Recognize these monsters?

[ifoundtime]

I'm talking about the big speakers. By the way, 1st time cwawler heeah. Thanks for having me.
The only hope is if someone owned these long enough to have memorized this speaker element placement pattern.
I am told there is no numbering, marking or branding anywhere on them.
It concerns me that IF they are the same era as the rest of this not-so-impressive lineup they could be what I simply call excessive 80's crap.
Appears to be vinyl veneer and I don't how I feel about the chromey surrounds to the elements. There were a lot of crappy speakers that
used that motif.

I'm going out there tomorrow and they're asking $125 for the whole lot.
In my mind I think it's a deal (in a resale/greedkeep mode) IF the speakers are known, and they check out to be good.

But not so much if not.
My best speakers are also my smallest speakers ironically,
so it's not about that.:scratch2:
Anyhoo, THOUGHTS ANYONE?
Thanks

 

[dumptruck]

I think you can be confident that those speakers are garbage.

 

[frankxbe]

8 drivers per cabinet that's a lot

 

[myu701]

K-k-k-kabuki.

 

[avguytx]

I'm pretty sure I could leave those right where they are.

 

[gdwrench]

Yeah I'll bet that there's alot of......................something ?that comes out of them :headscrat

 

[JonVH]

Waste

 

[ifoundtime]

Thanks folks. Kabuki, aside from the tradition of, please fill me in myu701. Thanks

 

[aidynphoenix]

wecome to AK.

 

[luvvinvinyl]

Here is the definition in the Urban Dictionary, as coined by AK & Lansing Heritage Forum's own Don McR

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kabuki+Speaker

Japanese made speakers from the 60's through the 70's that had a minimum 15" woofer, a minimum 4-way cross-over, at least 6 individual drivers, in a box that is less than 3 cu ft or weighs less than 50lbs.


"For those wondering about the origin of the term, it had to do with the limited bandwidth and tinny sound that characterized the first versions of these speakers. As a friend said "You can play Led Zepplin though them and it comes out sounding like Kabuki music"."
-Don McR @ www.audiokarma.org
SANSUI
Model# SP-X8000 / 9000

 

[aidynphoenix]

basically its overkill and in a bad way.. its like if sombody took a crappy car, and painted it with flames and skulls all over it.. i dont know what those speakers are, or what kinda music you like. but they probably wont sound fantastic.. they can probably fill a room with loud sound easily though.

 

[toxcrusadr]

There are people here at AK who will BEG you to take speakers off their hands that are 10 times better than those!