slimpikkins
Super Member
I wanted a pair of these since I first saw the threads about them in this forum. At that time someone gave me a pair of RSIII's and inquired about their quality on this fine site. That was 2008 and my first post here (Audiokarma speaker forum). Since then I've had the pleasure of owning and fixing many pairs of fine Infinity speakers.
Couple weeks ago I'm doing my usual searches on cl. This time I was doing a 500 mile radius search and came across some quantum 1's over 400miles away. They were mention here and languished for 2 weeks. Finally I could not take it anymore and called them. The price was right and the man on the phone seemed to be normal so I made him an offer with the promise he would hold them for 2 days. Of course there were others interested and he said he'd get back to me. He ended up taking my offer.
This was going to be a long trip. My wife made me take Buddy my dog so I would not fall asleep on the way home. Very nice ride through Pa just a great day to travel. I finally got there and met the guy and the speakers. They are a bit of a mess as I had suspected and I thought I am doing some Cleveland Aker a big favor by taking these out of the area.
Several mids are out and half the tweeters. Woofers were refoamed many years ago with very stiff surrounds and the roll upside down. To make matters worse I wasn't 100percent sure the woofers were original. They only had 4 screws holding them on and those surrounds. The owner told me they were and the cones looked correct so the deal was done and they were in my truck.
After lunch and walking Buddy we were back on the road. Total trip was 808 miles 6am-9:30pm. Even with gas and tolls it was still not a bad deal.
So far I have all the tweeters in one speaker working. There were a couple that needed the solder buttons re flowed. (Btw they soldering that array back together was a big pain.). Fixed two of the 5 mids using jt45's repair method http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/in...quantum-midrange-repair-with-pictures.398687/. I'm hoping to get these running without buying any drivers. Here's a couple pics. I'll stop back as I make progress.
Jim
Couple weeks ago I'm doing my usual searches on cl. This time I was doing a 500 mile radius search and came across some quantum 1's over 400miles away. They were mention here and languished for 2 weeks. Finally I could not take it anymore and called them. The price was right and the man on the phone seemed to be normal so I made him an offer with the promise he would hold them for 2 days. Of course there were others interested and he said he'd get back to me. He ended up taking my offer.
This was going to be a long trip. My wife made me take Buddy my dog so I would not fall asleep on the way home. Very nice ride through Pa just a great day to travel. I finally got there and met the guy and the speakers. They are a bit of a mess as I had suspected and I thought I am doing some Cleveland Aker a big favor by taking these out of the area.
Several mids are out and half the tweeters. Woofers were refoamed many years ago with very stiff surrounds and the roll upside down. To make matters worse I wasn't 100percent sure the woofers were original. They only had 4 screws holding them on and those surrounds. The owner told me they were and the cones looked correct so the deal was done and they were in my truck.
After lunch and walking Buddy we were back on the road. Total trip was 808 miles 6am-9:30pm. Even with gas and tolls it was still not a bad deal.
So far I have all the tweeters in one speaker working. There were a couple that needed the solder buttons re flowed. (Btw they soldering that array back together was a big pain.). Fixed two of the 5 mids using jt45's repair method http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/in...quantum-midrange-repair-with-pictures.398687/. I'm hoping to get these running without buying any drivers. Here's a couple pics. I'll stop back as I make progress.
Jim
