Buying back sold speakers ? i'm having a crisis...
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How about the disposable plastic containers with lids, the kind ya get deli-type things in?When I start saving a lot of very old, used paper bags, I know it's time for a soul cleansing.
Twist ties? Rubber broccoli bands? Useful until yer ankle-deep in 'em!
The first time I read it I thought you sold the kids. I thought what a great idea. I should have done that. Then I realized you sold your speakers. That’s terrible man. I feel your pain.
Asking 3x or selling for 3x?
There is often a huge difference between asking for and actually sold for on the bay, for example.
I find myself wondering the same thing. I had a neighbor with HPM100s. He had them on pretty fair electronics, but I was never particularly impressed. My Triangle BR03s sound significantly better to my aging ears, although it’s hard to say how colored my perception of the Pioneers was at the time.
In any case, Wharfdale Lintons can be had in that 3x price range, and I suspect the OP would be better served by those, unless there’s a particular attachment to the HPM100s in which case all bets are off. You like what you like - no justification required.
raycarr00
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If all components used during your memorable experience are not present, doubt the spkrs will illicit the same reaction. Same here happens when rotating components and while using same spkrs. A specific amp, preamp, etc sounds better to me in a specific configuration and even regardless of spkrs used, at times.
grillebilly
Empty Head
I'm in the moving on camp. There's certain brands that have a nostalgia tax and Pioneer is one. You can do better for the money.
62vauxhall
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I had an attachment to a particular pair of speakers that constituted a considerable amount of time, effort and money to restore. Meticulously refinished veneer cabinets, re-coned midranges, new grille frames, new grill cloth and replacement metal badges for the grilles. The speakers were of a brand made locally to where I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's. They were not anything that anyone lusts after these days but they did have some status locally back then.
It was a sheer fluke that I found actual badges. They were in a box of assorted belt buckles which was an auction lot. Visually appealing grille cloth came from a supplier in New York. Accross the continent from me and in the US whereas I am in Canada.
It was the act of cabinet restoration using a friend's woodshop that consumed the most time. An hour's drive round trip and I had to plan my visits around that friend's schedule. Usually a Saturday or Sunday afternoon for a few hours each time. The process lasted several weeks.
Some years later, I relinquished those speakers to friend who asked that I set her up with a two channel system. She and her SO had just moved into a really nice, large home I complied with her request because I considered her an important friend, someone I'd known for fifteen years and with whom I shared some mutual interests. I let her chose what speakers she wanted and those she picked were the ones in question. Her reason was 100% because of their appearance.
I asked for zero compensation but fourteen months afterward, the friendship ended.
A few months after that, I saw an ad that she placed for the entire stereo system I gifted her being offered online for $225. Speakers, amp, turntable, CD player, tape recorder. Possibly even the several dozen LP's I let her pick from my collection. But before I could act, it was sold.
Going forward a few more months, and I see those speakers up for sale on FB Marketplace. Less than $225 but not much less. Since I was very annoyed with the whole situation, including my miserable failure at character assessment, I bought them back.
Midranges blown again because the clown who bought the system cooked the voice coils so there was even more expense to get them operational again.
Realistically, in good working order and with good cabinet condition, they might be worth $250 on a good day. But since I had invested so much into them, I was compelled to have them back.
It was a sheer fluke that I found actual badges. They were in a box of assorted belt buckles which was an auction lot. Visually appealing grille cloth came from a supplier in New York. Accross the continent from me and in the US whereas I am in Canada.
It was the act of cabinet restoration using a friend's woodshop that consumed the most time. An hour's drive round trip and I had to plan my visits around that friend's schedule. Usually a Saturday or Sunday afternoon for a few hours each time. The process lasted several weeks.
Some years later, I relinquished those speakers to friend who asked that I set her up with a two channel system. She and her SO had just moved into a really nice, large home I complied with her request because I considered her an important friend, someone I'd known for fifteen years and with whom I shared some mutual interests. I let her chose what speakers she wanted and those she picked were the ones in question. Her reason was 100% because of their appearance.
I asked for zero compensation but fourteen months afterward, the friendship ended.
A few months after that, I saw an ad that she placed for the entire stereo system I gifted her being offered online for $225. Speakers, amp, turntable, CD player, tape recorder. Possibly even the several dozen LP's I let her pick from my collection. But before I could act, it was sold.
Going forward a few more months, and I see those speakers up for sale on FB Marketplace. Less than $225 but not much less. Since I was very annoyed with the whole situation, including my miserable failure at character assessment, I bought them back.
Midranges blown again because the clown who bought the system cooked the voice coils so there was even more expense to get them operational again.
Realistically, in good working order and with good cabinet condition, they might be worth $250 on a good day. But since I had invested so much into them, I was compelled to have them back.
There is that factor, amplified by the fact that they sell for multiples now, making it seem like they must "walk on water"
Sometimes you remember correctly though. I remember being blown away by tiny Allison Six speakers I helped a friend buy around 1980 -- they were by far the best after listening to every speaker in that price range every store in the area. I hadn't heard them since the 80's, but forty years later, I decided to buy a pair and they are just as I remember them.
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When my folks passed on we found the garden shed literally stuffed with old bread bags, butter tubs, and old coffee cans.
Coffee cans are useful- until you run out of stuff to fill 'em with or in the case of steel ones, they rust out. Oh practical me...When my folks passed on we found the garden shed literally stuffed with old bread bags, butter tubs, and old coffee cans.
They had a very practical application for my mom. She’d cut both ends out of them, then plant her tomato plants and peppers inside the can half buried in the ground. When she’d walk around with a watering can fertilizing with fish emulsion, she’d just fill up the half can above ground, which would cause the plants to develop a tap root, thereby making them more drought resistant, especially with the grass clippings she’d mulch up to the cans with.
How’s that for off topic? Ah, well…delete as necessary.
I sold my first..(virginity) a 1952 chevy pickup( I learned to drive in it).. straight 6, 3 on the tree, 6v system, with a generator(not alternator), oil bath air breather, and a fuel shut off valve underneath that too many 'friends' knew about(they got me more than once)..
She was named Lulubelle..
I'd love to buy her back for even 5 times what I sold her for..
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
@sqlsavior
We saw a Nina show in North Beach night club San Francisco around 1995. Definitely interesting.
We saw a Nina show in North Beach night club San Francisco around 1995. Definitely interesting.
Kind of but not really. The SU-V707 was when Technics went with the "Computer Drive", which was a chip that would constantly track optimal bias. They worked really well. I only got rid of mine because it had a few issues. Should have just taken it in to get serviced. But the problem was finding a decent tech. That amp never ran hot at all. It always stayed nice and cool frankly. But I get that some of the New Class A stuff did run a bit on the warm side.
To bad it says these are sold out. I would bet they would give those Pioneers a run for their money. These newer CVs seem to have good quality and good components as well. And you would get brand new speakers instead of buying some that would probably need new capacitors right off the bat.
Rock on!
Rock on!