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MB Quart 790 MCS Speakers - $100 Boston CL

Hi Archie,
Thanks for that info. If it works out & he is willing to ship for a fair price, it would be a nice thing.

Rome
 
These are actually logo'ed Quart, not MB Quart. Label on the cabinet likely says that too (or it may not). In the early 90's Quart became MB Quart adding the MB to call attention to their original mission, build instrument microphones. MB stood for mikrofon bau or microphone builder.

I worked at MB Quart when these were current and they represent pretty much every detail of the traditional German loudspeaker. Furniture grade, heavy veneer, staggering attention to detail, beautifully made driver components, and so on. The next generation that followed these was not as nicely made. I think these might even have glass tops too. Think Braun, Canton, and so on and you got these figured out.

Sound was pretty much traditional German 'Taunus Sound' as I recall in that they've got plenty of top but not too much bottom. No one was really won over by the MCS which was rightly called earlier a variovent and the technology was dropped. IIRC it was only used for 2 years tops. You may like them, you may not as far as how they sound. I liked the 2-way w/ 8" myself. So much cone area relative to the high frequency driver balanced out the sound decently.

And for $100, are you kidding me? If I hadn't so totally moved away from towers these would already be in my home, sound quality caveats or not.
 
I sure hope he calls me back Soundmotor!
I do wonder how much it would cost to ship them though.

Rome
 
Rome said:
I sure hopes he calls me back Soundmotor!
I do wonder how much it would cost to ship them though.

Rome
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It's not the cost of shipment but how well they'd survive it.

If he kept the original packing, no worries.......

:scratch2:
 
Rome, I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but there's no way I would purchase anything from CL unless it were face-to-face, or I had a trusted AKer help with a pony express.

There's simply too much risk.

Best of luck.
 
Hi Urizen,
Indeed, you are giving me sound advice. I guess I just got caught up in the moment of having something unique to brag about here on AK. Here in Dallas, thie pickins for stuff like those MB's are non existent. :tears:

Like soundmotor said, they probably would not survive the shipping.

We get a few JBLs & stuff, but nothing that I am looking for. I'm getting restless for something I truly want, it is always out of my area.

Pray for me! :tears:
Rome
 
These were produced around 1990.

Does anyone have any info - brochures on these speakers?

thanks!


Technical specifications :

General

Manufacturer: MB Quart

Model: Quart 790 MCS

Year of construction: 1990 - 1991

Made in Germany

Colors: walnut

Dimensions: 265 x 900 x 300 mm (W x H x D)

Weight: 20.5 kg

Factory price approx .: 2400, - DM (EIA pair)



Technical specifications

Type: 3-way open (MCS), tower speaker

Chassis: Woofer: 175 mm

Midrange: 50 mm Alukalotte

Tweeter: 25 mm titanium dome



Endurance (Nominal / Musikb.): 100/130 Watt

efficiency:

Frequency response: 36-32000 Hz

Transition regions: 500/3000 Hz

Impedance: 4 Ohm
 
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