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DCM Timeframe 2000's

gmjunkyard has a pair as well, let me say I have already made the arrangements to have these in my casket as I will never let them go, pure bliss to my ears.
 
Moat said:
gmjunkyard has a pair as well, let me say I have already made the arrangements to have these in my casket as I will never let them go, pure bliss to my ears.
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Ok, let's see some pictures. :yes:

cubdog
 
I will triple your money and give you my TimeFrame 1000's.......

Seriously, welcome to AK

Congrats on a MAJOR SCORE

The Time Frame series has a huge and well deserved following here on AK.
 
I, too heard the TF-2000's at the 1987 CES, in Las Vegas. You guys who have them are sooooo lucky! I have the TF-700's. I heard the prototypes at the 1986 CES and bought mine from the first production run as soon as the shipment hit the store.
 
dr*audio said:
I, too heard the TF-2000's at the 1987 CES, in Las Vegas. You guys who have them are sooooo lucky! I have the TF-700's. I heard the prototypes at the 1986 CES and bought mine from the first production run as soon as the shipment hit the store.
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Do you remember how much you paid for your TF-700s? I paid $600 plus sales tax for my TF-500s at Hi-Fi Buys in Atlanta in '87. The TF-350s were going for $400 plus tax around that same time.
 
Dr. Morbius said:
Do you remember how much you paid for your TF-700s? I paid $600 plus sales tax for my TF-500s at Hi-Fi Buys in Atlanta in '87. The TF-350s were going for $400 plus tax around that same time.
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A friend and I bought them at the same time and I negotiated a discount because of that. I believe they were $650 a pair normally and we got them for $600 a pair.
 
dr*audio said:
A friend and I bought them at the same time and I negotiated a discount because of that. I believe they were $650 a pair normally and we got them for $600 a pair.
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Thanks. I would have thought they were more than that. It could be that Hi-Fi Buys in Atlanta charged more than other stores.
 
Hogan17 said:
Time frame line was "downgraded" at request of dealers for a more affordably priced line of Time Frame format speakers. The TF-10 became the "hugest", but not the best ever. TF-2000 being higher impedance realy "needed" at least 200 watts per channel to get the full dynamic range the speaker was capable of, thus did not "sell" enough to justify the floor space and inventory holding cost required for the occasional sale.
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This is very similar to what Matthew Polk said was one of the reasons that the SDA SRS line was discontinued. It seems the large TF's and the SRS's were discontinued not because they were bad or obsolete, but because they were harder to market and less profitable. Consumer & retailer wants/needs were changing.

Too bad, I wish I could still walk into a "audio" store and see speakers like these and not the ridiculous 5 figure prices attached to them today.

Congrats on the score, enjoy them!
 
TF 2000s All hail!

Congrats! I just got a pair of 1000s last week. In attempting to do a repair to pulled screws for the woofer I discovered a ripped cone on the 4"mid range. I also own TF 350 and 600s. I gave a pair of 400s to my nephew in the Navy last weekend.

I also have a pair of Polk SDA CRS and plan to refresh them, definitely need a new interconnect cable... Looking to learn also...
 
Spindatwax sold these to me last year. It was a 10 hour round trip to get them, but it was worth it.
 
I used to sell the 2000s back in the day, but I only remember selling one pair. Nice speakers, moderately efficient, liked a bit of "horsepower" to get going, very open and smooth sounding.
 
Moon_Man said:
Spindatwax sold these to me last year. It was a 10 hour round trip to get them, but it was worth it.
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Nice Moony... yanno based on the serial numbers and Steve's comments. I'm wondering if there aren't maybe a few more of these around than folks think.

What I mean is we all assumed they were "Non-production Prototypes" but it sounds like from Steve's comments these actually went into production.
 
SimplySound said:
Nice Moony... yanno based on the serial numbers and Steve's comments. I'm wondering if there aren't maybe a few more of these around than folks think.

What I mean is we all assumed they were "Non-production Prototypes" but it sounds like from Steve's comments these actually went into production.
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The number I hang my hat on is a production run of 400 pairs. I don't exactly remember where I got that, but it seems reasonable, especially reading Steve's comments, that they built a small run but only sold a few. Personally I've heard of just a handful of people owning them.

FYI - my wife calls them the "Easter Island" speakers. She is not a fan of them being in the living room. :no:
 
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Time Frame 2000's:

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