old Cerwin Vegas

ibewbrother

A friend of mine's dad has a set of Cerwin-Vega AT-15's. They are hooked up to an old Onkyo pre-amp power-amp set up, and he has hinted that he might be wanting to sell them. The speakers are HUGE.. 15 inch woofers and weigh about 70 pounds each. I was figuring offering about 200-300 dollars for the whole set. It's all about 20+ years old..but they still rock...any thoughts?


...Brother

concealer404

They're loud.

George Grand

How bad do you need firewood? Onk pre and power combo might be interesting, especially for only a couple hundred bucks.

ibewbrother

This stuff dates back to the 80's. The onkyo power amp has twin analog power meters on the front and is as big as my new onkyo 806. It might be a tube model...I have listened to these several times and you 2-channel guys should note.....no sub needed....15 inch vegas boom. All of this probably dates from '85 or so....my friend had an onkyo integra set up and didn't like the pre/power of the one I'm interested in

Knucklehead

Theyre not for critical listening....put em in your garage and throw a big **** party!:p:D

superjunior

hey brother, I had a simmillar inquire about cerwin vega speakers recently and it wasn't met with mutch enthusiasum with our polk brothers. after doing a bit of research it seems cv has been around for a long time and is best noted for making a very efficient and easy to drive LOUD speaker, lots of base and just noisy otherwise. if your looking for a very base heavy speaker with no detail and painfull highs than hey. just my opinion of course, but I've dismissed cv in my quest...

concealer404

ibewbrother wrote: »

This stuff dates back to the 80's. The onkyo power amp has twin analog power meters on the front and is as big as my new onkyo 806. It might be a tube model...I have listened to these several times and you 2-channel guys should note.....no sub needed....15 inch vegas boom. All of this probably dates from '85 or so....my friend had an onkyo integra set up and didn't like the pre/power of the one I'm interested in

The amp sounds like an M504 or bigger. Nice amp.

halo71

yeah if its a M504 with an Integra pre (maybe?) those for sure would be worth a few hundred. I would forget the CV's though.

gdb

I was going to buy some CVs off ebay to use as outdoor LOUDspeakers while I did an exterior remodel on my house. The seller backed out of the sale and I got some Polk Monitor 10As to use instead. I'd say buy them + Onkyo stuff, try them for a while, then sell the CVs and buy Polks.;)

George Grand

You do not have tubes in that thing.

comfortablycurt

CV's are worth their weight in firewood. Nothing more, nothing less.

They're great at pumping out bass, and sounding like **** otherwise. They're great for college dorm parties...and that's about all I can give them.

dbayyz

I have an Onkyo TX-SV727 Specs:

FEATURES:

DISCRETE OUTPUT STAGE: The TX-V940 employs an All Discrete Transistors in the output stage for effortless drive into low impedance loads
POWER COMPONENTS: Dual 6,800 uF Capacitors, Over-Sized Isolated High Power Low-Impedance Transformer and Extruded Aluminum Heat-Sink, which effortlessly drives 4 ohm loads
POWER OUTPUT: 100 Watts RMS x 2 @ 8 ohm/ 130 watts @ 4 ohms
Frequency Response: 20 Hz ? 30,000 Hz
THD: 0.08%
Signal to noise ratio: Tape/CD 100 dB, Phono 80 dB
Phono: MM output 120 mV
Damping Factor: 60 at 8 ohms
Video Dubbing capability
Adjustments: Bass, Treble, Balance
Selective Tone Control
Six Class Classifed tuning
Local/Dx auto/mono/Automatic Precision Reception (APR)
FM Quartz Synthesized Tuner
Battery Free memory backup
Direct Access Tuning
GE Universal Remote: Quality Metal face, lighted buttons works very well
Motorized Volume Control - Via Universal Remote
Audio Input: Phono, CD, Tape 1, Tape 2, Video 1, Video 2
30 AM/FM Presets
Impedance Selector: 8 ohm/4 ohms switch
Speaker Connection: Clip-Lock ? A, B, A & B 4 & 8 Ohm
Dimensions: 18" W x 13" D x 5 7/8" H (45 x 331 x 150mm)
Weight: 20.9 lbs (9.5 kg) without packaging.


Hooked up to MX-250 Cerwin Vegas which are 4 Ω. Does the receiver know the resistance or is there a way to select it? And what can I do to optimize the system?

Joe08867

You have to go into the menu and switch it to 4ohm. It should be in the manual under impedance selector.

Go here to download the manual from Onkyo.

TX-SV727 Manual

pitdogg2

dbayyz wrote: »

I have an Onkyo TX-SV727 Specs:

FEATURES:

DISCRETE OUTPUT STAGE: The TX-V940 employs an All Discrete Transistors in the output stage for effortless drive into low impedance loads
POWER COMPONENTS: Dual 6,800 uF Capacitors, Over-Sized Isolated High Power Low-Impedance Transformer and Extruded Aluminum Heat-Sink, which effortlessly drives 4 ohm loads
POWER OUTPUT: 100 Watts RMS x 2 @ 8 ohm/ 130 watts @ 4 ohms
Frequency Response: 20 Hz ? 30,000 Hz
THD: 0.08%
Signal to noise ratio: Tape/CD 100 dB, Phono 80 dB
Phono: MM output 120 mV
Damping Factor: 60 at 8 ohms
Video Dubbing capability
Adjustments: Bass, Treble, Balance
Selective Tone Control
Six Class Classifed tuning
Local/Dx auto/mono/Automatic Precision Reception (APR)
FM Quartz Synthesized Tuner
Battery Free memory backup
Direct Access Tuning
GE Universal Remote: Quality Metal face, lighted buttons works very well
Motorized Volume Control - Via Universal Remote
Audio Input: Phono, CD, Tape 1, Tape 2, Video 1, Video 2
30 AM/FM Presets
Impedance Selector: 8 ohm/4 ohms switch
Speaker Connection: Clip-Lock ? A, B, A & B 4 & 8 Ohm
Dimensions: 18" W x 13" D x 5 7/8" H (45 x 331 x 150mm)
Weight: 20.9 lbs (9.5 kg) without packaging.


Hooked up to MX-250 Cerwin Vegas which are 4 Ω. Does the receiver know the resistance or is there a way to select it? And what can I do to optimize the system?

Dude you got your answer in the other post you created!! Just hook them up and don't crank it. All speakers are NOMINALLY rated which means that even if it were 8ohm the speaker will dip lower into 4ohm on some material. 4ohm speakers will dip even lower into 2-3ohm on some material and it may even go to 6ohm. All those switches were put into place by UL labs to help keep your gear from catching fire through limiting the current to the speakers which won't help your speakers any they need current. If the onkyo keeps shutting down you'll need an AMP. plain and simply