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What do you guys think of this?
Appears to be a Dual CS 741q turntable and mission 737R speakers in need of some TLC.
The button with an infinity symbol above it appears to be smashed and missing.
$100 bux, and pretty close me.
https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/denville-speakers-and-turntable/7266237902.html
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I guess somebody liked it...the ad is gone."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Rats, classic case of.... snooze u lose.
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Two Synergy Salamander Audio Cabinets
$250 for both
46" wide x 20" deep x 43" high
44" wide x 20" deep x 31" high.
Listed 8 hours ago in St Louis, MO (pick up in Granite City)
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/421792112395598/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=undefined -
Rare chance to own six foot tall unicorn flagship speakers. These date back to '06-'07 and don't show up too often.
Boston Acoustics E100 - $2K (retail was $5K+ w/bases)
https://cnj.craigslist.org/ele/d/east-brunswick-boston-acoustics-e100/7266334524.html
• Boston's top-of-the-line reference 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker with system-specific, high-grade crossover networks
• Six Neo magnet 5-1/4" DCD™ woofers with 1-1/2" voicecoils offer extended excursion with increased bass response
• Dual Neo magnet 5-1/4" DCD™ midranges with 1-1/2" voicecoils
•1" VRH.O.™ tweeter with anodized aluminum dome, AMD™, and extruded aluminum heat sink
•1ea switchable, rear facing, 1" (25mm) VR aluminum dome with AMD™
• Exclusive StabiliTek™, a multi-layer cabinet design that combines a rigid alloy extrusion with an acoustically inert sandwich construction overlayed with elegant luxurious wood veneer.
• GroovLock™, E Series side wood panels, are available in both high gloss cherry and ebony walnut veneers and can also be custom finished to match any decor.
•Integrated cable management hides unsightly wires, and multi-way terminals allow bi-amping and bi-wiring.
•5-way gold-plated binding posts for hook-up flexibility and the purest signal transfer
•® magnetic shielding prevents video interference (see Technology)
•Reference-quality Boston Sound
https://web.archive.org/web/20061110020122/http://bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?product_id=393
http://www.hemagazine.com/Product-Reviews/Speakers/Lets-Get-High.asp
One could add in the E70 center channel and E40 bookies for a full surround setup.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Boston-Acoustics-E70-LCR-Center-Channel-Speaker-Single-Cherry/143927226945?hash=item2182bb3241:g:RxsAAOSwuC5gDatM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SET-OF-2-Boston-Acoustics-E40-Black-Ebony-Pre-Owned/164017527283?hash=item263034d9f3:g:N2wAAOSwE91eECZ~
2.2 Office Setup | LG 29UB55 21:9 UltraWide | HP Probook 630 G8 | Dell Latitude | Cabasse Stream Amp 100 | Boston Acoustics VS 240 | AUDIORAX Desk Stands | Sub 1 - Mirage Omni S8 | Sub 2 - Mirage Omni S8
5.2 A/V Setup | OLED TV - Sony Bravia XR A80J 77" | Source - Fire TV 4K Max, Wiim Pro | AVR - Anthem MRX 520 | Speakers: Main - Boston Acoustics VR3 | Center - Boston Acoustics VR920 | Rear - Boston Acoustics VR-MX | Sub 1 - HSU VTF-2 mk3 | Sub 2 - HSU VTF-2 mk3 -
I wonder if those are new surrounds. I know every pr. of Boston's from the PAST had surrounds turn to dust.
But my old friend has a newer pr. of Boston's that have rubber surrounds I believe.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/ele/d/south-elgin-asl-tube-mono-blocks/7268337543.html
ASL tube monoblocks for 400....nice grab here for 8 watters.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
This reminded me I have a set of AR90's that need the woffers fixed....
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
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Are you going to do the re-foaming yourself?Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
Never done it. I had thought about doing it but other things in life have taken over. They currently sit in my office in Hartsville waiting for some love. I would love to get a tutorial while someone did it for me.Are you going to do the re-foaming yourself?
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
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Not hard. Most woofers you don't even need to remove the dust cap. Just use a 30Hz test tone to center. But if you're interested in sending them to be done, I'll put in a plug for Bill LeGall of Millersound.
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I agree, after the first attempt I became a maniac re-foaming Infinity speakers and a few other brands known to have rotting surrounds. It seems right after my first re-foaming job, I bought a bunch of speakers that appeared on Craig's list REALLY CHEAP because of the surrounds deteriorating. Infinity's, ARs and a set of Cerwin Vega's were brought back to like new..
And of course I did a friends couple of speakers and a subwoofer too.
I watched this video from a replacement foam surround Co before my first attempt. It really gave me confidence!
I didn't use a tone signal since all the ones I did, the cones had some space around the center pole.
https://youtu.be/ZxC7oDIP0wE Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
That is interesting. Not too difficult. I had planned to take them to a guy in Ft Mill, SC that I bought my RTA12's from. Life got in the way and I've lost his contact info.HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
Additional projects: RTA 12c's -
It would be nice to see him do a video with the thin rubber surrounds like Polk used. I'm betting those are much more difficult, but probably rarely need to be repaired fortunately.George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
My friend's AR TSW410s had 8" and 6" speakers that needed surrounds.
The re-foaming jobs were just like the big ones but less space UNDER the cone to get finger tips in to compress the cone to the new surround. And there was less space around the pole piece compared to a 12" woofer but they turned out great. Oh, these cones were cleaned so well by another friend that there was no old glue line on the cone to go by. I carefully and slowly drew a pencil line on the cone with the new surrounds in place with no glue yet. The guide lines turned out to be to small and I caught it quickly before putting pressure on the glued surround. I adjusted accordingly and no glue had oozed beyond the surround rim yet.
I got lucky and learned a lesson.
I still don't know why the marker lines were too small in diameter...They should've been spot-on.
Patience, precision and in the end of each glue down, keep checking to see if the cone is rubbing the pole piece or coil. I think out of a bunch of re-foam jobs, I only had one 12" cone I had to pull in one direction to align it better.
If you follow that guys method in that video, most people will have success unless you don't have patience.
Note: There was a gasket UNDER the rim on the AR's 8" woofer. I studied the new surround and felt taking the gasket off aligned the speaker's surround's level to the basket rim better. There's talk about leaving the gasket on and / or removing it. and The owner of those AR TSW410's and I studied the situation thoroughly before removing the gasket. We feel we did the right thing.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
Patience and go slow. I highly recommend not trying to do both sides in the same day. Give it an over night rest and you'll be rewarded.
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Patience and go slow. I highly recommend not trying to do both sides in the same day. Give it an over night rest and you'll be rewarded.
I agree100%.
I sometimes cleaned one day, then rested.
The next morning, glue surrounds to the cones.
Then, maybe the same night, glue the cone and surrounds to the frames or wait another day.
The ARs in the pic. were glued to both the cone and then the frame the same day AFTER about 5 or 6 hours after the surrounds were glued to the cones first.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
I've seen a few speakers like those too.
People who can't color inside the lines should not re-foam speakers.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
I know EPI got great reviews back then. I had chances to buy EPI's at many yard-sales LONG AGO but passed them up due to rotten surrounds.
Those remind me of Polk's older SDA-CRSs with 2 tweeters but of course, I know, maybe it's the size of the box with 2 woofers and 2 tweeters on the faces thing. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
I saw these EPI 180s yesterday and couldn't help but notice that it appears someone did a very sloppy refoam job on them.
https://rochester.craigslist.org/ele/d/rochester-epi-180-epicure-speakers-rare/7260319050.html
Some Info:
https://www.humanspeakers.com/e/epi180.htm
Reviews are not necessarily all positive. Other EPI models perform better.
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Onkyo M-504 Power Amplifier - $750 (Atlanta - Johns Creek)
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/ele/d/alpharetta-onkyo-504-power-amplifier/7266193946.html"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
BlueBirdMusic wrote: »Onkyo M-504 Power Amplifier - $750 (Atlanta - Johns Creek)
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/ele/d/alpharetta-onkyo-504-power-amplifier/7266193946.html
I LOVED mine for many years until it wouldn't output power. I have a 3rd tech trying to fix it. The second tech got one channel to work and then gave up. This third tech is puzzled as well.
I did love to see those wattage peaks.
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
--Mark Twain.
“If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright -
Not sure that it's a steal at min. bid $200 but very interesting M&K S1 Sattelite speakers pair with the Peerless Tweeters. Without the subwoofer apparently. No affil.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MILLER-KREISEL-M-K-S-1-SATELLITE-SPEAKERS-RARE/233877052011?hash=item3674289a6b:g:jqAAAOSw8pFf3M-V
George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Those are cool !! M&K made some good stuff.
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Yeah they are! I only recently became aware. Apparently that model came out in 1978 and it is hard to find details on them but some rave reviews on forums. They may be the originators of the sattelite/subwoofer concept. The SV-200 is very interesting and I'm putting in a saved search. 18Hz to 20,000Hz +/- 3dB with a powered subwoofer built in with 200W amplifiers.
From 1983:
George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Pioneer Elite SC-LX501 with Sony Core Series Speakers/Sub
$300
https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/ele/d/amelia-pioneer-elite-receiver-with/7270975522.html -
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA
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Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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3.2 Ohms minimum impedance.......Yikes!George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
10K retail speakers aren't likely to be used with a cheap receiver. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
