stereofanboy
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Just sayin'.
"Hey, are these Yorx speakers any good?"
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My first stereo growing up was an onkyo receiver, tape deck, & I believe CD player and 2 klipsch with 12 inch subs and some horns and i think a 5 inch speaker between the horn and sub that my father was given for Christmas from a guy that owned a pawn shop. It was the guys personal home stereo set up. My father was his personal mechanic and I believe that stereo was probably worth more then our house at the time (maybe somewhat exaggerated) although it very well could have been more valuable then the family car. Needless to say I grew up listening to a pretty good sounding set up. Was lucky. My mother still has it all. Not sure why I posted this but... I did.
Run these cheap single driver speakers with good electronics and sources and you might be surprised at how good they sound.
JoeESP9
ESL's & tubes since 83
A word to the wise. The 12" speakers in your Klipsch "whatevers" are not subs/subwoofers. They are simply woofers. 99% of all subwoofers are in separate boxes and have their own amplifier.
homebrew
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Sure signs of a worthless box masquerading as a speaker: Lightweight vinyl clad box. Eighth inch thick masonite back with a bunch of holes in it, held on by screws. No insulation or sound damping. Hard wired 18 or 20 ga. speaker cables terminated with RCA type plugs. Mini magnet woofer run full range, single cap on cheap cone tweeter (if there is one) for the crossover. Frequently water damaged from planters. Very often found waiting for curbside pick up. Even the most dedicated hard core speaker rehabber won't waste time on them.
maxhifi
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Yes but for an amplifier tech, they're great - why? Because they were meant to go quite loud with 3 Watts, so they're some of the cheapest high sensitivity speakers you can find. Great for hearing hum and noise which the classic Minimus 7 type test speakers would make inaudible with their low sensitivity. Also, if they happen to get destroyed, it is no great loss to the world.
maxhifi
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Any decent amplifier would go into protection mode if a tech tried to connect one of those ersatz speakers.
lol you'd be surprised, I've had them connected to $10k+ amplifiers. NOT for a listening test mind you, just hum and noise, and basic operation following service work.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Just had to share a story of an evening at the local thrift store this week. I think my wife has finally given in to my speaker and amp obsession; maybe it's the fact that my collection of 30+ speakers is slowly creaping into her area of our storage room in the basement, I dunno. So we're at said thrift store and for the first time she actually take a stroll down the electronics section browsing the odds and ends of lonely old stereos, starts to poke around under some old carpet, and low and behold finds a pair that were buried. She was actually a bit excited that she spotted something I had not seen and I too was interested, until she pulled one out and said "Are these yorx speakers any good?!" Sigh, absolute trash, but at least she is starting to take somewhat of an interest. There is hope.
After say, 8 rounds with Jose Cuervo, maybe.
Homebrew - you forgot the most definitive sign - rings of paper or paint on the baffle, so when you look through the grill, it appears that there is a driver.
But I agree with maxhifi - single driver speakers, even simple ones, can sound surprisingly good if driven by a good system. And the open(ish) back can actually be an improvement over the resonance prone box, especially the resonance prone flimsy box.
But I agree with maxhifi - single driver speakers, even simple ones, can sound surprisingly good if driven by a good system. And the open(ish) back can actually be an improvement over the resonance prone box, especially the resonance prone flimsy box.
Any decent amplifier would go into protection mode if a tech tried to connect one of those ersatz speakers.
No, it wouldn't.
maxhifi
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They certainly aren't wonderful high fidelity speakers, but they're kind of fun, and they do certain things right. I usually buy them if I see an interesting pair, strangely they're actually the only type of speakers I ever see at thrift stores which I have any interest in, at this point.
Yes I realize, that connecting Lloyds speakers to an Audio Note amplifier for example does sound crazy (and certainly not all such speakers are equal), but the result is kind of interesting, if not a permanent setup.
isolar801
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When I was a salesman in the mid 90's, a customer pulled in with a hatchback with around 4 equalizers and power amps....and around 10 pairs of speakers mounted on a board in the hatch opening. He claimed it was a 7000 watt system...adding up all the power ratings on the equipment.
And...there was a big graphic stating what all the equipment was across the hatch window.....KRACO !!!!
He asked me what I thought of all this and I told him "Why don't you just get 'Impotent' tattooed on your forehead?"
I was kinda mean back then..............
And...there was a big graphic stating what all the equipment was across the hatch window.....KRACO !!!!
He asked me what I thought of all this and I told him "Why don't you just get 'Impotent' tattooed on your forehead?"
I was kinda mean back then..............
homebrew - that was why they painted those rings one the baffles - if the grills had come off, the deception would have been instantly obvious. You had to peer through the cloth or punched plastic grills to see that what looked like a driver wasn't, in fact, a driver. And, apparently, for enough people, this realization came only after buying.
The drivers in these speakers are cheap, but they are not dangerous to any amp - single drivers are easy loads. Compare them to many of the high end speakers that are punishing loads and have to be used only with amps that can handle them (I remember a Wilson that was .2 ohms impedance at lowest point of its impedance curve). A simple 8 or 4 ohm speaker can be driver easily by almost anything.
The drivers in these speakers are cheap, but they are not dangerous to any amp - single drivers are easy loads. Compare them to many of the high end speakers that are punishing loads and have to be used only with amps that can handle them (I remember a Wilson that was .2 ohms impedance at lowest point of its impedance curve). A simple 8 or 4 ohm speaker can be driver easily by almost anything.