away? I want that design.. Always liked that design. I would imagine if Emotiva made that design now it would be a great seller. I would be the first to buy!
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Post by cawgijoe on Feb 26, 2021 7:15:51 GMT -5
I am wondering why there are only floor design style speakers. In the 80's there was a speaker with say a three way 8-10-12-15" woofer, 3"mid, 1" tweeter, it could be placed anywhere. I am wondering why did that design go away? I want that design.. Always liked that design. I would imagine if Emotiva made that design now it would be a great seller. I would be the first to buy! I had a speaker like that back in the 80's....Infinity RS5b. Large speaker that still needed speaker stands. I much prefer floor standing speakers now. |
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Post by Ex_Vintage on Feb 26, 2021 8:24:39 GMT -5
JBL and Klipsch still make those form factor speakers. Todays floor standing speakers just integrate the speaker stands for you. Granted, there are very few 10 or 12" woofer floor standing speakers today (aside from Tekton), but there was not the use of subwoofers in the 70's and 80's like there is today.
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Post by DYohn on Feb 26, 2021 15:48:12 GMT -5
Standard BBC design. Still being made. Look at Harbeth or JBL, off the top of my head.
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Post by SteveH on Feb 26, 2021 19:10:48 GMT -5
Back in the 80's, my buddy had some Cerwin-Vegas with 15" woofers, they rocked! He even put them on the back seat of car for a while  Good luck in your quest. |
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Post by MusicHead on Feb 27, 2021 8:30:05 GMT -5
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Post by MusicHead on Feb 27, 2021 8:45:12 GMT -5
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Post by novisnick on Feb 27, 2021 21:35:49 GMT -5
This is an older setup but I still use these JBL’s almost daily! Nice 12” ers in them. Sounds pretty dang good IMHO.
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Post by LuisV on Feb 28, 2021 0:23:35 GMT -5
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Post by LuisV on Feb 28, 2021 0:28:10 GMT -5
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Post by LuisV on Feb 28, 2021 0:34:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2021 0:46:49 GMT -5
"THE PERFECT SET 15" by Tekton Design: tektondesign.com/product/full-range-speakers/full-towers/the-perfect-set-15/#color Made under U.S. Patent 9247339 The Perfect SET – designed and optimized for ‘single-ended triode’ Proprietary controlled directivity – acoustically superior proprietary polygon-oriented, triple-ring radiator high frequency array. This array disperses a precisely focused acoustical power pattern of that of a horn or waveguide without the audible ringing influence of horn flare walls constraining the soundwave for acoustically superior mid-range high frequency performance 15″ Transducer 98dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity 8 Ohm impedance – for optimum ‘single-ended triode’ performance Linear 30Hz-30kHz frequency response Minimum input requirement: 1 Watt RMS 300 Watts maximum power handling Dimensions: Height 41.5″ (105.41 cm) x Width 16″ (40.64 cm) x Depth 14″ (35.56 cm) Weight 87 lbs. Manufactured in the USA |
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daver247
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Post by daver247 on Feb 28, 2021 6:45:32 GMT -5
Ah You get it.. I like the one set of speakers that does it all..
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Post by daver247 on Feb 28, 2021 6:58:55 GMT -5
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Post by daver247 on Feb 28, 2021 7:00:12 GMT -5
Nice but an outrageous pricetag. The 70's design didn't cost this much.. Thanks though!
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daver247
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Post by daver247 on Feb 28, 2021 7:22:47 GMT -5
Beginning to think it a conspiracy to make people scale down and settle for less. First the prices are outrageous for speakers with large woofers. $2000.00 per speaker and that the lowest price! Then availability now you have to search other countries to get the 70's style speaker with elaborate costs. That's why I made this thread hoping maybe Emotiva would make a pair of 70 style speakers for us who like them. Forget the 6 1\2 speakers or towers.. Give me a 12-15" woofer with a nice cabinet.. I would pay $1000.00 - $1200.00 for a pair but no more than that..
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Post by daveczski65 on Feb 28, 2021 8:07:57 GMT -5
Tekton has the perfect SET 12IN woofers for 1900. Pair
Yea its a shame the prices nowadays, once weather gets nice the garage sales are probably best bet.
I was in a local vinyl store a week ago and they had quite a few old speaker sets in there for sale,but its crazy what they want.
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daver247
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Post by daver247 on Feb 28, 2021 8:11:31 GMT -5
Yeah I saw the Tekton speakers not crazy about the look though.
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Post by daveczski65 on Feb 28, 2021 8:22:38 GMT -5
Yea, they are not the prettiest to look at.
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Post by 405x5 on Feb 28, 2021 8:42:21 GMT -5
Interesting to note that most of the proposals here are on large stands making them as big as floor standers anyway
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Good luck in your quest.
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