Realistic Optimus 900s on CL

[02County]

Anyone have experience, opinions on these? They appear to be mint NOS. Price is pretty high at $200 for RS stuff but I really don't know much about them -

http://lincoln.craigslist.org/ele/4757905223.html

 

[stereofanboy]

My uncle had a pair of these. They sound OK but unless you've listened exclusively to small speakers you won't find them to be anything special. They do have nice real walnut veneer.

 

[Katmandu]

Sold new for $300/pair in 1987


http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1987/ (page 23)

 

[dr*audio]

Those drivers look like the junk that comes in the crappy speakers in rack systems. Run away!

 

[02County]

Yikes!!!

 

[MacNoob]

Sure, they are minty looking and come with original boxes but shouldn't they be in sealed plastic wraps inside the box if they were NOS?

 

[dr*audio]

Sure, they are minty looking and come with original boxes but shouldn't they be in sealed plastic wraps inside the box if they were NOS?

They should be sealed inside black plastic garbage bags, IMO.

 

[cutthroatloc]

I'd spend my money on something better than those, just because there NOS doesn't mean there worth that much. If you like Realistic I'd shoot for Mach 1's.

 

[bwatt500]

price is too high !!

 

[Sam Cogley]

Nice cabinetry, very similar to the T-120 and T-200. Drivers look...not so good.

 

[janikphoto]

Those drivers look like the junk that comes in the crappy speakers in rack systems. Run away!

Yeah, they are very reminiscent of 1980's Fisher rack system speakers. Nothing special would be my guess.

 

[mhardy6647]

Sold new for $300/pair in 1987


http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1987/ (page 23)

That fine site now makes HTML catalog pages available to us -- much easier to share the links and images (at two different resolutions) on forums like this!

source: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/1987/h023.html