Saras speakers
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hornbostel
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I restored a pair of SARAS 10s a few years ago. It’s a fantastic two way 10” speaker. The tweeter is an inverted dome that to my comparison is exactly the same as those used in early EPI speakers (I have a pair of EPI M110’s). Ran the SARAS 10’s in my living room for about one year. They got replaced by a pair of Acoustic Research AR5’s. I still have the SARAS. They sound as good as my KLH 23’s but with better highs and faster bass.
happy to help with your restoration. Woofers will be fine with rubber surrounds. A recap is in order. The crossover is of high quality. I used 1% Dayton caps.
happy to help with your restoration. Woofers will be fine with rubber surrounds. A recap is in order. The crossover is of high quality. I used 1% Dayton caps.
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hmartincalle
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Saras speakers update: I’d never heard of Saras speakers, let alone seen a pair. In response to a different member’s post I posted a picture of a recent estate sale find; the Saras Model 30; a nice, big, heavy vintage 3-way in mint condition. (The owner was running them with a mint Yamaha CR-820 and Dual 721 with Shure V-15 III I also acquired.) Another member commented SARAS was a small boutique California brand ubiquitous in SoCal hifi shops during the 70s and 80s made by a man named Rudy Stoklos (started with Kenwood/designed their first tuner-amplifier); a stickler for sound and perfection. From what I understand, the speakers and crossovers are proprietary-meaning, if anything breaks, there are no replacements. The boxes are also sealed, seamlessly perfect, and airtight. The finest cabinetry in a speaker I’ve ever seen.
Well, that name Stoklos rang a bell. Volleyball is a small world. Our daughters are volleyball players and we know the Chairman of the Beach; Rudy’s son Randy Stoklos; Olympic Gold Medalist and the first professional volleyball player to earn $1 million. Randy was a Juniors Beach Volleyball Director in Malibu. We played there a lot before our girls went to play in college. Randy too is a stickler for detail and perfection. Before every tournament he’d make certain an American flag and a beach umbrella for the girls was set up ramrod straight at every net.
So I reached out to Randy for more information and this is what he said:
“Yes, and I probably built them 3 way 12 inch woofers, mid and tweeter. Mid has its own box. How much?”
I replied to Randy and he said:
“We manufactured our own drivers and wiring and crossover net works everything except the Walnut cabinets. Saras was S for Stoklos, A for my mom’s name, Alice, R, you guesed it, Randy. The sound is because of my Father's devotion to creating the perfect cones and rubber surrounds. Also you will never see or hear but we put an aluminum sleave around the pole peice so when it would get magnatized the metal chips would not cling to the pole peice so no distortion!”
We traded a few more comments and then Randy said:
“I still have my ST 200s. They were around $1,800.00 originally. Just posted some info on the ST 200s. Good read!” Here’s a link to Randy’s Facebook post. ( )
scottythepro
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I bought a pair of 30 speakers probably back in 1980 from HiFi Haven in Whittier, CA. Very neutral sounding and I still have them. I wanted to get them refurbished, but I guess no one does that anymore.
scottythepro
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Glad to see HiFi Haven still around. I purchased a McIintosh MAC 1900 2 channel receiver in 1978 and it still sounds great.
Daniel McGee
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I went through the crossovers on my Saras ST-200's and replaced all the capacitors. These speakers now sound amazing! At first I thought the woofers might be weak because the bass was quite underwhelming. But after looking through brochures above I discovered that they operate from 40- 200 Watts. I was running them on a 25 WPC Harman Kardon A500, simply not enough power to wake those woofers up! I hooked them up to my Classe 70 amp and wow, they sound fantastic! I just love the ST-200's, they have such a rich and detailed sound. Looking forward to years of listening to these speakers!
