Vintage speakers

dee1949
dee1949 Posts: 1,425
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
...check out the crazy bidding on these. Must be nice to be rich. Started at a Grand..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-of-Lansing-1-st-year-1954-1956-Hartsfields-JBL_W0QQitemZ130420422741QQcategoryZ50597QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6376845920781709728
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited August 2010
    They are pretty but way out of my pocket book
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited August 2010
    If I bought those, I wouldn't (have) be able to go to college.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2010
    Hey, I could get 200 Ebay bucks back if I bought them. These are almost as bad as collecting fly reels:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270620631732&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited August 2010
    This one got away from me early this morning!

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250681575258
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited August 2010
    ....and there is still 7 days of the auction left. Usually people don't bid up an auction this high til the end.

    That TT would go great with those speakers!!!
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited August 2010
    dee1949 wrote: »
    ....and there is still 7 days of the auction left. Usually people don't bid up an auction this high til the end.

    That TT would go great with those speakers!!!

    The auction ended Aug 15, 2010 04:16:34 PDT
    - Bid history: 36 bids (I tapped out in the 20's)
    - Winning bid: US $12,658.82
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited August 2010
    ...sorry...meant 7 more days on the speakers.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    that's quite a lot for nearly 7 days left. Makes me wonder what they will end at.
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  • Wade Spradley
    Wade Spradley Posts: 81
    edited August 2010
    What brand of Speaker are they? I demo'ed a set of Martin Logans once that were setup with a Macintosh something or another. Very Big bucks. But they sounded dry to my ears. They were impressive, I will give them that. But I appreciate my Polks more.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited August 2010
    Wade Spradley wrote: »
    What brand of Speaker are they? I demo'ed a set of Martin Logans once that were setup with a Macintosh something or another. Very Big bucks. But they sounded dry to my ears. They were impressive, I will give them that. But I appreciate my Polks more.

    Very early JBL (James B. Lansing)

    These are nice sounding speakers, but the lenses break up the imaging too much for my liking. To be fair, they were designed as a mono speaker. Very nice though.
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  • Wade Spradley
    Wade Spradley Posts: 81
    edited August 2010
    Thanks for the update. I have a set of small bookshelf JBL's 2500's (early 90's) that I picked up at Goodwill for $16.00. Nice sound when hooked to my Marantz receiver. They are currently doing duty in the living room as a impromptu 2 speaker home theater with a early 90's Sony receiver and Pioneer EQ (both Goodwill finds). I'll have to perform the capacitor update to the JBL's, before I tackle my Polks.
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited August 2010
    ....here is the history of the speaker. Interesting!!

    http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/hartsfield.htm
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  • Wade Spradley
    Wade Spradley Posts: 81
    edited August 2010
    Nice read! Definitely, not something to recreate too easily for a DIY project.
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