My memory hole for speakers and receivers

gmjungbluth

I thought I'd share with all of you a little blog I've been compiling so I don't forget about all the speakers and receivers I find and enjoy. It's mostly for me to keep my own log but I hope some of you enjoy it too:

http://silverfacestereo.wordpress.com/

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PolkieMan

I too had Pioneer Hpm-100 bought new it 1976 from Custom HI-FI, Houston Tx for $400. Powered by sx1050 bought about same time.
Kept them till 1990 when I bought the 2.3tls

tophatjohnny

Nicely done G. Do you have an absolute favorite on the speaker/receiver end??

gmjungbluth

tophatjohnny wrote: »

Nicely done G. Do you have an absolute favorite on the speaker/receiver end??

Out of all the speakers I've had in and out of my house (and my blog only covers about half of them) I've always had a set of Polk Monitor 7s up somewhere, so I guess they have to rate as my favorite. That said, I love my Klipsh KG4s and I think that the Boston A200s may be better than them all, but I haven't had enough time to really enjoy them.

On the receiver end the Pioneer SX-9000 had the real honest vintage sound. I really like the clean power that my Pioneer VSX-820 and Harman 3380 put out - they push a lot of detail and really help speakers show what they can do.

rromeo923

Nice Blog George!
I am thinking of doing the crossovers in my KG4s. What do you think??

gmjungbluth

Well, they sound awesome as-is, right?

So you should totally re-do them! That should be the Polk Forum mantra!!!

I'm in the same boat. I love my KG4s, love the sound, but online folks rave about how easy and appreciable the upgrades are. I think that if you have the time and are willing to invest a little in the KG4s you should upgrade. Bob Crites sells crossover kits and complete crossovers - I think the kits are like $60 a pair and the completed crossovers are maybe double. Some day I will get around to it myself. Right now the KG4s are in my living room and sound good there. And the acoustics in that room and the use the KG4s get really don't warrant additional investment until I move them to the basement.

rromeo923 wrote: »

Nice Blog George!
I am thinking of doing the crossovers in my KG4s. What do you think??

mhardy6647

I cannot identify with such a thing at all ;-)





In all seriousness... thanks - I'll peruse your blog.

monepolk

I enjoyed the stroll through your memory hole, nicely done.

ErasmusBDragon

Excellent, I bet you wish you could have kept the SX1250.

gmjungbluth

Thanks!

mhardy6647 wrote: »

I cannot identify with such a thing at all ;-)





In all seriousness... thanks - I'll peruse your blog.

gmjungbluth

Oh I still have the 1250. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. I'm going to clean up the faceplate, knobs and switches and wipe the dust out of the inside, and start it up on a variac. if everything works on it I will enjoy it until I pull enough money together to pay for a full restoration - there is a good guy not far from where I live here in MD that can help me here.

ErasmusBDragon wrote: »

Excellent, I bet you wish you could have kept the SX1250.