What's the speaker that "started it all"?

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited May 2009
    Dynaco 25's or a set of EV corner cabs my dad had.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited May 2009
    My old boss had a Paradigm Monitor set-up... I could not afford his set-up, but I am very happy with my Polk's.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited May 2009
    Burhoe Red's and EPI 100's.
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited May 2009
    Very old (1970) realistic radio skack ,all paper drivers,foam surronnds.Still got'em still work
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  • GreggC
    GreggC Posts: 23
    edited May 2009
    For me it was Cezac (SP?) speakers as the first really good ones.

    My best were the Polk SDA-1C's. I still have these, but don't really have room for them in my current house :(
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  • RandyBox
    RandyBox Posts: 125
    edited May 2009
    Altec Lansing 312's. Still have them.
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  • tomhoss
    tomhoss Posts: 1
    edited January 2010
    hearingimpared,

    How did the 300 D's end up sounding. Just refoamed mine. Also any thoughts on a good "voice" match for them as a center speaker.?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited January 2010
    tomhoss wrote: »
    hearingimpared,

    How did the 300 D's end up sounding. Just refoamed mine. Also any thoughts on a good "voice" match for them as a center speaker.?

    WOW Tom it's been over 25 years since I owned them. My buddy never came through with bringing them over so I can't remember the sound signature now. However I remember them sounding great, back then. As far as a voice match for a center, well I have to defer to your own ears.
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  • newsman
    newsman Posts: 203
    edited January 2010
    My first "real" speakers were Polk RTi 600 which I later upgraded to RTi 800 using Circuit City generous 1 year upgrade program. These were the update to RT series which I couldn't forget after hearing at the very first Audiophile store I visited. Because I had to save money through part time jobs while in high school I skipped RT series and got the RTi which had upgraded tweeter and cabinets.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited January 2010
    The one that got me hooked was my old man's speaker waaaaaay back in 1978 [or somewhere around that time frame...I was slightly higher than knee high to a duck back then]. The Klipsch Heresey powered by his Onkyo amp with the only sources at the time being a tuna and an old [even at the time] LP player. I was the lucky one who got all of his albums. Thanks Dad! :D

    The speakers that sealed the deal came about a year or two later. That was my Uncle Tommy's speakers. They weren't a brand name speaker as he had built them himself and my gawd were they huge. You could probably fit more than 3 dead bodies in each one. He ended up donating them to a church for their auditorium. As far as I know, they are still in use today. Actually, so are my old man's Klipsch's.
    ~ 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. ~
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  • rcrook317
    rcrook317 Posts: 280
    edited January 2010
    my uncles def tech bp towers.....powered by an adcom w/ garden hoses for speaker cable(J/K,but they were huge cables)...ever since then ive owned nice stereo systems.
    most of my friends are happy w/ a htib or boombox......they just dont get it!
    fronts=rti12s(cherry)
    center=csi3(cherry)
    sub=psw125(cherry)
    emotiva xpa-2
    harmon kardon 354
    sony cdp
    ipod 8gb
    audioquest diamondback 1m
    "Maesto" straightwire cables
    pangea ac-9
    playstation3/120gb=blu-ray/media server
    monitor=lg 55inch lcd(1080p)
    TT Set-up=Pro-Ject RM 1.3
    Kenwood Phono
    bren1 Clamp
    Herbies Slipmat

    "It doesnt mean that much to me,to mean that much to you"
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  • Stew
    Stew Posts: 645
    edited January 2010
    My uncle was in the service and brought a system back from Japan in the mid 70's. AR Speakers (AR-4?) powered by a Marantz receiver and fed by a TEAC reel to reel. I'd never heard anything like it. Then I found the Polk store in the late 70's.
    SDA 2B-TL (Sonicap/Solen/Mills, Erse Super Q, Rings, Spikes, No-Rez)
    1000VA Dreadnought
    Dared SL-2000a (Siemens & Halske TM 12AT7WA's, Brimar 5Z4G)
    Jolida JD-100a (Sylvania BP TM Gold Brand 5751's), NAD C275BEE, Blue Jeans

    RTiA3, Onkyo TX-SR605
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2010
    I don't even remember posting this :confused:
    polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
    polkaudio 255c-RT Inwalls
    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2010
    A pair of Polk Audio Monitor 10B circa 1985 and a lowly pair of KEF C15 bookshelf loudspeakers.

    Russman suprised me with a pair of mint C15 a few years ago just because he knew I liked them....how's that for friendship?
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited January 2010
    avguytx wrote: »
    Klipschorns at Custom Audio in Little Rock, AR back in 1979. I was 13 at the time and was blown away at their size and the volume they had for being ran off of a 10wpc Yamaha amp (I think it was). Of course, I've changed since then.....

    Hey, I have drooled there many times! :p That's where I bought my sub at years ago. And where my Dad has probably spent many a dollar!

    Speakers for me....was probably a set of Marantz HD towers my Dad had when I was a kid. Don't remember the model number but they were the ones with the foam plug you could remove from the ports.
    --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.
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  • RyanJoz
    RyanJoz Posts: 116
    edited January 2010
    Dad's Monitor 10A's with peerless tweets (identified thanks to many of you who have taught me a great deal while I linger in the background and read up) I don't think my friend will ever forget when I played his favorite rap song and the PR slapped him in the face. He was like how much can those two small speakers drive that woofer.....wow was he wrong. Too bad dad didn't have 1.2's to smack him in the face with.
    Ryan Jozwiak

    "Because music was meant to be felt and heard"

    polkaudio RTiA9
    polkaudio RT35i
    polkaudio PSW 404
    HK 3370
    HK FL8380
    HK DVD 22
    Adcom GFA 5500
    Samsung 40" LCD 120 Hz
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2010
    Polk RT800
    Jake
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited January 2010
    Audio Physic Virgo towers connected to an Edge integrated and Rega TT/ Arcam CDP. Was hooked ever since. German speakers are nice, but its the British speakers I seem to have a weakness for.
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
    Speakers: Polk Monitor 7A's, KEF Reference 104aB
    Sources: ProJect Debut Carbon, Sonos streaming FLAC
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,145
    edited January 2010
    I bought a nice Fisher stereo system in about 77 (still have it) and then bought Radio shack box speakers with 4" ribbons in them. They were pretty nice I thought and then I went to a guys house who had ESS AMT 1B's. Wow did they show my ears what they had been missing. I own them now but my wife lays claim.

    That was great for years and then I heard Polk's Monitor 10s w/peerless:D that I bought at good will about 10 yrs. ago. These rekindled a wickerman size blaze with my interest back into audio...Then came RT3000P's!! :D Then SDA-SRS2's,:D

    I still have my stereo review magazines from 1981 on up although I'm missing some earlier issues.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited January 2010
    First speakers that started my interest in audio, Bose 141's, .... in higher end audio = KEF sub/sat system KHT2005. First polks = RTi6s, first VINTAGE polks = Monitor 7's w/ peerless tweets, first SDAs = SDA1's...
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2010
    JVC 3 ways with an active, and passive 12" woofer really started me. The CV's with the big 15"ers got me drooling back then as did my buddy's Optimus 15"ers:o Dream speakers were the monster Infinity's, Carver Amazings, and Polk SDA-SRS's. Carver was the only amp made IMHO back then.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • sk1939
    sk1939 Posts: 295
    edited January 2010
    JBL L100's on a Luxman receiver, with a JBL turntable spinning the Moody Blues.

    First system = 80's Sony reciever, Symphonic VCR, 80's boombox speakers, followed by Aiwa speakers, followed by misc other craptastic speakers (Onkyo HTIB & White Van; almost make 1/2 a complete pair), until the TSi 100's, followed by JBL LSR 2328's, followed by JBL LSR 4326's (Soon to be replaced by Dynaudio BM5A's.)

    I still have everything above except for the VCR (replaced with an Admiral 4 Head HiFi) and the Sony (replaced with a newer Sony).
    Home:
    Onkyo TX-6500MKII/Polk LSI 9's (A)Polk TSi 100(B)/Polk PSW 10/Onkyo C-S5VL/Technics SL-QD33
    Home 2 (Playback):
    Dynaudio BM5A MKII/Dynaudio SUB 250MC/Audigy 2 ZS
    College:
    JBL LSR 2325P/JBL 2310SP/MOTU UltraLite MKIII
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    That's interesting, I still have a pair of L100Ts...difficult to place but once you get them in the right position look out! They're really home versions of the JBL 4412 monitor...same drivers, crossovers, etc. bigger box and real wood veneer. A bit big and boxy by today's standards. But the mixing speaker of choice back in the 80's early 90's.

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • ScudDawg
    ScudDawg Posts: 68
    edited January 2010
    My first speakers were a set of Polk's I bought around 1999 at Circuit City for around $300, they were skinny towers, not sure what model, but they were nice.
    Home Theater:
    Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
    Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
    Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
    Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
    Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
    Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
    Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
    Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

    2 Channel: (work in progress)
    Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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  • Hoosierbronco
    Hoosierbronco Posts: 60
    edited February 2010
    My college buddy down the hall had Polk bookshelfs that blew me away and led to my 10B purchase that summer.
    Still have them in use .... :D
    Plasma : Panny 54G25
    Receiver : antique Sony :mad:
    BD/DVD/CD : OPPO BDP 93
    Fronts : Polk Monitor 10B
    Center : CSi5
    no rears yet , no sub ... Looking at RTia3's first then 9's and a NAD T 747 ... maybe
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