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esprits4s

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Hi,
I am looking for helping in ID'ing a pair of Fried speakers I owned in the early 90's. They were the A series bookshelf speakers and were purchased from a retail store (Audiolab in Cambridge, MA) in 1992/1993. My question is were these likely A/3s or was their an A/4. Looking back the Fried nomenclature is a bit confusing.
I purchased a pair of Q/3's a few years ago which I recently refoamed the drivers on. They sound great, but I know the Fried released the next gen Q/4's around the time I am asking about. I think the Q and A series had the same drivers with the A series being larger, but I'm not sure.
To complicated maters, the A5+ refer to larger speakers from Fried. So, any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have a pair of A/3+ speakers for sale I would be interested (I live in the Boston metro area), and I'm always on the lookout for the larger and rarer Fried speakers.

Thanks!
Gary
 
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esprits4s said:
Hi,
I am looking for helping in ID'ing a pair of Fried speakers I owned in the early 90's. They were the A series bookshelf speakers and were purchased from a retail store (Audiolab in Cambridge, MA) in 1992/1993. My question is were these likely A/3s or was their an A/4. Looking back the Fried nomenclature is a bit confusing.
I purchased a pair of Q/3's a few years ago which I recently refoamed the drivers on. They sound great, but I know the Fried released the next gen Q/4's around the time I am asking about. I think the Q and A series had the same drivers with the A series being larger, but I'm not sure.
To complicated maters, the A5+ refer to larger speakers from Fried. So, any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have a pair of A/3+ speakers for sale I would be interested (I live in the Boston metro area), and I'm always on the lookout for the larger and rarer Fried speakers.

Thanks!
Gary
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Without a photo it will be difficult to identify.

You probably had the A-3 or A-4 model.
An A-3 model currently for sale on ebay.
153813205463

There were six different versions of the A model.
IIRC the 8" woofers used a foam rubber surround except for the A-6 model.
The A-6 model was the best version.
It used the oem Gefco dual voice coil Kevlar composite cones.
A photo of this version here.
183826

The thread below shows a photo of an A-5 model on post # 8.
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baco99 said:
I have a set of A/3 you can examine if you want to come up and take a look.
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Thanks! I'll take you up on that offer at some point. Maybe when your new space is ready? BTW, I may be heading up to your neck of the woods a lot more frequently for work, actually just down the street for the current Aerial Acoustics location.
 
esprits4s said:
Thanks! I'll take you up on that offer at some point. Maybe when your new space is ready? BTW, I may be heading up to your neck of the woods a lot more frequently for work, actually just down the street for the current Aerial Acoustics location.
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We share a building and the new space is ready! I’m on the 4th floor.
 
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