Onix Rocket RS750 anybody ever hear them?

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
edited August 2014 in 2 Channel Audio
Hey all these came up on craigslist, and I was wondering if any of you have owned these or have listened to them? They sure are sexy and wonder if they were to compete with Lsi's. If so is that a fair asking price, and are they worth checking out?

http://quadcities.craigslist.org/ele/4614178700.html
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited August 2014
    Ask Ryan (ZTFUL) I think he's got a buddy with em....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    edited August 2014
    Lots of favorable reviews, also a few that say the midrange breaks up around 500Hz, then people say that the cabinets are of the finest furniture quality, and that the tweeters used are found in a lot of higher end speakers I guess I should get a ear on them, if they are still around in a day or two thanks for the input.
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    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited August 2014
    better speakers would be the onix reference series from av123, the rocket series were geared towards ht.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited August 2014
    The Onix Rockets were the AV123 model for their Home Theater series. They are a solid all round speaker that I would put solidly side by side with the RTiAs in build quality and sound quality but with slightly more musical tendencies due to the Vifa radial ring tweeter which pushes them slightly towards the LSis in voicing.
    Kind of a best of both worlds speaker when compared side by side with the RTiAs and LSis.

    All of the drivers were stock drivers but the real magic happened with the crossovers which used slightly better components than their contemporaries.
    The company was headed for great things but suddenly fell apart when the company primary, Mark Schifter was caught up in a major fraud case involving some illegal raffles he was holding (didn't get the required licenses from the state of Colorado) and was ultimately indicted on 5 counts of varying degrees tied to 27 different charity scams.

    A lot of people shy away from the products due to moral reservations but that doesn't change the fact that they were a solid entry into the HT market in sound quality and were very aesthetically pleasing.

    Frankly, at $500 for the 750s, you have nothing to lose trying them out. I would buy them, listen to them and if they don't tickle your fancy, turn around and sell them for no loss.
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