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RTR speakers

Sorry you missed them. The exp 10 is asweet speaker. I am continually surprised by thier performance. Keep your eyes open they come up here and there.
 
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I have a pair of rTr speakers that I enjoy quite a bit. They are 10" two ways but the surrounds are rubber. The model number is EXP-10c. They like 50 watts or more and sound quite good. I will say I like them more than the pair of Energy 22 ref cons I auditioned for two weeks. They are warm rich and the build quality is incredible. The cabinets are beautiful. If the price is right I say get them. I do not have any experience with the later rTr speaks. These are killer. I use them in my home theatre as front and I use no sub. These things get low yet stay balanced in the mids and highs The drivers are solid...Here are some pics..
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I have a pair of these and I love em. :music: They're called model 10's I believe.Mine have a foam cover over the tweeter,don't know what that does though.
 
The Name RTR did not stand for Reel to Real....that's about as far out as I have heard. The principles initials were RT and RR so guess where the company got it's name??? The second rumor was realism through research which is false too. G-200's have an active 10" and a passive 12" and are available. As for a Legacy brand there was Never an affiliation or a brand built by the original RTR with that name. ESR 6's are the Bee's Knees and one would do themselves well to score a pair.
 
I have a pair of 300d, 4 sealed 10", dome mid, horn. They sound nice with some sax/jazz running thru them. Nice and tight bass, yet still hit low.
 
The RtR 280 with optional ESR15 electrostatics are still awesome. The RtR 180 was the smaller version of them. I have two RtR 1200 hybrids which I have never been able to find any information - they are in my main system. I have owned the 280s and still have 4 RtR 180s.
 
Also BIC never bought the name the company or anything. They took the name and started using it w/o Bob's permission and he being the good guy he is decided not to fight it 5 years after RTR closed it's doors. BTW the national sales manager of BIC is the daughter of the old national sales manager for RTR so it's not hard to figure this one out.
 
frommerstop said:
RtR made a wide range of speakers, but they were all at least "good" within their price range, IMO. Just for background, RtR stood for "Reel to Real", and they are still in business as "Legacy Audio". RtR came out with the "Legacy" model range years ago, and for what ever reason (maybe embarrassment over the inane "Reel to Real" name), a few years later they changed the brand to Legacy. Legacy has moved more "upscale", but they still offer particularly good speakers for the money.
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I was wondering what the name RTR stands for ?
 
I stand corrected. I was incorrectly tying Reel to Real, the distribution and import company that begat Legacy Audio, with RtR.

Thanks for the clarification hdewees. I hate it when I put my foot in my mouth like that!!
 
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bryblob said:
I think you are thinking of something else. RtR was a speaker company the RtR stood for the name of the 2 guys that started the company in the early 70's. The were mainly an oem manufacturer of well regarded electrostats. They also made their own speakers which were pretty good. I used to own the 280 dr's they were huge monsters with 4 10 inch woofers in each cabinet and 5 peerless cones and a piezo. They made electrostatic add on boxes that you could run with these or other speakers.

Later BIC america bought them out and the quality wasn't so good.
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I have a pair of RTR speakers with a 12" woofer, 8" mid. 5" upper mid and 3 blue electrostatic panels 2 6x6 and 1 3x6. I have had them for several years now. I replaced all the drives in the bottom section and still have original drives that I have intended to rebuild. One of them had black panels and no serial number. The other had blue panels and serial #49. I found a set of blue to replace the black panels and had my McIntosh guy rebuild the crossovers matching the blue speaker. The black was wired differently. I read a story about the beginning of these speakers on the internet and about the owners of RTR and their lawyer buddy building the enclosures. I have been trying for some time to find that story again with no luck. These were the first speakers in a long line of speakers I have restored and sold but I still use these on one of my systems. Looking for info on these!
 
Russell Case said:
I have a pair of RTR speakers with a 12" woofer, 8" mid. 5" upper mid and 3 blue electrostatic panels 2 6x6 and 1 3x6. I have had them for several years now. I replaced all the drives in the bottom section and still have original drives that I have intended to rebuild. One of them had black panels and no serial number. The other had blue panels and serial #49. I found a set of blue to replace the black panels and had my McIntosh guy rebuild the crossovers matching the blue speaker. The black was wired differently. I read a story about the beginning of these speakers on the internet and about the owners of RTR and their lawyer buddy building the enclosures. I have been trying for some time to find that story again with no luck. These were the first speakers in a long line of speakers I have restored and sold but I still use these on one of my systems. Looking for info on these!
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Do you have any pictures? I haven’t seen many of their hybrid speakers.
 
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