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Pursue some Electro Voice Aristocrats at rummage sale?

Shtig99

Shtig99

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This is all I know. No other pictures, no price, nothing on condition.

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I'm checking out this rummage sale regardless, but I'm relying on you speaker experts give me the proper guidance if this is something to be pursued. Sale starts Thursday 5-26.

Cheers
 
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Mingo said:
There are several AK threads on EV Aristocrats including:

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/electro-voice-aristocrat-questions.800397/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/electro-voice-aristocrat-newbie.788300/
I would definitely check them out and personally get them if cabinet condition, driver compliment, and price was right. But I am a fan of EV speakers and currently have a pair of Marquis that I really like.
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Thank you. Very informative. I'll show up at this event with reasonable expectations. If I buy them, I'll certainly report back. :thumbsup:
 
It would be a four hour drive, but there is another in Lexington, NC this weekend:

https://www.estatesales.net/NC/Lexington/27292/3275517

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Lay them down on their backs and look for a screw.or two on the bottom holding the grill in place. I believe it slides down. You might be able to id the drivers that way.
 
Here's the update. There's only one of them. I asked the guy what happened to the other one, and he says "it don't need one, ain't you ever heard of mono?" After I finished laughing, I looked it over once or twice. The cabinet is in decent shape.

He's asking $75, his sale goes through Saturday, and I honestly don't see a buyer in his horizon. What am I going to do with one old speaker like this? More guidance please. :thumbsup:
 
$75 seems low. Thought it would fetch a couple hundred. Buy it and start searching for another one. :)
 
The good news is that these are not rare. The challenge will be to find a match with the same finish and drivers. There's a single one in blonde finish for $195 on Ebay and a matched pair on US Audio Mart for $800.
 
Shtig99 said:
Here's the update. There's only one of them. I asked the guy what happened to the other one, and he says "it don't need one, ain't you ever heard of mono?" After I finished laughing, I looked it over once or twice. The cabinet is in decent shape.

He's asking $75, his sale goes through Saturday, and I honestly don't see a buyer in his horizon. What am I going to do with one old speaker like this? More guidance please. :thumbsup:
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I never play the orphan speaker game. Not worth the aggravation to me. Others may disagree, but that’s how I am on this.
 
I had an orphan Klipsch Heresy that I held onto for eight, never seeing another orphan. I ended up selling it.
 
I don't do the orphan speaker thing anymore either unless it is super dirt cheap.I had an Electrovoice Regency speaker found for $10 but a another never surfaced in about six years so I sold the cabinet.Still have the SP 15 that was in it and bought a partner of ebay.
 
Okay, I think I'm gonna pass. I'm confident I could snag it for very little, but I would bring it home and it would become a very large speaker stand. Thank you all for the feedback.

At another sale I did pick up The Fisher 250TX with the fully intact Space Expander. That may moderately excite a couple people; I should clean it up and post a separate thread. Cheers!
 
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