dahlquist dq12?

ohskigod
ohskigod Posts: 6,505
edited August 2007 in Speakers
i know the dahlquist dq10 is a highly regarded speaker, but has anyone heard of the DQ12

here is a link to someone that has a pair close to me, was wondering if there is something here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14993&item=5786155126&rd=1

he's a stones throw away and no one is bidding, i'm wondering if there is a reason, i know there in a little rough shape. i've just never heard of these particular speaks. anyone?
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    No, but a very cool looking set. I would be most curious in how they sound. I've heard the 10's once, but didn't get any real time with them in order to evaluate their sound. Hope you get them so you can educate me.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,771
    edited July 2005
    I haven't heard them either, but for $50.00 or so it's hard to go wrong, IMO.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2005
    You need to bid now to keep the seller from getting frustrated and pulling them down due to lack of interest.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    I'm not a Ebay expert, so if you start an auction with no reserve and no BIN can you stop it once there's a bid or only before there's no bid?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2005
    You can cancel all bids of any auction as a seller. This happens alot when someone makes a deal outside of the auction for sale.
    It's not right, but it happens.

    I have been watching a number of items recently that didn't have bids on them going into the last few days, only to have them pull the auction due to lack of interest. During the summer, alot of ebay stuff kinda sits for days without much attention.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    So what's to keep someone from honoring a no reserve auction then? I would think EBay would get pissed also, but I guess they still get their listing fee, right? If someone puts something that worth, let's say, $1000 at no reserve, and the bidding only gets to $125 with about 1 hour to go, the seller can pull the item? To me that's BS, because he/she took the gamble, that by doing a no reserve auction, he/she would get more bids.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2005
    Nothing, as long as the bids are cancelled prior to auction end.
    There is tracking of how many times the buyer has retracted a bid, but no such tracking on sellers.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by Dennis Gardner
    Nothing, as long as the bids are cancelled prior to auction end.
    There is tracking of how many times the buyer has retracted a bid, but no such tracking on sellers.

    That just makes me even more wary of doing business there.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2005
    ebay is far from perfect, but I live in the middle of nowhere and the internet sites has allowed each of my hobbies to increase my interest again. I've had over 300 successful buys and sells without much remorse.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,124
    edited July 2005
    Never heard the 12's.....but they are built along the same idea as the 10's with more WAF. Supposed to be great speakers. The 10's and the 20's were the ones that most people remember.

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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited July 2005
    Somewhere I have the review of the 12's. If I remember correctly the reviewers said they liked them a little more than the 10's, but we all know how magazine reviews go.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,505
    edited July 2005
    got beat out, but glad i did (went for 147.00 ish)

    seems one of the woofers foam was falling apart. some might disagree, but i stopped bidding at about 145.00. seemed like more trouble than it was worth. I like my vandersteens and SDA 1b's too much :D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2007
    a local pair of DQ 12's are for sale near me for $150

    anyone know anything about them?
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