TOTL Vintage bass speakers

[toxcrusadr]

Actually the best way to collect a list might be on the basis of cost - either MSRP, if they were made close enough together so that inflation didn't make a lot of difference, or what you can get them for today. If you put a price range on it, it kinda frees you from whether it's called TOTL or high end.

 

[TomInTacoma]

I would have to add the Carver Amazing Loudspeakers - either edition - to this thread. The Silver Edition (three 12" woofers per side) produce (I have to use this word) amazing bass and are not ear fatiguing.

 

[bryblob]

These, 3 10 inch woofers on each side and one on the bottom.

 

[toxcrusadr]

^^What is that? Is that piezo tweeter original?

 

[Puffman]

Those are Rtr 280dr from the mid 70s. I am actually thinking about getting a pair for my office as I lusted for a pair when I was young and broke. Now I am old and broke.

 

[Ken Boyd]

Some Infinity Quantum Line Source 1's with Watkins drivers 18hz at +/-2 db.

Their was another brand that had a bit more bass but I forgot the name some towers WMVS or something like that, they were reported to have some pretty stellar bass.

 

[toxcrusadr]

VMPS I bet.

 

[bryblob]

^^What is that? Is that piezo tweeter original?

ya, funny how they threw one in out of the 6, my uncle used to hav280'se esr-15 electrostatic add- on panels that went on top. I think they went out or something, but my dad got the 280's and they went to me

 

[bryblob]

the esr-15

 

[StimpyWan]

Their was another brand that had a bit more bass but I forgot the name some towers WMVS or something like that, they were reported to have some pretty stellar bass.

VMPS I bet.

The VMPS Super Tower ST IIa/R speakers were well liked by Tony Cordesman, in his Stereophile review. Bass to 17Hz, and comparable to Infinity IRS speakers.

Stereophile



Oh yea, JPL/NASA used VMPS subs for vibrational testing, for space qualification. Not too shabby.

 

[bob s]

My Genesis ll 's with the woofer / passive radiator go about as low as I have heard in something non-powered. They don't get real loud, but seem to roll down effortlessly. They are some of the least fatiguing speakers I have listened to.

 

[GD70]

the esr-15

Impressive!

 

[tarior]

^^What is that? Is that piezo tweeter original?

Yep. I had a pair with five CTS tweeters (instead of the Philips in the pic, 280DR) and one piezo.
They sounded good, but not great, IMO. So, just for fun, I ran them in parallel with a pair of C-V DX-7s stacked on top, driven by a Mackie M-1200 power amp , using a H/K 430 for a preamp.
That was a great sounding system. It could do orchestral crescendos with an authority that would give you the startles and make you break out in a sweat.