LSi7's for sale.

McLoki

I have mentioned this in a few other threads, but have decided to just open it up. I have a pair of LSi7's (ebony - original style) for sale. They were my front speakers for about a year and were replaced with LSi15's last december.

Asking $350 + actual shipping for them. (pickup is fine - live in central Il.)

Will ship in original box. Very good condition, pics available on request.

Michael

opus

McLoki doesn't need me to vouch for him but I will anyway. I have demoed these speakers and they are as described.

And you will have to go a long way to find a nicer guy than Michael.:)

dorokusai

Absolutely, one of my favorite bookshelf speakers.

lanion

I'm gonna need a pair of these in 2 years or so, but I'm too poor to buy them now!

McLoki

lanion wrote:

I'm gonna need a pair of these in 2 years or so, but I'm too poor to buy them now!

As fast as these seem to be selling, I may be able to hook you up...

Michael

lanion

lol... I'd help you out if my full time job (more or less full time, anyway) paid more than $150/week

jhermance

If these were on he about 2 weeks ago i would have to picked them up but just got a set of SDA's have to build funds up again.

McLoki

Bump then off to the bay....

Michael

surfntomm

hey are these still for sale and if so do you have any pictures of them?

McLoki

surfntomm wrote:

hey are these still for sale and if so do you have any pictures of them?

Yes, still for sale - PM sent

Michael

Willow

lanion wrote:

I'm gonna need a pair of these in 2 years or so, but I'm too poor to buy them now!

I hear you, we are in the same boat right now....I'm out of town and my wife told me our computer died...thank god as it was slow....she had to go out and buy a new one. apparently it's fast as hell...ccan't wait to see it.

audiobliss

It's probably pink with little daisies panted on the side of the case!!

McLoki

I was asked the difference between the new and original style LSi speakers (The 7's I have for sale are the original style).

1) If you look at the pics of my LSi's you can see an edge on the front and rear of the speaker that looks like the gloss side was folded over. The new style is smooth gloss all the way to the driver on the front and port/wire connections on the back.

2) the colors are slightly different between the new and original style. I think the color difference is mainly in the cherry color. (I prefer the orignal cherry color though - less red) I think the ebony is very similar in color, but the new ebony LSi are more "matte finish" while the older ebony LSi have a slight "sheen" to the panels. To be honest I have not see them next to each other.

3) the sides are glued on in the new style and cannot be removed. The original style they were taped on and can be removed if you work at it. (click on the link in my sig to see my rear LSi7's in gloss black.) The 7's I am selling were my front speakers (replaced by LSi15's) and the sides have never been removed on them.

4) There were no functional or sonic differences between the original and new style - all changes were cosmetic.

Michael

Edit - added color change for black panels (thank Joey...:))

MSALLA

Have these sold yet?

okiepolkie

If they have sold, shoot me a PM MSALLA. However, if they haven't sold, get Michael's.

MSALLA

No, I think you misunderstand. I wanted to know if they have sold yet.

McLoki

Nope - still for sale.

Interested?

Michael

Joey_V

Mike,

The newer ebony LSi are more "matte finish" while the older ebony LSi have a slight "sheen" to the panels.

Joey

MSALLA

McLoki wrote:

Nope - still for sale.

Interested?

Michael

I could be. I'm worried though. The system is in my living room & I do not have room for an amp. Any thoughts?

okiepolkie

I've run the LSi7's off two different recievers without any problems. Do they sound better with an external amplifier? Yes. However, they will definelty sound better than the M series you are using now.

As a matter of fact, I ran the 7's off a Yamaha RX-V2092 and another Yamaha receiver and never had any problems, even at high levels.

I wouldn't worry too much about them.

MSALLA, I did get your PM, but see what you can work out with Michael as well.

McLoki

The 7's are the easiest of the series to run. (actually closer to a 6 ohm load.)

If you are mainly going to run the 7's you will probably be fine. If you are running the 7's, 15's and an LSiC - I wouldn't recommend it on a mid grade avr. (if you have a high end AVR - you will still be fine)

I guess what we are asking is what electronics are you running and what do you see the end speaker system looking like?

Michael

audiobliss

MSALLA wrote:

The system is in my living room & I do not have room for an amp. Any thoughts?

Yeah. Get a new living room.

MSALLA

McLoki wrote:

The 7's are the easiest of the series to run. (actually closer to a 6 ohm load.)

If you are mainly going to run the 7's you will probably be fine. If you are running the 7's, 15's and an LSiC - I wouldn't recommend it on a mid grade avr. (if you have a high end AVR - you will still be fine)

I guess what we are asking is what electronics are you running and what do you see the end speaker system looking like?

Michael

I've got a Yamaha RX-V2500. I don't know that I'd call it high end but it's 130 wpc @ 8ohm. They did give it a 4 ohm rating but i can't remember what it is.

I'm going to call a freind of mine who is an audio nut case for his input. I'll let you know.

okiepolkie

I saw the receiver you were using in your signature, and I think you will be okay using the 7's. Again, if you are going to be adding the 15's and a center, then you might want to upgrade to a higher quality receiver later, but I think you will be okay if you stick with the 7's.

MSALLA

In the end I will have Lsi-9, Lsi-7, Lsic.

audiobliss

The RX-V2500 is a fairly nice receiver, and I imagine it would handle the LSi7's fine. It won't drive them to their potential, but I don't foresee any problems. However, if/when you get LSi9's and an LSiC, you'll need to do something else.

McLoki

MSALLA wrote:

In the end I will have Lsi-9, Lsi-7, Lsic.

Actually that reciever is rated farily well into a 4 ohm load. Its power drops by almost 50% when you put two channels on it instead of just one though. I think it will run your future setup just fine, but at limited volumes. Be careful turning it up to loud or the peaks of movie soundtracks may be enough to clip the amp and speaker (tweeter) damage may result.

Running a decent powered sub will help by moving the bass load off the amp. When you are done, even just moving the 9's off will help (with a decent 2 channel amp.)

Michael

Joey_V

Just to let the prospective buyer know... I had the LSi9 and the LSi7 in 4.1 configuration and I had them all running off a Harman Kardon AVR-330. It's rated at 55 watts/channel and I know it's less beefy than the Yamaha 2500.

Well, guess what? The HK ran the LSi speakers just fine. Of course, it was never as coherent as when I started going separates, but it was able to pump out loud volumes for movie watching.

You'll be fine... buy Mike's LSi7!

MSALLA

If they are not running at there full potential, would I be better of w/ the RTi series?

okiepolkie

MSALLA wrote:

If they are not running at there full potential, would I be better of w/ the RTi series?

IMHO, no. I had the RTi6's and LSi7's and demoed them using the same receiver. The 7's sounded better to me in almost every respect.

MSALLA

McLoki wrote:

Actually that reciever is rated farily well into a 4 ohm load. Its power drops by almost 50% when you put two channels on it instead of just one though. I think it will run your future setup just fine, but at limited volumes. Be careful turning it up to loud or the peaks of movie soundtracks may be enough to clip the amp and speaker (tweeter) damage may result.

Running a decent powered sub will help by moving the bass load off the amp. When you are done, even just moving the 9's off will help (with a decent 2 channel amp.)

Michael

OK, I'd like buy these. I saw you were asking 350.00 in aug. I'll pay 300.00 and give you my ups # to ship them freight collect (I get a ups discount on my shipments based on quantity).If you want to talk my e-mail is msalla@genairesys.com Let me know how you want payment. I have never bought off of this site before. I have a paypal account if that will work.