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Realistic Mach Ones

HomeBody

HomeBody

Passion not Critisism
Good Afternoon to all your readers here-
I'm positioning myself to purchase a pair of the Realistic Mach Ones (40-4024A) made back in the '70s. I always drooled over them when I was a teenager (1977-8) and never bothered making them a priority item of purchase for the home. Life just had other priorities.
What would be a good purchase/condition price a pair these days?

Many Thanks-Ed
 
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Hi HomeBody,

If you can find a pair working but the cabs need a little bit of work, you might be paying round $50 - $100. I got mine for $70 in pretty good condition, but I needed to redo the finish on them.

Some here have found a pair relatively cheap.

The 40-4024's were the first generation, so you might have a harder time finding them. If you can find a set of 40-4029's, you should be able to refoam the woofers fairly easily, so you might be able to get them a little cheaper.

The 40-4024's had a different type of surround that just seems to last. Mine are excellent.

Good luck man, took me a little while to get mine, but it was shear luck.

Try checking Craigslist, that's how I located mine. I know there's a couple set of these on Ebay atm.
 
Live_Wire said:
..... I know there's a couple set of these on Ebay atm.
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Yes..I'm looking at 3 different listings as we speak.
Two are listed as pickup only. I've called one of those and convinced them to ship.
I'm waiting for their call now....hmmm:smoke:
 
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So many people seem to love these speakers. I wish I had paid more attention to them back in the day. I barely remember what the Minimus 7's sound like.
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If this is a wanted ad, it should be moved to the classifieds, if it's a question about valuation, it should be in dollars and sense. In either case, it shouldn't be in speakers.
 
For the sake of interested readers-
Typical weight of each speaker is 65.5 lbs
Height 28.5"
These speakers were a sound value (from what I've been told and what I've heard) and, even today, they still a welcome addition to anyone's living room.

Thx for the replies-
 
HomeBody said:
even today, they still a welcome addition to anyone's living room.
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I have a strange feeling that when you say anyone's, you are really looking at a small single digit percentage of audio fans. I think they sound loud and are good at getting loud, though.
 
HomeBody said:
For the sake of interested readers-
Typical weight of each speaker is 65.5 lbs
Height 28.5"
These speakers were a sound value (from what I've been told and what I've heard) and, even today, they still a welcome addition to anyone's living room.

Thx for the replies-
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I love my pair, I don't think I will buy any other speakers unless they are of the Mach series in decent condition. The Mach 3's look kinda cool, but my favorite are the Ones.

I think you will be happy with them, if you like rock though. They are excellent for rock music.

Each person has their different opinion on what speakers should look and sound like. I personally really like the look of these floor standing speakers, towers aren't for me.

Good luck :thmbsp:
 
llama50 has a pair of these and I was amazed how warm they were. They are killer rock speakers also ... to be honest if I had seen them out there before hearing them I may have walked on by , they are on my to do list also if I can get into them ok. report back when you hook up !
 
I have a pair of 1st gen. and I cannot find a speaker I like better and I have owned alot of speakers but they are not for everybody I have heard some people that hate them.
 
Strange, as I've never really seen the appeal of these speaker's. My brother used to manage some Radio Shack store's, and would help him out with late night inventory's. We were alway's playing lot's of vynil, and the Mach's were never even considered. Think we were mostly using the Nova 12's. Guess if you can pick up a pair for less than $100, then what the heck.
 
They are fun speakers and are great for rock. If you have not heard a pair, then you should. But like any speaker, there are those who love them, and those who don't ( ie, L100, HPM100 etc.) I for one love them and the way they make the floor in my listening room shake with less than half the volume dialed up on my Kenwood Eleven :D
 
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