panteragstk
Audioholic Warlord
Your listening room is going to look like @AcuDefTechGuy old room if you aren't careful.
You're finding some good stuff. Might have to start checking in my area.
"Let our rigorous testing and reviews be your guidelines to A/V equipment – not marketing slogans"
You're finding some good stuff. Might have to start checking in my area.
panteragstk
Audioholic Warlord
Oh damn. I may have to see about grabbing these.
Stereo Integrity DS4-18 18" subwoofers pair - $400
Stereo Integrity DS4-18 18" subwoofers pair - $400
Verdinut
Audioholic Spartan
The deal is not that good. Those have a published Qts of 0.50, they have a smaller magnet than the Dayton's UM-18 and are more suited for a sealed box than a ported one, so does the UM-18 with a Qts of 0.56.Oh damn. I may have to see about grabbing these.
Stereo Integrity DS4-18 18" subwoofers pair - $400
For a satisfactory frequency response down to 20 Hz, you have to EQ them and have plenty of power to drive them as well.
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panteragstk
Audioholic Warlord
I wasn't planning to pay the $400 for them. They were $270 when new.
I read folks were having good luck doing marty builds with them. Figure if I can get them for around $150 each they'd do pretty good till I decided to upgrade the driver to something more capable.
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
I'm tellin' ya, it's addictive! I get an awesome little dopamine hit when I find something cool, lol.
My area seems to be a mecca for used gear. I've never seen fewer than 1200 ads for speakers on Craigslist, even after refining the search. I've seen over 2000 before! Lots of garbage to sort through tho...
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
How about these Advent Prodigy towers for only $70? Advertised "like new". I don't know anything about Advent outside of @lovinthehd used to own a pair and I've seen mostly good about them. $70 even for smaller floorstanders is pretty cheap.
lovinthehd
Audioholic Jedi
I only am somewhat familiar with the first generation I had. What model are these? The ones I had are like the ones pictured in this article. https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/most-influential-speakers
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
Dynaudio Audience 5 books for $350
And this little MA Silver 1 and Silver center 3.0 speaker set for $280! @ryanosaur is this something to get excited about? Can I make a little on those? Cavecreek is out in bfe so he's probably not getting a lot of offers...
And this little MA Silver 1 and Silver center 3.0 speaker set for $280! @ryanosaur is this something to get excited about? Can I make a little on those? Cavecreek is out in bfe so he's probably not getting a lot of offers...
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
"Advent Prodigy Towers" and that one image is all the description there is, lol.
lovinthehd
Audioholic Jedi
Looking around a bit that seems a product from the Jensen days....
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
Um, holy crap. I just looked them up on Amazon. Those books are $1200/pr!
Amazon.com: Monitor Audio - Silver Series 1-2-Way Compact Loudspeakers - Pair - Black Oak : Electronics
Amazon.com: Monitor Audio - Silver Series 1-2-Way Compact Loudspeakers - Pair - Black Oak : Electronics
www.amazon.com
Pogre
Audioholic Slumlord
Upon closer inspection something looks off. Those don't look like the right drivers for one.
These are the ones in the ad.
And these are an image from a review I found.
They look like totally different speakers, unless they're an older version? Anyone know what I've got here?
*Edit: Okay, these are much older than I thought they were. I'll bet they sound great, but I'm gonna pass I think.
These are the ones in the ad.
And these are an image from a review I found.
They look like totally different speakers, unless they're an older version? Anyone know what I've got here?
*Edit: Okay, these are much older than I thought they were. I'll bet they sound great, but I'm gonna pass I think.
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ryanosaur
Audioholic Overlord
Dunno enough about the older generations of MA gear to advise... If those were just the previous gen, that seems like it might be a good deal, but if they are older...
...perhaps still solid, but I wouldn't dehydrate myself salivating over the prospect.
ryanosaur
Audioholic Overlord
Silver 5G | Silver 1 | Monitor Audio
www.monitoraudio.com
This is the previous gen I was talking about.
What about these:
Silver RS | Monitor Audio
www.monitoraudio.com
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Beave
Audioholic Chief
Those Monitor Audio speakers are several generations old.
They are known as the Silver S series, which preceded the Silver RS series (which preceded the RX series).
Silver Series??? (late 1990s?)
Silver S Series: S1, S2, S6, S8, S10 (early 2000s)
Silver RS Series: RS1, RS6, RS8 (mid 2000s)
Silver RX Series: RX1, RX2, RX6, RX8 (late 2000s)
Silver 5G Series: Silver 1, 2, 6, 8, 10 (early 2010s)
Silver 6G Series: Silver 50, 100, 300, 500 (late 2010s)
They are known as the Silver S series, which preceded the Silver RS series (which preceded the RX series).
Silver Series??? (late 1990s?)
Silver S Series: S1, S2, S6, S8, S10 (early 2000s)
Silver RS Series: RS1, RS6, RS8 (mid 2000s)
Silver RX Series: RX1, RX2, RX6, RX8 (late 2000s)
Silver 5G Series: Silver 1, 2, 6, 8, 10 (early 2010s)
Silver 6G Series: Silver 50, 100, 300, 500 (late 2010s)
ryanosaur
Audioholic Overlord
ya... I couldn't find an older gen than the RS on their website. Those appear to be 3rd generation... so the ones you are posting about are likely 1st or 2nd.
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Beave
Audioholic Chief
Edited my post to add more info.
Those S series Silvers were a mixed bag - very nice cabinet build quality for their time & price, but metal woofer had out of band ringing that wasn't sufficiently filtered by crossover, and tweeter was cheap and would sound harsh at anything above modest listening levels.
Those S series Silvers were a mixed bag - very nice cabinet build quality for their time & price, but metal woofer had out of band ringing that wasn't sufficiently filtered by crossover, and tweeter was cheap and would sound harsh at anything above modest listening levels.
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Beave
Audioholic Chief
If those are true old school acoustic suspension speakers, check the foam surrounds for dry rot. My girlfriend's parents had a pair of the bookshelf version, and they appeared to be in great shape. The surrounds looked fine. But I took the grilles off and started playing them, and the foam started breaking apart and falling off right in front of my eyes. They obviously hadn't been played in years, and the woofer movement was all it took to break apart the foam surrounds.
Verdinut
Audioholic Spartan
Pogre,
The Dynaudio audience 5 has pretty good specs and the Danish manufacturer recommends it as a surround speaker. It has a frank impedance of 4 ohms and is easy to drive:
That company makes excellent products.
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zieglj01
Audioholic Spartan
NO -- skip them
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