Velodyne spl 1000 for $270? good deal?

poloman1211
poloman1211 Posts: 28
edited March 2009 in Speakers
well my neighbor is upgrading his sub and is letting go of his velodyne spl 1000 for $270. is this a good deal? i heard it play for one song and was not impressed but i also looked up the retail and this thing retails over a $1000. so i figure this would be a good starter sub?

thanks
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited March 2009
    Hi poloman.

    Take a look at this:

    http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/subwoofers/velodyne-acoustics/spl-1000/PRD_125509_2741crx.aspx
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  • Ender
    Ender Posts: 603
    edited March 2009
    I'm sure it's at least a fair price, if not a good deal. It looks like a pretty good deal to me.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,094
    edited March 2009
    poloman1211 wrote: »
    well my neighbor is upgrading his sub and is letting go of his velodyne spl 1000 for $270. is this a good deal? i heard it play for one song and was not impressed but i also looked up the retail and this thing retails over a $1000. so i figure this would be a good starter sub?

    thanks

    That's a steal at that price. Grab it. From what you detailed above...I would venture to say that your neighbor was way off in proper sub integration.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited March 2009
    Yes it a good deal.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    That's a great sub at that price I wouldn't even think twice. Lots of people haven't the faintest idea how to properly set up their subs. You should, perhaps borrow it if you can and spend a day integrating it into your system. You WON'T be disappointed. Lesser Velodyne subs than that sound great!

    That sub retails for over 1000 dollars and has a 21.6 pound magnet structure and a 1000 watts RMS 2000 Peak...if it's an SPL-1000R, that is.

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  • poloman1211
    poloman1211 Posts: 28
    edited March 2009
    Mike21 wrote: »
    Hi poloman.

    Take a look at this:

    http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speakers/subwoofers/velodyne-acoustics/spl-1000/PRD_125509_2741crx.aspx

    thanks for the link but i saw them before, thats why i was kind of shock when i heard the sub, all the reviews were great but i did not think so but for that price, it could hurt to pick it up
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  • poloman1211
    poloman1211 Posts: 28
    edited March 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    That's a great sub at that price I wouldn't even think twice. Lots of people haven't the faintest idea how to properly set up their subs. You should, perhaps borrow it if you can and spend a day integrating it into your system. You WON'T be disappointed. Lesser Velodyne subs than that sound great!

    That sub retails for over 1000 dollars and has a 21.6 pound magnet structure and a 1000 watts RMS 2000 Peak...if it's an SPL-1000R, that is.

    cnh


    its the spl 1000 series II, 10in not the spl-r but the spec are the same, just no remote, mic and auto eq
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited March 2009
    poloman1211 wrote: »
    well my neighbor is upgrading his sub and is letting go of his velodyne spl 1000 for $270. is this a good deal? i heard it play for one song and was not impressed but i also looked up the retail and this thing retails over a $1000. so i figure this would be a good starter sub?

    thanks


    If you weren't impressed, you weren't impressed.
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