not polk, but vintage.

honda cber

ooooh ooooh (in homer-wants-a-doughnut tone).

4 way, 6 speakers. um, includes woofer, tweeters, and, lol squawkers.

found a pair of sansui sp-200 locally for pretty cheap. why do i keep buying these old azz speakers? i love the cabinetry on these old things. i am trying to think of reasons not to buy them, and figured i would let you all tear them apart for a few posts, lol.

these arent those, but they are identical. thanks again, oak tree vintage, lol.

remind me of childhood i guess.....
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mhardy6647

Some call such speakers...Kabuki... :-)

avguytx

Yeah, after having gone thru that stage, I have to pass on them now.

dcmeigs

You really NEED those. You SHOULD get them. Throw in an old Sansui 8080 receiver, a Sansui 8 track and a Sansui RA-500 reverb amp and a black light. You can turn off the lights and listen to Ina Gada Da Vida until the tape jams up.

seeclear

There is a pair of sp 1200 on my local CL--> $40!
Looks very similar to your pair. Check em out.

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/ele/643384849.html

Marty913

dcmeigs wrote: »

You really NEED those. You SHOULD get them. Throw in an old Sansui 8080 receiver, a Sansui 8 track and a Sansui RA-500 reverb amp and a black light. You can turn off the lights and listen to Ina Gada Da Vida until the tape jams up.

Reminds me of the Realistic Nova's and Pioneer 88's. The lattice work grill are a classic touch. I think they're a great buy and I firmly believe the 1970's will return. At least I hope they do. I lost a lot of stuff back then, mostly brain cells, and I'd like another chance to find them.:D

honda cber

you guys are the best, lol. thanks.

the best part?

i think i actually DO have an iron butterfly 8 track. yes, i am serious. have a whole box of them, and a panasonic quad set-up, complete with "thrusters". IIRC, that moniker is even trademarked. hey, there are lots of patents filled with suck.

also, i do have at least one black light tube.

but all i have for reverb is digital. wont that ruin everything?

yes, i am letting these slide, EVEN THOUGH i no longer have the realistic mach I's or the criterions with the ribbon tweeters, or even the series I 501's that LITERALLY got eaten by mice in my storage shed. like i said, i dunno why i keep buying these old azz speakers.


love,
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cubdog

I have a pair of SP3500s that a friend gave to me. I too love the look. Although they are far from great speakers I don't think they are nearly as bad as some people believe.

cubdog

Joe08867

I had a pair of Panasonic Thrusters. Not that I am poud of it but at the time I thought they were good.

I have to agree the cabinetry was pretty cool back in the day. I love those grills.

Bets on how long the 8-track plays before jamming. Over under of 2 minutes.

Ina Goda (KA-CHUNK) Da Vida!

cubdog

Panasonic's and the Sansui SP line are not in the same league. While the Sansuis may look like kabuki they were a nice Japaneese speaker from that 70's time period. I like them much more than the Pioneer CS series from the same time period. They typically are a bit bass shy but have a nice overall sound.

cubdog

dcmeigs

honda cber wrote: »

you guys are the best, lol. thanks.

but all i have for reverb is digital. wont that ruin everything?

Got you covered http://cgi.ebay.com/Sansui-Reverberation-Reverb-Stereo-Guitar-Amp-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ280217118794QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3284QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dcmeigs

cubdog wrote: »

Panasonic's and the Sansui SP line are not in the same league. While the Sansuis may look like kabuki they were a nice Japaneese speaker from that 70's time period. I like them much more than the Pioneer CS series from the same time period. They typically are a bit bass shy but have a nice overall sound.

cubdog

And BTW, Cubdog is correct here. I can remember hearing thoae Sansuis in the Audio shops back in the day and they were very competative with the American products selling at same price point. Later, I had a Sansui 9500 that was a tremendous receiver too. If you could find a set with good surounds and no problems, they would make a great set of garage speakers.

George Grand

Those things sucked "back in the day" and they suck just as bad now.They may have been competitive FINANCIALLY. As far as sonics, any competent American manufacturer put those pieces of **** to shame, and probably for less money.

reeltrouble1

as mentioned they are Kabuki, they suck so bad they should have a sign that says
"the wind blows for free and so do we"

RT1

dcmeigs

Sansui Smackdown.

Did they compare with the Large Advents or JLB Century's they claimed to compete with? No, not even close. My Large Advents cost more than a semesters college tuition at the snob shop. The Sansuis were half that on sale every other week across the street at the discount chain store. Some just folks didn't want to shell out that kind of coin.

TroyD

That's a whole lot of bad sound there.

If you want killer cabinetry and medicore sound, the Pioneer CS-88's/99's set the standard for that.

BDT

cubdog

dcmeigs wrote: »

Sansui Smackdown.

Did they compare with the Large Advents or JLB Century's they claimed to compete with? No, not even close. My Large Advents cost more than a semesters college tuition at the snob shop. The Sansuis were half that on sale every other week across the street at the discount chain store. Some just folks didn't want to shell out that kind of coin.

Large Advents? Way over-rated IMO but everyone hears things differently. Speaker sound is not as black and white as that.

cubdog

honda cber

If you could find a set with good surounds and no problems, they would make a great set of garage speakers.

heh, surrounds were good, but ive got plenty of garage speakers. my... uh... utility room has this pile of relics in the corner, including the garbage-found mitsubishi DS-251 mkII (an interestingly "classic" sounding sealed design). additionally, there are three other pairs of speaks in the closet to the left. yes, the craftsman battery charger is plugged in, lol.


i have much love for the receiver on the second shelf, a lafayette LR-5555A. my pop bought it brand new in 1973 or '4. i also have the matching turntable, but the belt is fried (halfway down a long list of "i need to's"). this platter is a cheap yamaha YP-B2 that i have had for many many years.
no worries; polk is represented, if only by a lowly pair of monitor 4.6. gotta love switching for 3 sets of speakers. that is osibisa woyaya on the top. highly recommend osibisa to those who havent heard them.

TroyD wrote: »

That's a whole lot of bad sound there.

If you want killer cabinetry and medicore sound, the Pioneer CS-88's/99's set the standard for that.

BDT

heh, i am a maven of mediocrity. i am and have come from the working class. unfortunately, given my chosen interests, that isnt terribly likely to change.

truly, i think that having lots of set-ups to compare with gives a better representation of what your "A" system can do. also, since i do a lot of recording and mixing in my modest (mediocre?) home studio, having several sets of speakers to listen to really helps me in getting my mixes to translate well (or at least, better). as you well know, they (the speakers) all sound different.

i could not begin to tell you how much duct tape i have used in my lifetime.

(cue sanford and son theme)

TroyD

If you dig 'em, rock on broham. I've owned Sansui's and just never liked 'em. However, if we all liked the same things, life would be boring, no?

BDT

ohskigod

Joe08867 wrote: »

I had a pair of Panasonic Thrusters. Not that I am poud of it but at the time I thought they were good.
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Panasonic Thrusters? boy does THAT take me back!!

I had a pair of those, with a old technics reciever and a tape deck....cant remember what kind, but it was the old console type where the loading and the controls were on the top of the unit.

that was my first "system" for the most part.

better part of 24 years ago by my count...I was in frikkin grammar school!