todays thrift store score

onebadchad
onebadchad Posts: 364
edited May 2012 in Speakers
kenwood ls 1800, not a big kenwwod fan, but these thing were the bomb in the 70's.. $25 ;)
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Hello Kitty am/fm CD player
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited May 2012
    Cool, Haven't seen a pair of those in eons.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited May 2012
    chad. did ya hookem up....if so howd they do....i had some 1970's kenwoods that did the job for years. i liked them. they had the lattice grill covers.they took a pounding n never failed.....nice find at a cheap price :)
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    Best part is.......the woofers ain't WHITE !!!!:lol:
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  • onebadchad
    onebadchad Posts: 364
    edited May 2012
    They sound amazing, for kenwoods.. lol believe it or not these things retailed for $2300 new
    Hello Kitty am/fm CD player
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,406
    edited May 2012
    onebadchad wrote: »
    They sound amazing, for kenwoods..

    And that says it all!
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited May 2012
    I don't know anything about these but just by looking at the pictures... they aren't mirrored pairs. And you show two shots of the back posts where at the top you see a large letter "L". I didn't look it up so I don't know if they come mirrored or not but it's just an observation.
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited May 2012
    He posted each of the three pictures twice. That's why there's two with the "L" on them--it's identical to the other picture. Unlikely that they were originally mirrored. Most speakers of that nature from that era were not.

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  • onebadchad
    onebadchad Posts: 364
    edited May 2012
    i did post the same pics twice, i didnt think i got it the first time, sorry.. they are not morror, both say l though, and I have no idea what the second set of connections are for, they are not bi-amped speakers.. its some kenwood propriotory connection i believe, the speakers are only about two feet tall but weigh about 75 lbs a piece, i cant find much info on them,
    http://www.thevintageknob.org/kenwood-LS-1000.html
    Hello Kitty am/fm CD player
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited May 2012
    chad. i got a email last night. the guy i sold the kenwoods i had emailed me and asked if i wanted to buy them back..it said 2-350.00 i think he forgot i sold them to him for 30.00 years ago. he saved my email address......i did like them n wish i never sold them. but i got too much gear now........anyways enjoy those kenwoods. they look very nice. keep us updated on what you find out. randy
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited May 2012
    Never even picked up on the pictures being double posted... LOL

    wow
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    edited May 2012
    Not from the 1970s, though, are they? Too Rococo-looking (to my eye, at any rate).
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,921
    edited May 2012
    ahh. Looks like 1982. This appears to be the home-market version (labeled TRIO LS-800)...

    ls-800.JPG
    http://www.audio-heritage.jp/TRIO-KENWOOD/speaker/ls-800.html

    or, perhaps...

    ls-1000.JPG
    http://www.audio-heritage.jp/TRIO-KENWOOD/speaker/ls-1000.html

    see more at...
    http://www.audio-heritage.jp/TRIO-KENWOOD/speaker/index.html
    (though they don't have an 'LS-1800' shown)
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    Woofer looks like an inside-out Mustang wheel cover.
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited May 2012
    here ya go!

    http://www.kenwood.de/WebFiles/File/de/download/archive/ls1800.pdf looks like the extra terminals were for Kenwood's Sigma Drive, which seems to be a feed back loop.

    not the 1800, but a similar LS-1000 http://www.thevintageknob.org/kenwood-LS-1000.html

    and an amp utilizing the Sigma drive.... kinda funky looking... http://www.thevintageknob.org/kenwood-KA-1000.html

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  • onebadchad
    onebadchad Posts: 364
    edited May 2012
    the trio-1000 are the same, but sold for the japanese market, these were from west germany and never sold in the USA.. I think it was kenwoods attemp at the "High End" market, guess it didnt work, lol.. they do sound nice for there size though and the little planer mids and tweeters are kinda cool, Kevlar cones.. maybe I can sell them to some 20 something year old to match the hood on there honda civic :) I dont know how many times when I was a kid I drove around with big house speakers in the back seat.
    Hello Kitty am/fm CD player
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  • nclh7
    nclh7 Posts: 38
    edited May 2012
    They are worth a lot more than you think. I would not try to sell them to a 20 year old unless his last name is Zuckerburg. Try AudioGon or e-bay. These speakers are much more advanced than you know and are big time collected in Asia. They will be purchased and in all likelihood sent to an entity who will send them back to Asia.
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