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What is your biggest regret involving speakers?

Not having the hindsight to get my Revel Salon’s out of the house before my ex wife took a sledge hammer to them and throw them out for the trash. It’s ok though karma is real , she was hit by a drunk driver a few years later (she lived ) , after she recovered she called me one day and apologized for all the wrong she had done me , I just giggled on the inside .

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1984ericfx said:
ill go first... about 20 years ago in high school I had a pair of JBL L-100 century speakers... I replaced the tweeters with peerless silk domes and had the heavy cast midranges rebuilt... at some point one of the woofers died... I decided not to rebuild the woofers and used the mid ranges and tweeters to make a center channel... and three the l-100’s away... I still feel stupid
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A year and a half ago a roommate moved out unannounced and stole a pair of ADS L-730's in teak and mint condition. Those sounded amazing. But living in an apartment now these ads L-570's are perfect for the space i have.
 

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About 5 years ago I sold my JBL 4312 Monitors that I bought new in 1985 while I was in the Army in Germany. I got good money for them, but I still miss them.
 
Back in the 70's when I was young I had a guy bring to my house a pair of Sonab OA-14's he was selling, I thought they sounded amazing but as I was young and wanted gut thumping bass I never bought them. Wish I had to this day.
 
My only regret is not having a much bigger audio listening room with ideal dimensions for audio listening. I’ve had a lot of nice well regarded speakers and ive sold them all except for what I have now which is still a work in progress. Even if I had the extra space for more speakers, for acoustic reasons and aesthetic reasons I wouldn’t want a bunch of speakers and equipment cluttering it up. That’s one of the reasons I don’t keep multiple speakers at one time. Actually, I also sell them to fund my next audio project. So it’s always a work in progress and so far no regrets.
 
Not to many regrets in the world of Audio, one would be selling my nearly new ADS L-810's back in 1980 for 400.00, so I could make rent:( I also let go my Yamaha CR-2040 for 400.00 a month later, just an FYI that was nearly half price for those items.
Lesson learned, never truly got back into the game for quite a few years, as wife, kids, and work would become my main time occupier.
Now all these years later, I have been blessed with a good home, and a set of ADS speakers, for every room that needs them. Life's good!
 
Many years ago, in college, I had a pair of Cervin Vega D2's in my fraternity room.

It's not that they were in any way particularly special, they just worked and -- at the University of Arkansas -- played all they early 1990s ridiculousness of the day. What they were, was handy. Ten-inch woofer but not too big to throw in the hatchback going camping. Run them full range off a 12-volt Rockford Fosgate Punch75DH (step converter if electric, push start the manual transmission vehicle if you kill the battery) and you had a party at the campsite or bonfire.

I run big Klipsch at home but miss having something portable, hard to break, and decent sounding.
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Mine would be the time and $ spent trying to achieve the impossible.......... getting a pair of Peavey sp3's to sound ok in a home environment. But I did gain knowledge so I guess it wasn't a total wash.
 
My biggest regret concerning speakers? That I sold my Braun L710-1 to get a pair of Pioneer HPM-900. The Pioneers were not bad however I changed them into S-1010 I still have soon. I should have kept the Brauns.
 
Zeke said:
Many years ago, in college, I had a pair of Cervin Vega D2's in my fraternity room.

It's not that they were in any way particularly special, they just worked and -- at the University of Arkansas -- played all they early 1990s ridiculousness of the day. What they were, was handy. Ten-inch woofer but not too big to throw in the hatchback going camping. Run them full range off a 12-volt Rockford Fosgate Punch75DH (step converter if electric, push start the manual transmission vehicle if you kill the battery) and you had a party at the campsite or bonfire.

I run big Klipsch at home but miss having something portable, hard to break, and decent sounding.
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I just picked up a pair of 1987 vintage D2s and refoamed the woofers. They are a nice size and throw out a big sound. I was gonna flip them but decided they were keepers:

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motorstereo said:
Mine would be the time and $ spent trying to achieve the impossible.......... getting a pair of Peavey sp3's to sound ok in a home environment. But I did gain knowledge so I guess it wasn't a total wash.
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Ha! I was given a pair of those. I gave them to my son since he plays guitar. He tried them in his stereo setup. They didn't stay connected long.
 
I found a pair of K-horns in pristine condition (and a Pioneer SX1980) in the basement of a fellow who was selling few other things about 10 years ago. The speakers were under sheets.

Made him an offer and took them, and the receiver home. Me wife, who is typically very amenable to (and a fan of) my audio habit, put her foot down about putting those monsters in our great room. Kept them downstairs for a while, but not a great listening space, and ended up selling them a few months later. Sold the 1980 as well, after a bit of tune up work (no regrets).

I am not normally much of a Klipsch fan, but I sure liked those Khorns, driven by a British Fidelity A100 amp.

I recently pointed out to my wife that the footprint of the JBL L112s and Vandersteen subs, with which she has no complaints, is larger than that of the long-gone Klipschorns.

Still regret having to let them go.
 
I found a pair of K-horns in pristine condition (and a Pioneer SX1980) in the basement of a fellow who was selling few other things about 10 years ago. The speakers were under sheets.

Made him an offer and took them, and the receiver home. Me wife, who is typically very amenable to (and a fan of) my audio habit, put her foot down about putting those monsters in our great room. Kept them downstairs for a while, but not a great listening space, and ended up selling them a few months later. Sold the 1980 as well, after a bit of tune up work (no regrets).

I am not normally much of a Klipsch fan, but I sure liked those Khorns, driven by a British Fidelity A100 amp.

I recently pointed out to my wife that the footprint of the JBL L112s and Vandersteen subs, with which she has no complaints, is larger than that of the long-gone Klipschorns.
 
Well I thought I would bring back this old thread since I just experienced a small regret.

I recently had a line on a pair of ADS L1230 which I believe were in very good shape. I suspect they would have probably needed some driver work due to age and maybe the crossovers might require to be re-capped but ultimately the cabinets and grills looked to be in very good shape.

Well the seller wanted $720 USD for the pair and they were located 385 miles away. I suspect I probably could have talked him down a bit, but convincing myself to drive that far, paying for a night in a hotel, and not being able to audition the speakers in advance made it too much of a risk for me.

I feel the regret because I doubt I will ever get a chance at owning such a rare vintage pair of ADS again in my lifetime for a reasonable price, but I will keep my hopes up as you just never know.

It might have been an easy decision to go for them if I didn't already have 13 pairs of speakers in my home. LOL!
 
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