Heaviest Home Stereo Speakers300lbs+)

[BOUXY]

Not worrying about space or price what are the biggest/heaviest Home Stereo Speakers out there and I'm assuming they'd be over 300 Lbs?

 

[vaathi]

Klipsch Belles are 139 lbs each.. but felt like 200 lbs when I had lift one from SUV to gingerly place it in the dolly...

 

[Superampman]

Not worrying about space or price what are the biggest/heaviest Home Stereo Speakers out there and I'm assuming they'd be over 300 Lbs?

Just google most expensive speakers. There's a correlation

 

[toxcrusadr]

Do we count those White Van's someone posted the other day with sandbags inside them?

I thought the KHorn was around 300, or was it 200?

 

[SPL db]

^^^ Those are the ones I was thinking of ^^^

 

[Blue Shadow]

Since speakers are being made for the top 0.1%, they are big and heavy. many speakers have weights between 500-1000 pounds each necessitating putting them in a well built room and leaving them in that position for a while. But that 3600 pounder is something.

 

[toddalin]

Old skool..., JBL Paragon. Shipping weight 850 pounds.

 

[freQ(*)Oddio]

Funny timing for this thread, my 6 month restoration is finished, and last weekend these early 70s EPIs were moved upstairs (before the 16 driver installation to save weight moving them) not sure of shipping weight, but the cabinets were a short run sublet build, by a casket maker in CT, they are 6.5' tall, advertised weight is , 360 lbs a pair. They were very awkward and painfull to move up stairs, and through doorways. but worth every pound to me.

 

[Justgotohm]

Radialstrahler mbl 101 X-treme

SPECS & PRICING
Type: Four-way omnidirectional loudspeaker with separate subwoofer towers and ambience tweeter in four chassis
Drivers (per speaker side): Two Radial TT100 woofers, two Radial MT50/E midrange, two HT37/E Radial tweeters, one “ambience” dome tweeter, six 12” aluminum cone subwoofers
Frequency response: 20Hz-40kHz
Sensitivity: 88dB/2.8V/2pi
SPL: 109dB
Power handling: 500W (continuous), 2200W (peak)
Weight: 3600 pounds
Price: $199,000 the pair

3600 pounds does not include the amps needed to drive them - need 4 - 6 monoblocks.

Hahahaha, hey man I just got a deal on a 5th floor walk up in Hells Kitchen do you mind helping me move.

 

[Lavane]

wasnt there sand filled speakers made by Sansui or Pioneer in the 70's? An outer cabinet and an inner with sand between them? I dont remember the brand for sure, but an Airman i knew at the time had a pair. they were really heavy, and made in Japan.

 

[freQ(*)Oddio]

heavy

wasnt there sand filled speakers made by Sansui or Pioneer in the 70's? An outer cabinet and an inner with sand between them? I dont remember the brand for sure, but an Airman i knew at the time had a pair. they were really heavy, and made in Japan.

Wharfedale made some popular heavy sand filled speakers of that era, maybe not high end by todays standards. but heavy lol

 

[JoeESP9]

It is sad that they only sound mediocre.

It was about time someone admitted this.

 

[BOUXY]

Remember - just because they are big, doesn't mean they sound good.

THAT'S A GIVEN!

 

[BOUXY]

Just google most expensive speakers. There's a correlation

Not always!

 

[Superampman]

Not always!

Okay

 

[BOUXY]

heavy
Wharfedale made some popular heavy sand filled speakers of that era, maybe not high end by todays standards. but heavy lol

Most if not all Wharfedales sand filled ones I believe were in the early to mid 60's like their W series.150 Lbs tops

 

[Tom Brennan]

It is sad that they only sound mediocre.

How so? I assume, given their nature that they have excellent clarity and dynamics. Is it a poor tonal balance or zippy highs or something like that? IME the tweeter used is an ear burner.

I haven't head them since the mid 1960s and have no memory one way or the other.

 

[jbailey930]

Aren't Concert Grands about 250lbs each?

 

[Ds2000]

These not so big looking Onkyo Scepter 5001's end up being well over 400 lbs with the stands. The pallet containing them (pr.) and the stands (pr.) all in boxes weighed 567 lbs.

 

[WmartinB]

Westlake TM-1 Studio monitors with TAD drivers, over 300lbs each