Are These Finds Good Deals?

[Pogre]

Product Review

...interesting...

I'm looking at the same review right now! Ha ha!

 

[Pogre]

Those look a little too vintage for my tastes, but I've never heard them.

These caught my interest tho. A pair of Onyx Reference 3 towers for $1,000. They appear to be quality built speakers and the woofers look a lot like the ones in my Sierra towers, but bigger.

Onix Reference 3 - electronics - by owner - sale

Onix Reference 3 stereo speakers in great condition. These speakers retailed for 4K new and sound fantastic. No shipping, pickup only. Four eight zero, 235.4159

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Product Review

...interesting...

So yeah, I agree. Very interesting. Those look and review like they're something special. 1k for them might well be worth it. I was hoping for some more feedback so I shall bumpeth the post.

Onix Reference 3 - electronics - by owner - sale

Onix Reference 3 stereo speakers in great condition. These speakers retailed for 4K new and sound fantastic. No shipping, pickup only. Four eight zero, 235.4159

phoenix.craigslist.org

 

[Pogre]

These might not be too bad a deal either. They look like Northridge speakers for $175. I'll bet he could be talked Dow maybe 50 bucks. The center channel looks like a good one.

JBL speakers - electronics - by owner - sale

Excellent condition speakers 2 tall and one center

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[John Parks]

So yeah, I agree. Very interesting. Those look and review like they're something special. 1k for them might well be worth it. I was hoping for some more feedback so I shall bumpeth the post.

Onix Reference 3 - electronics - by owner - sale

Onix Reference 3 stereo speakers in great condition. These speakers retailed for 4K new and sound fantastic. No shipping, pickup only. Four eight zero, 235.4159

phoenix.craigslist.org

Ever heard ‘em personally, but brands like Onix, Usher (like the ones I posted) and Swans were the darlings of the review mags say fifteen years ago or so...

 

[Pogre]

Ever heard ‘em personally, but brands like Onix, Usher (like the ones I posted) and Swans were the darlings of the review mags say fifteen years ago or so...

Does that make them vintage? Maybe it's my age, but I don't think of anything post 2000s to be quite vintage yet. Then again, 2000 was 21 years ago... sheesh man. Time flies the older you get. Feels like all the fuss over the Y2K bug wasn't that awful long ago...

 

[ryanosaur]

Does that make them vintage?

It depends on whether you think of Red Hot Chili Peppers as classic rock!

 

[Pogre]

It depends on whether you think of Red Hot Chili Peppers as classic rock!

Hell no!

Yes..?

I don't know anymore...

 

[ryanosaur]

Hell no!

Yes..?

I don't know anymore...

Right. SMDH
I still remember being back home in the 90s and having the classic rock station on in the car... Deep Purple, Zep, Jimi... into the Peppers! Hell no. Wasn’t right then, not right now!

 

[John Parks]

I think RHCP are now considered “adult contemporary”... *shudder*

 

[ryanosaur]

I think RHCP are now considered “adult contemporary”... *shudder*

You mean like Seals and Crofts adult contemporary?

 

[John Parks]

You mean like Seals and Crofts adult contemporary?

And of course... wait for it... these guys.

 

[Kvn_Walker]

These might not be too bad a deal either. They look like Northridge speakers for $175. I'll bet he could be talked Dow maybe 50 bucks. The center channel looks like a good one.

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JBL speakers - electronics - by owner - sale

Excellent condition speakers 2 tall and one center

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I could never get used to the look of those. So damn plastic-y.

 

[lp85253]

Hell no!

Yes..?

I don't know anymore...

Noooooo... Grunge metal... Every 80s band of that genre has some roots in cl. Rock though...

 

[lp85253]

And of course... wait for it... these guys.
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Nope , they are pure country rock..basically they created the genre as in regards to radio play ...

 

[Pogre]

Oh no... I just found a pair of Hsu VTF-15Hs for a thousand bucks!

Holy poop this is so tempting! I'd have four 15" HSU's! Or I could keep the 15Hs and sell my VTF-3 MK5s for about the same amount!

Man oh man oh man, someone buy these before I do!

 

[Pogre]

This is a nice deal too! $275 for a pair of the new DefTech Demand books. That's not bad at all!

Definitive Technology D9 Demand Series High Perf. Bookshelf Speakers...

Definitive Technology D9 Demand Series High-Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair) Definitive Technology Demand D9 high-performance bookshelf speakers deliver full-range, room-filling sound and...

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[Kleinst]

Oh no... I just found a pair of Hsu VTF-15Hs for a thousand bucks!

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Holy poop this is so tempting! I'd have four 15" HSU's! Or I could keep the 15Hs and sell my VTF-3 MK5s for about the same amount!

Man oh man oh man, someone buy these before I do!

hard to see you regretting that purchase and every better if you could offer less

Phoenix has some nice stuff for sale a lot!

 

[Pogre]

hard to see you regretting that purchase and every better if you could offer less

Phoenix has some nice stuff for sale a lot!

My wife... my wheels are turning but they don't see a way around WAF on this one. I've been really lucky with WAF but 4 figures and 2 more big ass subs is really pushing it. Like, even bringing it up will be very uncomfortable, lol.

 

[afterlife2]

Tempting...

 

[Pogre]

Tempting...
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Now that's interesting. There's a very similar deal for a pair of Outlaw subs out here too.

*PS: They look like the exact same models!

2 - Outlaw subwoofers - electronics - by owner - sale

Two Outlaw LFM-1 Low frequency module speakers in excellent condition.

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I'm still agonizing over the HSUs man, but I think I've talked myself back from the ledge. I don't know that I'd really gain anything. I already have a really good bass response with the 2 I have now, and they're both still under warranty. One of the ones he's selling is 5 years old, so out of warranty.

What makes it tougher to resist is I have the cash on hand right now. I stashed my speaker money in the bedroom from selling my Ultras. Of course the idea is to use that for my new center. Which hasn't shipped yet... sigh.