acrylic hpm 100

tomdolan
tomdolan Posts: 1
edited September 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Newbie here hi...i've had one acrylic cab pioneer HPM -100 for yrs now.The others a reg wood veneer.Would love to find another.But i think it would be dam near impossible to find one.Just thought i'd post.Thanks.
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited September 2012
    You just missed one on eBay. Single acrylic HPM-100 sold for $350:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item2a1fc6ce92&item=180921749138&nma=true&pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&rt=nc&si=V9bnEafgWqLo9DAIxJbzZliwiaI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited September 2012
    Haven't seen one of those in a long long time. Quite the novely when they were new.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited September 2012
    I remember seeing one of those in a "Best" store years ago in Baltimore. Pretty cool looking but didn't sound too good.
    Stan

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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited September 2012
    Pioneer made them as demo units for retail stores to show the inside of the speaker. Weren't exactly made for sound quality.

    RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
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  • transmaster
    transmaster Posts: 428
    edited September 2012
    Looks like the adhesive used to glue the acrylic sections together on the eBay unit is breaking down. It wouldn't be all that hard to separate, polish the edges and re-glue with a better adhesive so the joints would all but invisible.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited September 2012
    skrol wrote: »
    I remember seeing one of those in a "Best" store years ago in Baltimore. Pretty cool looking but didn't sound too good.

    Fill 'em up with some Owens Corning Pink insulation and they'll sound better! :razz::twisted:
    Jay
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