AUS CL - Monitor 5s?

bmbguy
bmbguy Posts: 416
edited February 2012 in Vintage Speakers
I'm no expert -- just guessing by looking at pictures, but that's what they look like to me. Don't know if it's a good price or not, maybe a tad high?

http://austin.craigslist.org/ele/2840234604.html

I'd be a lot more interested if I hadn't just picked up some SDA-2As a week ago...
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited February 2012
    Crack is a bad bad drug!
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited February 2012
    Isn't the price way too high for what looks like Monitor 5's?

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited February 2012
    See post #2. :eek:
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited February 2012
    For the sake of reference, I'm going to put here that the asking price was $260. When this becomes an old, forgotten thread, that CL ad will no longer be there.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2012
    I am looking for some 5s but not at that price. I paid $300 for my Hardwood 1Cs.
    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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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited February 2012
    thsmith wrote: »
    I am looking for some 5s but not at that price. I paid $300 for my Hardwood 1Cs.
    5's are amazing, even better than S8.
    I got them for less than $50.
    I have yet to listen to bigger Polks that I really want to see how 5's stack up with/against them.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2012
    I wouldn't pay more than $80-90 for a pair of 5B's. I love mine, the CL seller is on crack.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited February 2012
    thsmith wrote: »
    I am looking for some 5s but not at that price. I paid $300 for my Hardwood 1Cs.

    Tracey, I have a couple pairs of 5's. I may soon be ready to sell one. We should take this offline...
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited February 2012
    Great speakers,but I think what he is smoking cost more!
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited February 2012
    It is a really nice speaker. I may have paid a little too much for a mint pair at $100 but I have no regrets.
    I would love to put some nice caps in there some day.
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited February 2012
    The guy in AUS with the 5s keeps bumping the ad up to the top - but hasn't dropped the price. Not even 10 bucks. Hope he doesn't mind keeping them.
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited February 2012
    Wow, I've seen SDA's for less than that.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited February 2012
    You can say that again -- I bought my SDA-2As off the same list for 100 bucks.
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