Dallas CL Scores: Onkyo A-8190 & Eosone RSF 1000's

[guscjr]

I guess those laws of reaping and sowing are real after all. It's been a busy and stressful couple of weeks selling, packing, and shipping items to fund a visit to relatives in California. With all of that winding down, I still managed to keep an eye posted on our CL down here and grabbed two real bargains. You could say I have my cake and I'm eating it, too. The first of the week I snagged a mint Onkyo A-8190 for $50. Last night I did some horse trading for a pair of Polk RTA-12's that I figured would be nice for my brother as he couldn't get two pairs of JBL 4311's that I sold. My stop on the way home had me both grinning and shocked at my fortune: a near-mint pair of Eosone RSF 1000's for $100 - yep, 100 bucks! Wife said they had to go. After I got over the shock of the size, I looked closely to realize the owner wasn't kidding: these big babies are just about like new. No way to listen to them until I return in two weeks. I've seen mixed reviews, but I'm optimistic that with proper placement and setting of the subwoofer levels, these will be some fine sounding speakers. Until I return...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Great set of speakers. have been my mains on the HT setup for many years, and prolly many more... Gteat score.

 

[guscjr]

RSF 1000 Manual

Any pointers you have on using them would be appreciated. Do you by chance have a manual...? Anybody have a manual or setup guide...? I'd pay for a copy. I think I can figure out the controls, but I'd like to be sure on what effects they have. Too bad the company went under like it did. There's almost nothing about the speakers on the 'net. I'm taking a hint that these speakers need careful placement and fine tuning of the subwoofers for their best performance. One critic's review at the audioreview site blasted them in about every area and I simply can't believe the speakers could be that badly engineered and offered at a $1999-2500 MSRP.