My first time thrift store pick ups!

mr l
mr l Posts: 6
edited September 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Hello all. I am new here but have been reading many boards to learn as much as possible. Well after reading all the finds that people were getting at yard sales,thrift stores and the Salvation Army, I had to try my luck for the first time. I walked away with 3 sets of speakers and paid $8.50 for each speaker! I picked up 2 sets of 2 way bookshelf speakers that sound incredibly crystal clear, they are a KLH set and a set I never heard of before called "Scott". The Scotts were like new,perfect shape, and VERY heavy for their size & were made in 1987. The Scott speakers were hard to believe they are 22 years old, they look like they just came out the box! The ones that really caught my eye were the larger REAL heavy ones. They were very very very dirty & sticky & gummy to the touch cause they must have been sitting in someones garage for a very long time. I did some research on them & they were made in like 1974-1976. They are called
"QuadraFlex Speakers". On the back it says they were a product of CBS. They have 2 dials to adjust sound on the back of them. Well I loaded them all up & took them home & the QuadraFlex ones cleaned up real nice!

I just gotta tighten up the cover on one of them. But I cannot tell you just how GOOD the QuadraFlex speakers sound, DAMM they are sweet. Unreal how good they sound! All speakers have no tears or anything wrong with them. Pics below for all to see. I found, a set of Pioneer cs-701 speakers and the Pioneeer round Omnidirectional speakers. The girl that sold them to me said her father had them since new back in early 70's. How did I do fellas on my first time out?

All 3 sets Left to right- KLH,Scott, QuadraFlex


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QuadraFlex


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Scott

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JBL

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Back of QuadraFlex

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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited September 2009
    Welcome to the forum and nice score on the speakers!
    Sunfire TGP, Sunfire Cinema Grand, Sunfire 300~2 (2), Sunfire True Sub (2),Carver ALS Platinum, Carver AL III, TFM-55, C-19, C-9, TX-8, SDA-490t, SDA-390t
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited September 2009
    congrats on the nice finds... Just be warned that the SDA bug will bite you soon enough, and once it does there is no hope for recovery.

    Welcome to CP
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • mr l
    mr l Posts: 6
    edited September 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    congrats on the nice finds... Just be warned that the SDA bug will bite you soon enough, and once it does there is no hope for recovery.

    Welcome to CP

    Nooshinjohn, I dont know what "SDA" means but i think its too late lol. I have allways tried to have a great sounding system but I want to venture more into as i get older.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    WEllcome to the Club!
    Nice finds!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2009
    Welcome!!!!!
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  • mr l
    mr l Posts: 6
    edited September 2009
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Welcome!!!!!

    Thanks guys. Will be here alot learing & researching.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2009
    Start learning here. Unless you're REALLY getting them cheap, the only KLH usually worth purchasing only have one or two digit model #'s. Model 6, 17, 33.

    The HH Scott? Never known for great speakers but maybe you got a little something nice in Scott's last gasp if they're only 22 years old. The Quadraflex? MAYBE, garage speakers.

    You can pile up an awful lot of mediocre to bad speakers in a hurry if you let it happen.
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  • bigaltx24
    bigaltx24 Posts: 141
    edited September 2009
    From what I remember, Quadraflex was Pacific Stereo's house brand. They were a well built, good quality speakers.
    Denon PMA-900V
    Linn Axis with Grado Red
    Cambridge Azur 650C
    Polk SDA-1BTL
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited September 2009
    Good score on price alone, but nothing special in that collecton you have there.
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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