Interesting speakers

NJPOLKER
NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
edited November 2009 in Speakers
I was looking around Audiogon and came across these. Any thoughts? I have no interest in them other than thinking they are wild.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited November 2009
    kinda looks like something from Brookstone in the mall....:p
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2009
    What in the hell.....?
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

    Living Room: B&K Reference 5 S2 / Parasound HCA-1000A / Emotiva XDA-2 / Pioneer BDP-51FD / Paradigm 11se MKiii

    Desk: Schiit Magni 2 Uber / Schiit Modi 2 Uber / ISK HD9999

    Office: Schiit Magni 2 Uber / Schiit Modi 2 Uber / Dynaco SCA-80Q / Paradigm Legend V.3

    HT: Denon AVR-X3400H / Sony UBP-X700 / RT16 / CS350LS / RT7 / SVS PB1000
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited November 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    I was looking around Audiogon and came across these. Any thoughts? I have no interest in them other than thinking they are wild.
    Weird looking little beast.
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    kinda looks like something from Brookstone in the mall....:p

    X2 that is what I was thinking
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
    Denon DBP-1610
    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

    Living Room
    63 inch Samsung PN63C800YF
    Polk Surroundbar 3000
    Samsung BD-C7900
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited November 2009
    You would think they are from California but they are from, take a guess with out looking them up. No not New Jersey.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2009
    Those would go great with these.

    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1264294258
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • VSchneider
    VSchneider Posts: 443
    edited November 2009
    killer amps! but would they work well with those woofers? dunno
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,039
    edited November 2009
    as Austin Powers used to say (albeitin a slightly different context), do I make you horny, baby?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2009
    Did you see a brand name for them?
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • mrbofus
    mrbofus Posts: 297
    edited November 2009
    Are those for real???
    Sharp Aqous 40" LCD
    Onkyo TX SR-507 AVR
    Onkyo DX-C390 CD Changer
    POLK RTI8 Mains--Cherry
    the rest...in process...slowly!!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2009
    What an awful looking loudspeaker and I could care less if they sound good or not. Aesthetics have always played a role in my audio quest and subsequent experience.
    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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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2009
    Jeez I'm getting hot.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited November 2009
    Modified breast pumps:eek:
    HT:
    Martin Logan Motion 40
    Martin Logan Motion 50XT
    Emotiva Airmotiv E2
    SVS SB16 Ultra
    Def Tech Reference Sub
    Yamaha RX-A3070

    Signal Cable speaker wires & interconnects.
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  • sk1939
    sk1939 Posts: 295
    edited November 2009
    Those are certainly different, remind me sorta of the speakers Apple used to sell with Macs.

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    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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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,395
    edited November 2009
    gwh wrote: »
    Modified breast pumps:eek:

    Winner!

    I almost had my tea coming out my nose.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    You would think they are from California but they are from, take a guess with out looking them up. No not New Jersey.

    If they were from Jersey they would be piss yellow or puke green....;)
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited November 2009
    This is the kind of speaker that would be really cool looking to someone that owns one of those chairs that looks like a hand...lol
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited November 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    If they were from Jersey they would be piss yellow or puke green....;)

    And Pink if from California.
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited November 2009
    They certainly give new meaning to "transparency" in a speaker!

    Gordon
    2 Channel -
    Martin Logan Spire, 2 JL Audio F112 subs
    McIntosh C1000 Controller with Tube pre amp, 2 MC501 amplifiers, MD1K Transport & DAC, MR-88 Tuner
    WireWorld Eclipse 6.0 speaker wire and jumpers, Eclipse 5^2 Squared Balanced IC's. Silver Eclipse PCs (5)
    Symposium Rollerblocks 2+ (16)Black Diamond Racing Mk 3 pits (8)
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited November 2009
    I've seen those before... Iirc, they're fostex single drivers inahorn alignment with SW reinforcement. Ugly& overpriced.
    Gallo Ref 3.1 : Bryston 4b SST : Musical fidelity CD Pre : VPI HW-19
    Gallo Ref AV, Frankengallo Ref 3, LC60i : Bryston 9b SST : Meridian 565
    Jordan JX92s : MF X-T100 : Xray v8
    Backburner:Krell KAV-300i
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited November 2009
    The new speakers sold with a Mac computer.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    And Pink if from California.

    Another hater.... how's the weather in Jersey? Does it still stink in Secaucus? :cool:
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited November 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    And Pink if from California.

    and bare unfinished wood from Michigan.
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  • sk1939
    sk1939 Posts: 295
    edited November 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    Another hater.... how's the weather in Jersey? Does it still stink in Secaucus? :cool:

    Now now, be nice....anyways, so are they full range speakers I wonder, and what does it take to drive them I wonder.
    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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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    sk1939 wrote: »
    Now now, be nice....anyways, so are they full range speakers I wonder, and what does it take to drive them I wonder.

    Hey.....he drew first blood! ;)
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited November 2009
    Lowther, not fostex...
    http://www.fergusonhill.co.uk/product_details.php?id=3
    Gallo Ref 3.1 : Bryston 4b SST : Musical fidelity CD Pre : VPI HW-19
    Gallo Ref AV, Frankengallo Ref 3, LC60i : Bryston 9b SST : Meridian 565
    Jordan JX92s : MF X-T100 : Xray v8
    Backburner:Krell KAV-300i
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited November 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    Another hater.... how's the weather in Jersey? Does it still stink in Secaucus? :cool:

    Where is Secaucus :D I am in rural NJ so if your talking about the area by NYC I know the area and know to stay clear, pun intended.

    It is beautiful here. Hopefully we'll have snow for Christmas.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,039
    edited November 2009
    Route 3; used to have to schlepp to a certain large pharmaceutical concen in nearby Nutley on a regular basis in a past life.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited November 2009
    I know exactly where it is but trying to forget that area exists.
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