Just drove 3 hours to pick up my unicorn…
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Maybe the bass will improve the more the woofer spiders become more flexible.
I just purchased a set of Infinity RS7s, and there wasn't much bass—odd for an 8" woofer. I left them playing for days (2+), and sure enough, they sound fantastic now.
The midranges on the RS7s have a huge surround, but they don't flex much at all, even after much use. Maybe this surround and the spider on these midranges need 100 hours or more. 
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And I thought he quit buying after the big "clean out' a few years ago."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice. Jim Butcher
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Man, Tony, you you find all kindsa cool stuff down there! [/quote]
Not surprising since a million people have moved here in the past 30 years. The construction of apartment building complexes is UNBELIEVABLE! And they get filled up in no time! These complexes are HUGE. Then there are the 10,000 home neighborhoods that have sprouted up over 30 years too.
Surprisingly though, the Infinity RS7s came from a couple who've been here for 30 years in the same home as we've been. They're retiring now and are moving away from this traffic nightmare city now.
I was given the Hartley Reference mini towers after I called a man about his ad for them. He wanted 200 and I told him I couldn't pay that but we talked a lot about them. He had his for MANY years. He bought them from an employee of Audio Lab where the owner of this branch just happened to have connections with the company that/made the WORLD FAMOUS WHITE cone composition ringed woofers. These woofers are still thought to be the HOLY GRAIL of woofers. The internet has some sites on these HARTLEY white woofers.
Well, when he noticed the woofers' surrounds were shot, he said if I wanted to re-foam those too, ( I already re-foamed my set of the same Hartleys but had a problem with distortion aften 10 or 15 mins of playing them) I could have them for free. He liked my honesty about their value then and even now, after re-foaming they would be $$ IF the cabinets were in great shape. I went to meet him and look at the cabinets and push on the woofer cones. Everything looked GREAT! He asked for a cup of coffee as a tip if I wanted them. I gave him 40.00 since they looked like new. That's what I paid for my first pr. too. The foam surrounds are 40.00. So 80.00 for each pr. I own. Well the distortion on my first pr. had to be my Pioneer Elite receiver not liking the 4ohm load! I just hooked up the new cabinets with my old re-foamed woofers to an older Onkyo with 6ohm capability and they sound GREAT and the receiver barely gets warm. ROCK out?...these little towers can ROCK. Spacious sound too. Pretty good pedestal towers for 80.00 and a little time re-wireing and re-foaming them.
I wish you could hear them.I don't know why Richard said they weren't for rocking and were mainly made for Jazz.
These Hartleys I have were made by Richard and his Co. here in Wilmington NC while being the owner of this Audio Lab branch. I saw them there and was going to audition them when they were being sold at that stereo store 30 years or so ago. The speakers are pretty cool but they're as simplistic as can be. These little 6.5 woofers have those voice coils that stick out an since or so like those $$$$$ white woofers have too.
He didn't seem to want to talk about them though. He was pushing some other speaker brand and I faintly remember that brand being mid-range. I can't even remember the brand they were so low on my need-to-audition list/mind.
Anyway, he said his Hartleys weren't made for Southern Rock or Pop. I don't think he even played anything through the set he had in that one big showroom with the mid-brand and the oh-so-beautiful B&W 801's I think they were. 12,000 a pr. B&Ws. I didn't get to hear them either. I guess I didn't look to be a wealthy young man at the time.
But he did play those mid-level speakers hoping I would buy some of them.
I didn't.
I used to get on Craig's list every day and saw things get listed and was usually the first to respond.
Now it's Facebook Marketplace. I look off and on all day and night. There seems to be a lot of fine audio being posted since covid bs happened.
Lately, multi-thousand dollar speaker pairs are being posted at 1/2 or below even that from MSRP. Tempting! Some might be a 2-hour drive or just a mile from me but I can't believe the bargains I see.
I got my Triton ones for a fifth of their MSRP one year after their release at a yard sale.
The old saying goes...
If you look hard and long enough, you WILL find it.
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Yes, front baffles are angled in at about 30 degrees (guess).
I was curious about these and read the old Stereophile reviews. They indicate its s 21 degree angle baffle, just so you don't have to guess anymore.
Gotta say, these appear to be pretty cool speakers with very good drivers and an advanced cabinet design (given their price new). Hopefully I can hear a pair some day. I thought my old Sony SS-M9 were 'deep' speakers but these take the cake. They are a good foot deeper than the Sonys were. The black monolith design doesn't quite impart the 2001 Space Odyssey feel (like the Mirage M1 and M3), but they definitely have some sort of sci-fi vibe going.
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I remember a lot of praise for NHT back in the 80s/90s, but somehow, I've never heard a pair. I guess there weren't many dealers in my area because they don't show up used often.
Glad you found a set that makes you happy.
You are in Georgia right? Think I bought a pair of Mirage speakers from you years back. But I have NHT Evolution T6's and NHT VT-3's I'd part with or trade if you wanna get ears on NHT speakers.--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. -
I remember a lot of praise for NHT back in the 80s/90s, but somehow, I've never heard a pair. I guess there weren't many dealers in my area because they don't show up used often.
Glad you found a set that makes you happy.
You are in Georgia right? Think I bought a pair of Mirage speakers from you years back. But I have NHT Evolution T6's and NHT VT-3's I'd part with or trade if you wanna get ears on NHT speakers.
Yeah, I'm in Georgia. I was talking about hearing a pair of 3.3 someday. Thanks, but I'm not currently looking for any more speakers. I've got spares in the closet and no more room!
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I can faintly hear Trey in the background, yelling the top of his lungs...
"Do iiitttttt!!!!"
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Do itttttt!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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The booze pic only partially loaded for me...no Buffalo Trace? Speakers always sound better with it
Yep, my name really is Bob.
Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub.
