Hey all,
It's strange that this post should come up at this time...
I keep in regular contact with the guy in the electronics department at my local sally ann, and today when I called he told me he had a 'big, old, heavy' pair of speakers for me.
I almost killed myself getting there I was in so much of a hurry. So what were these gigantic monsters? You guessed it, white van specials.
ity: They even came in their original shipping boxes, so there was no mistaking them.
One interesting feature was the lack of make or model information anywhere on the outside of the speakers; not on the grill or the back near the binding-post type connectors. Only markings were on the front (behind the grills) and on the shipping boxes.
These same things popped up in several local second hand shops a few years ago, and I'll never forget the stories that came with them, which were without exception the now-typical 'my boss bought too many and now we have to sell the extra ones as cheaply and quickly as possible!'
Well, I gave my sally ann pal the lowdown on these pieces of crap, not that I think it'll deter him from selling them to some other poor unsuspecting patron who thinks they're getting a great deal on some 'digital-ready' speakers, whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.
Cheers,
-Paul