Anyone know if these speakers any good?

[frostiex]

I saw someone selling a pair of sinclair sa500....I can't seem to find anything about this company or the speaker....can someone give me some ideas?

 

[Tomorrow]

I saw someone selling a pair of sinclair sa500....I can't seem to find anything about this company or the speaker....can someone give me some ideas?

Here's a link to them. They're a Canadian company, Sinclair Audio. It's hard to tell from the specs, but these look okay...and one of their current lines reminds me of Axioms. Otherwise, I've never heard of them.

http://www.sinclairaudio.com/products/classics_sa500c.html

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Only review I can find:
http://torontohifi.com/review22.php

No phone number on the website until you go to the two page manual? Was it a store in a mall selling them? That's classic white van if you ask me. Here's an idea - look elsewhere.

 

[Tomorrow]

No phone number on the website until you go to the two page manual? Was it a store in a mall selling them? That's classic white van if you ask me. Here's an idea - look elsewhere.

Best advice!!

 

[Sheep]

no no no, they are not white van. They are sold at audio/video unlimited in canada, but I have never heard them.


The Sheep

 

[frostiex]

the guys is selling it for 300 (said he paid 800)...but any ways...he is selling the tower (sa285) and the centre chennel (sa500c) for $300...I wonder if it is worth a try...

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

the guys is selling it for 300 (said he paid 800)...but any ways...he is selling the tower (sa285) and the centre chennel (sa500c) for $300...I wonder if it is worth a try...

What guys? Who is selling these? He needs to show you a receipt that he paid $800, and even then, you know nothing about these. Where did you demo them?

Move on and don't buy speakers from "the guys."

 

[MacManNM]

Sinclair? Isn't that the gas station with Dino from the flintstones?

 

[jaxvon]

Sinclair? Isn't that the gas station with Dino from the flintstones?

AHAHAHAHAHA

That's the first thing I thought of too. It's burned into my mind after a road trip out west a few years ago...

Oh, and to be on topic, I have no idea. But usually if your gut tells you something is shady, it probably is.

 

[kellyk75]

A shop in my town sells them. They only carry decent to premium stuff like Infinity, McIntosh, Paradigm, Monitor Audio, etc.. They have a 5.1 system for $700 CAN reg 1400 CAN (for the componenets separately) so I was thinking of picking up the set. From what I can tell, they are not the cheapest price out there but the sound quality and the build quality are pretty good.

I was also suspicious. He explained that at any given time, there are 8000 speaker manufacurers and only 1000 or so are well known. Only a couple of hundred are reviewed and the amount of advertising done is directly proportional to peoples expectations. He pulled out some spare parts from the back room and it looks as though they are really well built. The drivers are by no means low end. http://www.sinclairaudio.com/
He compared the towers with some Monitor Audio (999 - Sinclairs, $2,000 for the Monitor Audio Silvers) and I couldn't hear much of a difference although the Sinclairs were a little bassier and the Monitors were a touch cleaner for mids & lows. Not worth 2x the price difference IMO.

I was also going to post a "ever heard of these" thread, so if anyone else has any experience with these, please let us know.