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Boston Bricks

kfa888

kfa888

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Another GW near free set of nice little speakers. Walk up to them and see the Boston name, pick them up and they are BRICKS, nice build, nice connectors, $10 with $6 of wire.... Um OK. I have scored so many great little speakers from this GW I could do a 14.1 surround :>)

Boston CR6. Super solid internally braced cabs, Injection molded front and rear panel so everything has a perfect molded in look, nice die cut gaskets, purpose built slight wave guide for the tweeter, real crossover... seems like a lot of work for a speaker this size. Must have not been real cheap. Should be fun to play with.

Enjoy :D

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Damn Kelly- what a great find these were!! Looks very well built with testicular fortitude to spare..thanks for sharing.
DC
 
I have a pair of the CR7s as the rears in my HT setup. Before that I used them in my shop for listening to radio and pandora.

Quite nice.

Eric
 
Very nice score. I have them in white - $65 on CL 3 or 4 years ago - and I like them a lot. They're currently in my wifes art studio - she likes 'em, too.
 
I owned the CR8....one of the great speakers of the late 90s, IMHO. I am still wondering why I sold them.
 
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I own a set of CR7's. My wife uses them for her computer setup, very solid performers!
 
I have owned a pair of those since they were new. They originally were used as bedroom speakers, but are now the rear surrounds in my HT set-up. Boston made wall mounts specific to this series, that allow you to adjust the angle that they tilt from the wall. Mine are mounted up near the ceiling, tilted slightly down. I agree with your brick comment, they are quite heavy for their size. I have the wall mounts secured quite well because of that.
 
Nice score!

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I owned the CR8....one of the great speakers of the late 90s, IMHO. I am still wondering why I sold them.
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I though the 3/4" tweeter versions sounded real good until I heard them side by side with the 1" tweeter models. WOW :yes:
(my second pair of speakers were HD8s replaced by T1030s :music: )
 
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soundboy said:
I owned the CR8....one of the great speakers of the late 90s, IMHO. I am still wondering why I sold them.
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There was a pair of these in woodgrain cabinets on the Seattle CL recently. They were selling for $40, and were there for a couple weeks. I looked at that ad repeatedly, but couldn't find a use for them. It helped that they were up in Everett, WA. If they had been in Seattle, I would have grabbed them. The CR6 is as big as I can go for my rear surrounds, due to space limitations, so I let them go to someone else.
 
I bought a set of CR9's new in the '90s. Like the A70's I picked up a few years ago they are far better than they should be. The CR's are currently doing shop duty in a 40'x40'x16' shop. Even at low volume they can fill the building with good clean sound.
 
Hooked them up last night to a good system and running my nice Janis sub and they sound great. Real nice speakers.
 
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I though the 3/4" tweeter versions sounded real good until I heard them side by side with the 1" tweeter models. WOW :yes:
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The CR7, with the 3/4" tweeter, was the cover story in one issue of the old Audio magazine. I remember the review said that the CR7 compared favorably to the B&W 805.

The Kortec 1" tweeter, or at least an update version of it, is still used in Boston's current A-series speakers.
 
I also have a pair of CR6 that with a sub is mind blowing. I liked them so much that I picked up the big daddies, CR9 that needed a new woofer. This whole set of Bostons really go under the radar. Great speakers.
 
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