They're rear dual-ported. They have two ports near the bottom just above the binding posts (if you look closely at the third picture you can just barely see them), which most likely accounts for a lot of how tight the bass is with these.Nice find man! Thanks for sharing! Are they ported or sealed enclosures?
So I was browsing a local thrift store that benefits Concerned Citizens For Animals today and saw a large pair of tower speakers that took up a good portion of their small shop space. Price was $150, so I inspected them carfully - biampable, dual 8" drivers, metal tweeter (turned out to be titanium), heavy-duty construction, and a crazy driver configuration that featured a rear - facing tweeter and midrange. I step into the back room and Google the model and find they sold for ~$1000 a pair - sold. Picking them up to take them to the car, I knew I made a good decision because they weighed about 60-65 pounds apiece. The grills alone - reinforced with wood - weigh a couple pounds apiece. Everything about them just screamed quality.
The speakers are a near mint pair of Eosone RSF-600s. The details on these are vague but it seems they were made by engineers of Polk, Infinity, and Genesis exclusively for Best Buy in the mid to late 90s. Audiophile budget speakers like Boston Acoustics is how they were marketed. They were bought out by Polk (or were a subsidiary all along - not clear) in the late 90s mainly due to lawsuit issues (they look an awful lot like Definitive Techs...) and lack of sales. The rear-facing drivers create a Radiant Sound Field (RSF), which is supposed to reduce reflections and create a wider soundfield. These were their second-best in the line-up but some prefer these over the RSF-1000s because those have built-in 10" subs that get mixed reviews.
Sound-wise they sound amazing. Everything is so clear. They may even replace my Boston Acoustics VR40s - they sound that good. The dual 8 inch woofers sound nice and tight down to about 35 Hz. The only issues were that they were a tad unclean - the store owners have cats so there were hairs all over the grills and a lot of dust.
It's amazing how deals like that can just show up.
I hooked them up to one of my dad's systems downstairs because I didn't want to carry those monsters upstairs in case they didn't work. Also the larger room gives me more room to work and is a better match for speakers that large.
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The speakers are Klipsch F3s from their Synergy series. These were the earlier version of the F30s. They have 2 8" woofers and a large Klipschorn. They sound good, but personally I'm not a fan of the Klipschorn. Of course, the placement in the room isn't great for this pair (we have another pair in another room that's placed better), but options are rather limited with my mom's design preferences and the other stuff in the room. I have a thread called "Nightwisher's Dad's Systems" if you want to check out the rest of his stuff.What speakers does your pop have tucked away in the corners there?
And btw is your handle after a metal band? (I googled)
Thank you!OK now I know no studying is getting done - every page on AK I open, yep Nightwisher has been here, your on other blogging sites, 1000 posts in 5 months and your relentless hunt for gear is impressive - to fit study into all this you either don't sleep or live on a diet of pure sugar - I am impressed
I am enjoying your journey.
Rob
Dude if you've got the time, spend some time getting sharp with a solder iron!!Thank you!
Well, right now I'm off for the summer so I don't have any studying to do until August - which leaves plenty of time to hunt for gear, hang around AK, and just simply enjoy what I have.
The lease for my new apartment starts in July, so I'll be getting setup in that space very soon.
I mentioned in the "Latest Audio Purchases" thread a month ago that I bought a pair of Pioneer CS-G201WAIIs from Goodwill for $12. They were in excellent shape besides the rotted foam on the woofers - even the cabinets were near mint with just one place where the corner was nicked. Got the replacement foam installed today (we were on vacation and had other chores to do) with my dad. For speakers where the total investment was $37, they sure do sound nice. Bass is nice and strong. The only thing that bugs me is that there was barely any padding on the insides, which makes the bass a little boomy; very different from my dad's HPM 100s or 900s. Rocking out to the Heavy Metal Soundtrack right now. The bass on "I Must Be Dreamin'" came through nice and deep. (Pardon the large TV; that's my new apartment TV out for testing.)
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Also, while we were out today, we stopped at the Goodwill Clearance center (where you buy by the pound). Found an original Peaches Records & Tapes record crate and paid ~$2.50 for it. Almost missed it because it was filled with books. For those that don't know, Peaches was a national chain record store from 1976-1985 and sold these at their store. You can still order the crates from Peaches online...at a price of $62.99. I needed something else to keep my records in anyway (you can see I'm running out of space on the shelf to the right), so this is just too sweet. The only issue with it is the logos - it's missing the one on the back side and the one in the front is wrinkled (which barely shows up in the picture) and needed to be glued back down. A small issue for that price (I ordered replacement labels for the other side for $10 - the one on the front is the original so it's staying). The records in there are the ones I haven't digitized yet (plus 4 laser discs I also bought today).
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Wow that's really high. $40 was definitely a good price, but to me it was a little spendy since if they showed up at Goodwill across town they would have been closer to $12 for the pair (like my Pioneers). However, since the retail on them was $400/pair back in the 80s, I still made out nicely.Wow, what a price. 40$ price tag is really impressive. In my country, a pair of Realistic Optimus-400s might cost from 5 to 10 times higher.
I'm not a big fan of Klipsch, but my dad loves them. All his are from the newer Synergy series, so I've always wanted to try a pair of KGs, Heresys, or Fortes to see if I like them. If a pair shows up for a reasonable price, I'll definitely see if I can try them. (Right now I'm kind of maxed out on speakers, so they'd have to be really reasonable.)Kabuki speakers!!. My first set of 'real' speakers were some JVCs that looked a lot like those Pioneers. Got them at Tart's which was a stereo/video/appliance store here in the Carolinas in the 80's. I dont recall Eosone but just from the looks of them, they look to be well made. My sister had a Peaches Crate!! If you like Klipsch, there was the KG series in the late 80s early 90s that are real sleepers and can be had for reasonable prices. I had one of the models that had the passive radiator- I think it was the 3.2. Fantastic rock speaker. Living arrangements forced me to downsize so I gave them to my brother and bought the Boston HD8s. He still has them. I recently picked up some '75 Heresys from Craigs List for $100. The lady said she got them as part of her divorce settlement but had never hooked them up. They sound good but I prefer the sound of the KGs.
The price, sadly, it depends. To own a pair of speakers; a turntable or a vinyl LP, ... anything related to vintage audio; I have to pay several things more:Wow that's really high. $40 was definitely a good price, but to me it was a little spendy since if they showed up at Goodwill across town they would have been closer to $12 for the pair (like my Pioneers). However, since the retail on them was $400/pair back in the 80s, I still made out nicely.
Yeah, I can definitely see where that would drive up costs. And I bet there's not a great market for local stuff either.The price, sadly, it depends. To own a pair of speakers; a turntable or a vinyl LP, ... anything related to vintage audio; I have to pay several things more:
- Import tax: to enter my country, this type of products tax is 25% of the price
- Shipping cost: well you know, more than 13 thousands kilometers
- Last but not least, I have to bought US Dollars too haha
(Right now I'm kind of maxed out on speakers, so they'd have to be really reasonable.)