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Speakers under 100 dolars with 12" or 10" wofer

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dadix

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I'm looking for second hand , vintage speakers for my Yamaha Cr 820 on that budget. It may by 2 or 3 ways speakers but they have to have a woofer with 12" or 10". Please recommend some if they exist. :)
 
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anything worthy of that amplifier does not exist in that price range. of course unless you're lucky enough to stumble across something.
 
Under $100 for what you want will be a bit tough unless you're very patient; deals do come along. You could probably find Polk monitor 10's a little over that. They match up well with Yamaha :biggrin:.
 
If you are looking for something that you can find at any given time and plop down $100 for then you are out of luck. A deal can probably be had however as I've gotten my hands at least one pair of speakers that would fit your criteria and passed on 1 or 2 others. They were all just chance luck though and not something I went out to find. What you are going to have to do is scour your local CL, eBay, thrifts and garages sales looking for that score. Take your smartphone along and google any potential speakers that you find and look for reviews, opinions and prices. I use AudioKarma and eBay for pricing guide. Make sure you use the "sold" items on eBay since asking prices are worthless and why CL is a poor indicator of pricing. At your price range you have two choices: buy some much lesser speakers or put in the legwork to find that score. This is also why it won't be feasible for someone to recommend a specific model.
 
It's definitely going to have to be a find on CL or a thrift for that kind of money which makes specific model hunting hard.
You could get lucky. Someone over on D&S just got a working pair of NS1000m for $70 at the Salvatoom Army.
 
Tell us the town you are in and we can probably find something on your local Craigslist.

Don't despair. I noticed that you specified second hand which means prices will vary widely. I've spent $100 or less on at least three dozen pairs which are worthy of your receiver.
 
If you are patient, you will be able to find a nice pair of speaker for this price. Maybe look out for some old soviet speakers like the Radiotechnika S90?
 
dadix said:
Well, I'm from Romania, (Europe) :)
Thank You all for advice.
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Not to be a nay-sayer, but I think you are asking a tall order--European and Australian prices for audio gear/speakers (from what I can determine) are ridiculous compared to pricing in the US. As others have already said--patience--something will eventually come along, but you are going to have to be patient and work hard to find a deal--either that, or save your money and increase your budget.
 
This illustrates how lucky we are in certain parts of the US.
I've had dozens of sets of 10 and 12 inch woofer speakers, and not the cheesy rack system stuff, for way less than $100.
Many free or dirt cheap because they needed to be reformed.

Prices outside US do appear to be higher and the gear scarcer.

FWIW, my international buyers are paying well and if you consider they pay exporting costs, the value of gear outside must be much higher.

Around AK, there are too many "scores" and too many folks with tons of gear to get a true feeling of value.
 
Under $100 or €100 will be tough for a nice speaker available in Europe with a 10"+ woofer.

But I'd say look for some Canton Karat 30 (2-way), Karat 300 (3-way), and Quinto 530 (3-way). They will all play very well with a Yamaha amp, clean and clear with good bass and imaging. Lower down in the quality range (but still good) you can try some GLE 60 (3-way). In fact the Canton GLE 60 might be your best bet in the price range that you are looking at. Another choice that might work for you if you can find them for that price would be Grundig HiFi Box 850's, not quite as large a bass as you want but still good.

Cheers,
James
 
I am looking for some alternative at this moment because I can't find Ns 690 in my country now.
 
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dadix said:
I am looking for some alternative at this moment because I can't find Ns 690 in my country now.
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is hard to believe that you will find a set of NS-690 for around $100 anywhere, let alone in Romania. Given the years behind the iron curtain, not too many imports made it to Romania. Your closest market is western Europe and I seriously doubt it you find a pair that cheap. The shipping alone will be more than that. That is the downside of good speakers, they are heavy and fragile which makes'em difficult and expensive to transport.
I am not aware of any Romanian mfg that makes any decent speakers worth of your Yamaha. I listened to some Soviet speakers once that were somewhat decent, but cannot remember the brand.
 
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is hard to believe that you will find a set of NS-690 for around $100 anywhere, let alone in Romania. Given the years behind the iron curtain, not too many imports made it to Romania. Your closest market is western Europe and I seriously doubt it you find a pair that cheap. The shipping alone will be more than that. That is the downside of good speakers, they are heavy and fragile which makes'em difficult and expensive to transport.
I am not aware of any Romanian mfg that makes any decent speakers worth of your Yamaha. I listened to some Soviet speakers once that were somewhat decent, but cannot remember the brand.
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These are the reasons that I recommended the Canton speakers. They appear to be under-represented in the USA but are prolific over here. Even though I've never actually heard any ADS speakers my guess is, bases on driver types, that they will be in a similar class sound wise. Cantons have proven to sound very very good with my various Yamaha amps and their '80s to early '90s lines are quite affordable on the 'bay if one has some patience to wait for the right price.

Grundig and Braun speakers from the '80s will also be a good choice but imho the Cantons are better. Clean and clear, great imaging and surprisingly good bass for the speaker size in each class. Rubber surrounds so one doesn't have to fight with rotting foam surrounds. The only thing that I don't like about them are the spring-clip connectors on the earlier series, which I routinely replace with Dynavox connecting posts.
https://www.conrad.de/de/dynavox-high-end-bananen-einbaubuchsen-312548.html?ref=list
The biggest downside of the Grundigs and Brauns of that era are the relatively thin (imo) hard wired wire and DIN connectors.

Cheers,
James

edit: Also, other than the early models from the '70s, Canton uses good aluminum woofer frames on most models.
 
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