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Infinity speakers on CL

rjohn

rjohn

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The price for all these seems reasonable but in researching them here on AK it seems they only have a modest reputation at best. That, coupled with the work needed to restore them makes me wonder if I really want them. I already have several speakers with about the same quality (large Advent, Advent Maestro, Dahlquist DQM5) so I don't really know why I'm looking, it's just an addiction, I can't help myself. Anybody have an opinion if I should make him an offer?
http://redding.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=infinity+cs3007
 
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Just the tweeters from the 3007s go for half of the entire asking price on up. A pair of 3007s recently sold on eBay for more than twice the entire asking price. Don't make an offer. Pay the whole asking price and know that you got a bargain.

I haven't heard 3007s, but have recently heard 3009s and have owned the ones a step down from the 3007s, as well as large Advents and Maestros. The bass on those Infinitys will probably run a little hot, but the same is true of the Maestros. For that price, you really can't lose. I could see selling the two smaller pairs and the sub for a 75% profit and keeping the 3007s for free.
 
But the problem is...I don't think they will be much, if any, better than what I have. I don't have room to just keep adding more speakers, I already have a lot of them. As far as selling the others, there's not much of a market here for them and I doubt I would get $50 for all of them after keeping the 3007s. I have a pair of Cambridge Soundworks model six for my small speakers and I'll probably never get rid of them and I have 6 Baby Advents, so I wouldn't want to keep the smaller Infinitys. I think at this point I need to concentrate on upgrading when I buy something and selling the old in the process. I wouldn't mind parting with the large Advents if the Infinitys were better, do you think they would be?
 
I understand your viewpoint however I'm not interested in "all that", just the 3007s. I contacted him and he offered to sell me these for $80. I've asked him if we could demo them just to make sure everything works and if it does, I'll buy them. I find your attitude about never responding to anyone about selling for a lesser price a little strange. In my experience all sellers start out with a higher price than they are willing to settle for on Craigslist. It is not a high class showroom situation, but rather a barter/bargain type environment where sellers and buyers can come to an agreement they are both happy with. As long as you are polite, reasonable and don't wimp out once an offer has been accepted, I don't see the insult here. They can always say no.
 
I agree with nolasally. $80.00 for Crescendo 3007's? That is a fabulous deal, even when factoring in refoaming. I'd buy them in a heart beat, if shipping them was an option.
 
Well, I bought them. When I got there he had them hooked up but only the tweeters were working. We both thought there was something wrong but I looked in back at the hookups and there are 4 posts on each speaker. They are connected on each speaker by a bar which does not make contact unless all 4 screws are tightened. Once we did that all 8 speakers were working . The bad news is that all 6 foamed speakers need to be refoamed. I read here on AK about the dreaded plastic ring which is almost impossible to get off without breaking. The smaller SL30 and Reference 1 speakers which I did not buy had these rings but these 3007s are different. They do indeed have a plastic ring around the edge of the speaker, but it is recessed flush with the wood cabinet (see close up pic). I don't see any way to get something under there to pry them off even if I heat them or any other trick mentioned here. I have not even attempted to remove the screws yet, I just wanted to get them homeIMG_5111.JPG IMG_5113.JPG IMG_5115.JPG IMG_5121.JPG
 
Well, I just took the bull by the horns and took the screws out. The speaker came out easily and now I see what everyone is talking about. I don't see any way in Hell of taking this thing apart.IMG_5122.JPG IMG_5123.JPG IMG_5124.JPG IMG_5125.JPG
 
vtomike said it wasn't that hard to take these apart so I thought "what the hell" and went for it. I heated it up very warm with a blow dryer and used a very thin bladed knife in the groove and sure enough, it slowly started to come apart. I carefully worked my way all around and the whole thing came apart without breaking anything. Now I just have 5 more to do this with....sigh!IMG_5126.JPG
 
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