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RSL speakers, am I alone?

Recently picked up a very nice pair of Magnificients. They are solid oak, nice quality, excellent sound. I paid $40 well worth every penny.
 
Elan crossover question

Hello. Coming out of lurk mode to ask a question.

I'm hoping someone on this thread is familiar with the RSL Elan
model. I was checking out a pair to purchase recently, and
noticed something odd. After turning up the front tweeter
crossover to full, it did not have the upper high frequency
range one would expect. But when I cranked the rear firing
tweeter it DID. (this happened on both cabinets). Is this normal?
Was it designed that way? Limited upper frequency range from
the front tweeter - Normal upper frequency range from the rear.

Thank you very much,
Ross
 
I hope this thread's not too old to bump a little bit!

Anyways, I recently picked up a pair of RSL 4200Bs for 40 bucks at a thrift store. I don't know anything about them except that they're three way with ribbon tweets. Haven't found any info online either so I emailed the current RSL people about them. Will have to wait and see what I can get from them...For what it's worth, they don't sound that bad actually. Not on the level of my Infinity RS-4bs (which are pretty much the exact same size so there's no discrepancy there), but for 40 bucks, they're good enough to keep. Has anyone got any info about these??? It would be much appreciated!
 
I have been eying up a pair of Max Towers. I have not heard a word about this model in any discussions. Any people with any experience with these? They appear to be a very early attempt at a TOTL speaker for RSL.
 
The best RSL speakers I ever heard (and I worked there during its final 5 years) were some tall column speakers that had a rear leaning angled top face that contained the tweeter and possibly the midrange driver as well. These were available for a short time only in the late 1970's (or early 80's) and I don't recall the model name. They were out of my price range at the time, so I purchased a pair of 6600-H tower models instead that I still enjoy on a daily basis.

I have never seen a used pair of those "slant top" RSL models for sale anywhere ever here in the Los Angeles area! I would guess very few were ever sold and the people that own them aren't about to part with them.

During the late 1980's RSL did make a highly efficient, moderately priced model designed for extremely high volume levels to compete with the Infinity SM150 that RSL sold at the time. I seem to recall "Max" being in that model's name. It was RSL's only speaker to ever feature a 15" woofer according to my recollection, and had a cone midrange and a horn loaded conical tweeter. It was designed to be a "loud" decent fidelity rock and roll speaker just as the comparable Infinity model was. The "Max" model wasn't "high fidelity" in sound quality, but they sure could play loudly without noticable distortion levels on just a few watts. The front faceplate even contained a warning that the speaker was easily capabale of inflicting permanent hearing loss! (lol)
 
paco161 said:
I hope this thread's not too old to bump a little bit!

Anyways, I recently picked up a pair of RSL 4200Bs for 40 bucks at a thrift store. I don't know anything about them except that they're three way with ribbon tweets. Haven't found any info online either so I emailed the current RSL people about them. Will have to wait and see what I can get from them...For what it's worth, they don't sound that bad actually. Not on the level of my Infinity RS-4bs (which are pretty much the exact same size so there's no discrepancy there), but for 40 bucks, they're good enough to keep. Has anyone got any info about these??? It would be much appreciated!
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I also picked up a pair of these; "MINT IN THE BOX!" I think they were $60. I had to buy them without listening to them first though. I put them up for sale in less than a week. Nothing special to me, not even for that price. Nice looking cabinets though! I think I sold them for $45.
 
RSL 6600h Speakers, Original price?

IDoes anyone know the original "factory direct" prices for a pair of RSL 6600h tower speakers? I recently bought a pair for $80.00 and was just wondering.
 
Since I'm here I might mention my other acquisitions. Pair of Advent Heritage towers ($150), pair of ADS M-12 towers ($200) a 65" Mitsubishi TV ($60 works great!) and a Yamaha RX-V870 receiver ($50). I hope I didn't pay too much for the speakers but they sound great and are beautiful wood and perfect grills. So for 460 bucks my family has upgraded from our old 36" sony tube TV to a nice home theatre setup. At least it sounds good to me. The RSL 6600H speakers are to replace a pair of Realistic Minimus 7's I have been using in my home recording studio. I pick them up today and hope they will sound good even tho they sure look big, I hope they will help my mixes to not be so bass heavy (the Radioshack speakers didn't put out much bass so I always had mega-too much bass when my songs were played on friends stereos). Well anyway, this long-winded post is over, I really appreciate finding this site, it is a wealth of info.
 
I just hooked up those behemoth 6600h speakers. They are absolutely huge, really too big for my little 10 x 12 area (sort of room divided with the kids video area off our kitchen). But they sure sound good when I walk a little ways away or stand in the kitchen. The knobs on the back that say midrange and treble on each speaker make "scratchy" noise when I turn them but everything works. I would like to get a smaller pair of RSL speakers now for A-B mixdowns. I'm sold on these puppies! Mr Hardrock94, do you use your 3600's for recording mixes or ?
 
If you are in Southern California hit the Salvation Army and Craig's List....I was able to find the 3600s for $70 and the 3300s for $30.....just be patient they are out there.
Luckily they fly way under the radar
 
Holy_ Cow;

No I don't,there used as my everyday listening speakers in the basement. I have them hooked up to a Nikko NR-1415 right now, and they do a fine job.:thmbsp: Like icenine said, there under the radar,and pop-up everyonce in awhile cheap.
 
icenine said:
If you are in Southern California hit the Salvation Army and Craig's List....I was able to find the 3600s for $70 and the 3300s for $30.....just be patient they are out there.
Luckily they fly way under the radar
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I definitely will keep my eyes open now. These are nice speakers for sure, is anyone using them for recording mixdown? I have been disapointed with hearing the newer "studio monitors" from KRK, Mackie, Behringer, etc. They are supposedly flat response but it's hard for my old ears to get a good sound even out of pre-recorded songs (James Taylor, Thomas Dolby, etc) you know, songs that sound GREAT on stereo speakers. The 6600h instantly brought good sound that was very uncolored and gave me a sense of what the original engineers on those albums were trying to accomplish. At least I'll learn from them.:yes:
 
Mixdown........

Howdy, Holy_Cow!....Welcome to AK.......I found your post very informative.....even if I Don't have any direct experience with RSL speaks.....

I have heard, (mainly here )....The virtues of RSL......I don't know your particular model.......BUT........ Try the basic test.....make a mix with RSL, then, play it back on another system......see what you think.......Mantra here is ....YOUR EARS!!!!!!.....

My perception is, RSL, is good stuff......generally.....Monitors....I dunno.....

Ya gotta check it out..............willhowl:yes:
 
Holy_Cow! both my 3600s and 3300s have the words Studio Monitor stamped on them...the 3600 is supposedly a JBL L100 clone so I would assume it is good for what you want them for. Most prefer the 3600 over the 3300. The bass response on the 3600 is better than the 3300....however it is a tad bright for my ears. I actually prefer the 3300 since the midrange is somewhat softer and I do not find them as bright as the 3600s.
 
RSL made some nice speakers back in the eighties.
Maybe they were sort of the equivalent to the SpeakerLab line of the Pacific Northwest, although I have never ever seen a pair of SpeakerLabs...which may have been more of a "kit" DIY enterprise.
 
What I have found after about 8 hours of listening: I ran the gamut of songs (pop and rock, no classical this time) from the early sixties thru the 2000's. What I found was a definite "decade" sound for the 60's, 70's, 80's, etc. Amazing, you can truly hear the different mixes and styles. Really makes the better written songs stand out even if the recording wasn't the best mix. The 6600h's are not a "stereo system" speaker to me, too revealing and that midrange and treble horn is definite high detail (I'm not really sure of where to set them yet). But they have taught me more about mixing in the last hours than I could have imagined. I went and listened to my Advents and ADS towers and they are so much less fatiguing and are so pleasant to relax to. Glad I have the choice now. One thing, I know I will see an EXTREMELY low WAF no matter how good those monoliths are, sigh.
 
I'm in trouble because my wife said "no more speakers!" but I just had to buy a pair of DCM Time Frame 400 speakers for $50. I saw them for $95 and read reviews and they were supposed to be pretty good so what the heck. I just got 'em home and they are in the original boxes from the original owner and look perfect. We'll see how they sound, I'm gonna use for my garage speakers but will have to be careful because they look really nice. I guess we are all candidates for Speakerholic Anonymous?
 
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