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Hello-
Thanks for all the info about the Knight speaker. Nice to learn more about these things when I go scrounging. I have another pair of speakers I've been unable to find any info on and maybe the forum can help. Found a pair of JVC SX-3 at a Goodwill in great shape. They are very good sounding speakers and I plan on keeping these in my office with a vintage system I'm building. They have a 10" woofer and tweeter in a non ported real wood veneer cabinet and they feature metal mesh grille covers over the speakers. They kind of look like a mini Yamaha NS 1000 moniter. Tweeter reminds me of a Macintosh dome tweeter I saw once. One is blond wood and one is walnut. I thought Military PX or maybe demos because of the different finish. Anyway, they are great sounding speakers - very full and rich. I wouldn't normally think of JVC and great speakers at the same time. Anybody know these?
Thanks again
Mike
 
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I just got a pair of JVC SX-3 today. They sound great, tho the bass could be a little deeper.

The trebles are great on this one. One of my friends have an SX-7, a little bigger than this one, still a 2-way. The3 and the 7 sound much alike, but I think the mids of the 7 are more pronounced and the 3 has smoother at the transition from mids to high.

Here are some pix:
 
JVC sx-3's

Hello-
I usually have to turn the bass down on mine. I agree with you about the highs - they have a nice tweeter. Still using them and still like them very much! Thanks for the reply.
Mike
 
What a great site!

Thanks!

My question is "where is all that great gear now?" On Japan Ebay?

Seriously, just the first page of amps knocked my socks off!

Again, thanks.
(It's hilarious to try to make out the "translation". You can try and get what they are saying and then something like "That cod is the sewing machine" appears and you realize you have no idea.)
 
Most of the items in the site found their way to Asian countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangkok. The main reason for this would be the shipping cost from japan. Japan is now full of "recyclers" who fix up old things usually picked up for free from dump sites and resell them to traders. Selling prices of amplifiers and speakers usually range from US$50-100 . Got my HPM 100 for about $50 and a Yamaha M-70 power amp for about $90. There are some items made only for the Japanese market ( don't know why ) like the yamaha 2000 series components. If you have your Goodwill in the states, we have our surplus stores to supply us with the vintage gears we crave for. Noticed though that silver components are cheaper than black. Components found in the site are usually the manufacturers TOTL units so I use this as my reference for my purchases. So glad I could help as I have learned a lot from this forum.
 
All,

After 2 days of listening to the JVC SX-3, and comparing it to and with my Allison 125 and CD-7, I have the following impression.

The SX-3 is best in replaying vocals and violins, never having any hint of that sibilent oise when playing the "S" of vocals, and giving correct size of a good violin recording. Th SX-3's treble dispersion is very good, and frequency response is quite flat when compared to the nipple tweeters of the Allison's. I found that when playing orchestral music, such as the Telarc Mahler 1 of Slatkin/St Louis, the depth and the width, as well as the details of the wind instruments, are quite above par.

I paid similar money to buy this SX-3 as a second KEF Q10. But the Q10 was (yeah I sold it) way behind the SX-3 in all departments, especially width of sound field, and the timbre of the SX-3 is very warm, as opposed to the quite robot-like trebles of the Q10. I never regretted having sold the KEF, and will not come back to its coaxial units again.

The CD-7 and the SX-3 sound very very alike, driven by my SET amp or, Kenwood KR7600, or Marantz 2240B. But despite the SX-3 not displaying severe compression at loud levels, its handling capacity of only 25 WRMS, and a 3 dB headroom (max 50 W) can't help playing that Mahler 1 any better than the Allison AL125. I mean the AL125 can play very loud symphony and not compressing or distorting, but the SX-3 begins to go out of steam when playing any extended "fortissimo". Too bad, otherwise the SX-3 might become my next pair of speaker in the living room.

I think the SX-3 is very suited to become my bedroom speakers. But it does not seem to have any response below 80Hz I I observe. ANd I wonder how the heck the speaker is rated at 35-20kHz. I placed in 3 ft from the floor, and 1ft from the wall behind. Didn't try it right in front of the back wall, though.

After lkooking at the link above given by edwin, I think the SX-3 I got was about 1 the 1st generation model. THe woofer grille could be pried out and put back quite easily, and I didn;t notoice and difference in timbre with or without the tweeter lense. It's woofers surrounds are in good condition, although they not longer look shiny and feel tacky becasue of the duct there is on the surrounds. It is a little challenged cosmetically speaking, but looking at it 3 ft away doesn't tell if they are so old.

I will use these SX-3 a lot in my bedroom or my study room, ANd I'll come back in this thread later to report more of my observation against another pair of Allison NL645 (2 way, small 6 inch woofer), and the Technics SB-F5. BTW, the Technics I posted earlier in feb 2005 turned out to be quite a performer as a radio speaker set.

I'd recommend anyone lookingforward to a bedroom speaker to hear the SX-3 play their music. It will be good in all types of music if you're not not looking for deep bass and loud playback levels.
 
Jvc Sx-7

One of my friends have an SX-7, a little bigger than this one, still a 2-way. The3 and the 7 sound much alike, but I think the mids of the 7 are more pronounced and the 3 has smoother at the transition from mids to high.


Hi,
I am looking for SX-7 for long time. Can you get me in contact with your friend if he evre consider selling.

Thanx Joe

atzi_jeksc@yahoo.com.au
 
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