I'll Still Keep My SDA's

sg7677
sg7677 Posts: 18
edited August 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I got this link in an email and would love to hear some comments on these systems. For one thing, I am wondering if anyone really buys these systems for their homes:

http://www.higherfi.com/spkrlist/speakerlist.htm

Some of them look really impressive but the prices are unbelievable. No one should have to spend more money on a speaker system than they would spend on a home or a yacht.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited August 2008
    I am sure people do buy them, but they are in a completely different class than I am, thats for sure. I would love to have that kind of disposable income to blow on a hobby though.....

    Michael

    BTW - for the record, I am sure none of the people who purchase those speakers are spending more on them than they did their house. (yours and my house maybe - but not theirs)
    Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
    Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms)
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited August 2008
    You can see some impressive systems over at audiogon / go to community/member systems/ all out assault.Some ppl do spend that kind of money .Funny thing is -- I never see any polks in there :(:(
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited August 2008
    Why are they all so UGLY???
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2008
    Who says large speakers don't sell!?!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    Who says large speakers don't sell!?!
    True. California audio technology CAT used to sell a set called MBX Goldrush series they weighed right at 2000lbs each and had far more drivers then you see in the standard MBX series I think it was something like 4-21" drivers 8-15" drivers 8- smaller midrange drivers and a whole shitpot full of tweeters, if I recall correctly and were priced at $1.28 mill I think not sure how many pair actually sold though :p



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • sg7677
    sg7677 Posts: 18
    edited August 2008
    I think that I missed that from the start. If someone has a few hundred thousand to spend on their speakers, then they probably spent a lot more on their homes. As for most of the speakers being ugly, some of them did look like modern art. At any rate, I just can't see why any speaker system should cost that much. When the SDA's came out, they were very expensive, at least to me. The SRS's were over $3,000.00 at the time, which raised a lot of eyebrows.
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