Hitachi HS-1400-W

[islanddave]

Anybody know anything about these? Are they desirable? Problematic? Expensive?

http://audio-database.com/Lo-D-HITACHI/speaker/hs-1400w-e.html

Thanks
Dave

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Appears to be a nice design.

 

[relaximus]

Assuming you are here in the USA, I'd be willing to bet that those are like my Kenwood LS-X9's and never imported to this country. As such, you're not likely to find much (any) information on them. Were it me, and depending upon the asking price, I'd be all over them!

Dave

 

[islanddave]

I'm just gonna gettem! The price is right I will figure out how good they are afterwards!

Dave

 

[drewman73]

Wow, very cool design! PLEASE let us know how they sound!

 

[islanddave]

I found this post here, and it leads me to be a bit disappointing. :tears:My main concern as the writer points out is in the flimsy 70's plywood construction that resonates like crazy with ample volume levels. Just four pages to read.

http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=6147

Opinions welcome.do you think that the cabinets could be made to resonate less? What do you think of the back panel it looks like its as thin as veneer!

dave

 

[just dave]

Bracing?

 

[Levitious]

Well, in this picture

the back panel doesn't look thin in the least bit.

It doesn't look like 'flimsy' anything really, a bit of bracing maybe but these look far from flimsy.

 

[DEANO222]

I picked a pair of 70Hz band pass woofers , Vifa 10 inch woofers I lined the back cavity with window seals , did make a difference. I guess sealing them might help a little , one thing I do notice however was the phase , they always sounded out of phase . I will experiment putting in a cap and making them 2nd order I think

 

[voxrocksa64]

I bought a set of these Hitachi Speakers today, Oct. 7,2019..They crank and sound pretty good.