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Best speaker score under $100

Here's my list:

EPI 100v - Free
Optimus 1 - $6.99
Boston Acoustic A60 Series II with a pair of A40's - $12.99
Bose 4.2 Series II plus Bose Acoustimass 5 Series III - $20.00
Dahlquist M-903 - $20.00
JBL L88 Nova's - $20.00
Advent/3 - $20.00
Original Large Advent Bullnose - $75.00
Speakerlab 4's - $75.00
Klipsch SF-3 - $75.00
JBL L80t3 - $100.00

All but the OLA's were bought after I became a member here. It's a lot of speakers for $425.00. :yes:
 
My Brother - Pair of Rogers LS3/5a in walnut, $20 at a garage sale, pair of Altec Coaxials in a pair of beater cabinets, free on a curb.

He always has been the lucky one.
 
12 bucks!

Got a set of RFT bookshelfs at a local local thrift. Been listening for a couple days and I am impressed. Pics in speaker forum, sorry dont know how to move them
 
Klipsch Heresy 4.99
Boston Acoustic A70 free
Boston Acoustic A 100 14.00
Infinity Quantum jr 20.00
Advent OLA Walnut 20.00
JBL L19 40.00
Advent Smaller 40.00
Advent Legacy 20.00
 
Knight marketed Goodmans 15" duplex speakers in 6 cubic foot cabinets, located approximately 2 miles from me for the sum of 50 bones.
 

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If we're not counting the cost to rehabilitate them....
Most $ spent on repairing a set of speakers....that would be another thread. :scratch2:

Vandersteen 2CE - $15 on Craigslist
KEF Corelli - $10 at garage sale
AR 1X - $50 at a thrift
KLH Model 5 - $60 for 2 pairs (sorta. long story)
NHT SuperZero - $35 on Craigslist
Large Advent Utility - $25 at garage sale
Grafyx SP8 - $5 at garage sale (with a Nikko receiver included)
 
All the speakers in this picture were under $100 TOGETHER:

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If that makes you jealous, I will add that the other side doubles the cost, so under $200 for everything. Probably the best score so far is the JSE Infinite Slopes.
 
:thmbsp:Nice! AKers are the BEST! Who knew all these deals were out there? I had no idea how many replies this thread would generate! I was only expecting the usual 10-12 posts, lol :thmbsp:
Who do you guys think so far has the best deal?
I'm no expert so I'll rely on all your expertise.
I must say I am quite jealous of most of you!
 
$40 at a yard sale for DCM TW1As in mint condition.
$40 for some a/d/s/ L7e bookshelf speakers also in mint condition, from CL.
$0 for ADS L710 from the trash that only needed a pair of $0.35 fuses.

Both of these KEFs together (C40 and C80) were bought for less than $100.
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I have sold off all of the above, but the number one find that's not going anywhere are my
$0 Morel Duets. (total cost after refurbishment = $75 for crossover components and misc hardware)
Absolutely one of the best speakers I have ever owned or heard.

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Pretty much all my speakers, even the retail ones came in under $100 each . Most of the retail (i.e. new) came in > $100/pr.Pretty much all the used were <$100 pr, typically between $10 and $40 a pair. They include ADS, Boston Acoustic, EPI, Genesis, Infinity, Andrew Jones Pioneer, PSB, Realistic, SONY and Yamaha.

I tend to agree with other posters who wonder about the usefulness of threads like this which tend to eliminate these thrift store/CL bargains. It's been quite a while (a year or two) since I found anything like that. If anything, many vintage speakers are overpriced IMO. I'd love to hear a Dynaco A25, but they can't be found locally for < $200, about the original retail price. This is a speaker that sold in the millions and had indestructible surrounds so there should be a lot around. I'm sure they're good speakers, but not worth that kind of money for me.

I will mention some freebees, i.e. curbside finds. One was a pair of Boston Acoustic A60 series 2 which needed refoaming. The other was a pair of Eckman 505 speakers also need refoaming, a ported 3 way with 10 inch woofers. It was essentially a private label Becker speaker. It which sounded like a thump thump disco special until I plugged the ports and turned the midrange and tweeter controls all the way up which made it sound decent with a number of other good speakers.
 
...and I wonder why I have trouble selling speakers on craigslist.

Everyone out there has a basement filled with the damn things they got for $5!!
 
ADS L-520 for $35.00 needed two fuses.
EPI 100M for $25.00 needing refoam.
 
Pioneer CS-99As - $15. Came with a Soundesign compact all in one.

JBL L96s - $100. Needed refoaming.

JBL L112s - $30. Needed refoaming and had one broken grill, but came with Yamaha C-70, M70, and T-70.

Optimus LX-10s - $80. Honestly weren't that great, but were top of their line very expensive for Radio Shack.

Pioneer HPM 100s - $100.

Pioneer S-910s - $5. Needed refoaming.
 
Clearfield Continentals (early von Schweikert) - Hard to say exactly because I got the speakers, VAC Pre, Counterpoint Amp, $2K worth of Synergistic Cables and an Audio Control 10 Equalizer all for $300.

I guess that puts the speakers at about $75

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JBL 4311b.... Free (from a guy at work)
Altec Boleros.... $25 (from a young couple who liked thier carpeted speakers better :sigh:)
Realistic Mach Ones.... $25 (First model)
Advent OLA.... Free (mint)
Advent OLA.... Free (Utility that needed a refoam)
Advent OLA.... $20 (Mint Bullnose that had just been refoamed)
Jennings Contrara.... Free (from a guy at work)
Wharfdale Dovedale 3's.... $25 (my wife brought them home from a thrift store :thmbsp:)
 
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