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love the vid, thanks!! gonna try restoring my AR-2ax that I just picked up, using tung oil instead of the restore-a-finish.

>volume pot with power switch >no tape type selector >no record lvl ... > Ｆｕｌｌ　ｌｏｇｉｃ　ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ　 Lmao, nice find, and yes it's very 1983

Would a passive or active subs sounds better for Realistic minmus 7.

Im not seeing the list of capacitors that were used?

Glad I watched this I was about to bid on one but there is just too much that can go wrong with this thing. Thanks.

got mine a few years ago off ebay for $30

Thx have a pair of these from my girls Dad. Gonna do what u have done just to get them playing again...thxxx

I'm listening to this video through the Panasonic SA-AK410 my parents got it back in 2004 when I was still 9 it became mine when I was 13 I used it with my computer for years then later I added a bluetooth receiver when bluetooth became the main thing and I'm still using it to this day Panasonic products are truly very well built

I just saw one that looked brand new for 55 bucks

I replaced my surrounds also. Mine are series 4. I also have black stands. I've had mine over 40 years and still love them. Now I just have to tackle re-doing to grills. Going to be interesting 😳 I have them off. Just need to decide what to do them with.

Neat! Boston Acoustics SubSat Six definitely got their inspiration from these!

Heck yeah! I got a set of these for free from an old coworker a while back. I absolutely love em. Great garage speakers and have big sound for their size.

Aside from buying a pair of silver Realistic Minimus 7 speakers (made in Japan), in that same year (over 20 years ago), I bought a pair of black Minimus 3.5 speakers (which are much smaller than the 7's), a pair of black Minimus 77 speakers, and a pair of silver Minimus 22 speakers (taller and thinner than either the Minimus 7's or 77's) and all pairs were $9.99 courtesy of my local Salvation Army Thrift Store. :)

Over 20 years ago, I was lucky enough to find and buy a pair of metal Realistic Minimus 7 speakers for $9.99 from a local Salvation Army Thrift Store and they work perfectly. :)

I've never found a pair of these in at least six years of thrift shopping for hi-fi. Xraytonyb did a woofer, and I think tweeter upgrade on these. It would be nice to have a bunch for a home theater set up. These were also sold by RCA and "Optimus" too?

I just ordered my first cassette player (I'm 23 and I'm really excited to get into this hobby) I ordered Sony Walkman WM-F41. Listening to it here I was little bit shocked as it sounds really bad compared to other players but I'm pretty sure there has to be something wrong with it and repair would make it sound close to what other players sound like. Luckily, my F41 had full service (cleaning/belt changed/diagnostics and etc...) so It will be like new. Hopefully it will sound acceptable at least and I'll use it for many many years, then I'll pass it to my kids :D

A little tip with the Bose 2.2, these are NOT intended to be played with the grill removed, at least the ones where the grill is inserted into holes in the box, not grommets. These holes in the box will essentially act as erroneous bass reflex ports, and tune the box WAY higher than intended: it will sound boomy and not go very deep. If you put the grills on, they are a completely different speaker, and actually have decent bass. Turning up the bass will make you realize just how well tuned the boxes are, though I don’t really care for how the treble sounds. Smooth sounding to an average listener, but boring or not detailed enough to people who have listened to a lot of equipment, or young people like me with really good ears.

Yes, enjoy seeing stuff like this. Memories............. Forgot that Radio Shack made blank cassettes. Now know what AM and FM stands for. Curious how you fried the Transformer. Thoroughly spray the tuning Fork (don't spray anything else) with self drying contact cleaner should correct that issue.

i should get more small speakers :) nothing wrong w/ 1st order crossovers. in fact w/ drivers that match nicely, it's elegant and sounds great. don't just go by forums, listen, measure and get to know a speaker before modifying it. even good forums promote bad advice occasionally... (just a note, your mic sounds a bit muffled compared to other channels... if that's on purpose, great :) )

I've been a huge fan of these speakers since the 80's. I currently have 4 pair. 1 pair I use as near field monitors for my PC. 1 pair I use in my master bedroom with a olnice old Yamaha integrated Amp and Alexa.. 1 pair I use with a tiny 2 channel amp/integrated I got off Amazon for my outdoor movie night setup.. And 1 pair that are brand new/never used.. old stock I found on Marketplace.. Still in their original boxes.. Those are white. They really are a great little speaker

I think the Optimus Lx-5 is more impressive.

i found a set at a second hand store last week for pennies ,score they sound great...

Good Atmos speakers

I had an 87 conversion fan that had this mounted in the raised roof for the rear seat, lol, nostalgia brain.

these look exactly like old braun speakers

I have a black Optimus pair. They've done time as pc and surround speakers. Probably the best part of these speakers is how hard it is to take the grill off, keeping them safe safe from little fingers poking the dust caps.

There are higher wattage/variations. RCA is criminally cheap 4.4 lbs each. Same company. Non Polarity caps next time minimum! Nice score!!

Anybody knows where can I find a pair of woofers for this babies mine has been stored for ages thanks.

If you ever come across a pair of Canton GL 260 speakers, you should check them out. Same story as the minimus 7, somewhat small bookshelf speaker but bigger driver and blow the minimus away in my opinion. Excellent transparency, soundstage, detail, imaging, and a surprising amount of bass for their size. Made in West Germany back in 1981. A true gem for their size!

when new, I always thought that they were basically ADS's

I owned a few pairs still have 1 on the shelves for testing amplifiers, the best ones in black were the B revision

Would pop them out of the Bronco and into the boat.

❤amazing Tape recorder

Recapping seems like a distraction from the overwhelming problem that these had which is dissolving foam surrounds. I keep seeing these with the bass driver surrounds in pieces or missing. I loved the pair I bought myself in 1985, but the surrounds dissolved and every other pair I've seen since has the exact same problem.

They are OK for computer speakers. You can't put more than about 20 watts into them, and forget about bass.

Thanks for the good entertainment. Heard of these before. At one point bought a set of the Realistic Optimus Pro LX5 on ebay which I refurbished. A really exciting speaker that has remained in my collection. Of American speakers I have Zu Audio Cube mkii and Magnepen LRSplus.

Another thorough explanation, nice job..............Speakers look pretty Good, more than I can say about that cross-over. Did I see Robin Trower "Bridge of Sighs", very good in concert, seen in small club Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, 40 yrs ago.

Also, consider the Optimus Pro 7av, Optimus PRO-X44AV, and the RCA PRO-44AV. These are all “descendants” of the original MINIMUS-7. AND, these “descendants” were magnetically shield - which was crucially necessary in the days of the CRT (cathode ray tube) TVs. I’ve had all of them and they were great. I currently have the original MINIMUS-7s and the RCA PRO-44AV. I hope that some speaker maker picks up where Radio Shack left off. These are really good speakers.

Had those Cones shot Considered replacing Didn’t bother Gave away to my local thrift shop

I have I thinknoptimus 5s. But my dad had these radio shack.speakers around 1978 maybe to 1984. Glass tips. 15 inch woofers. 3 way. I have neighbors 3 houses down that can tell.you about the speakers. Epic. And he had jbls as a 4 way system with a spring reverb and a technics turntable

I have the pro X7 series made by Optimus! Very powerful speakers and they will handle 100 watts at no distortion at 8 Ohms! Oh by the way the woofers are made by Pioneer yup I couldn't believe at first!

Got a pair of these on my desktop system ... Bought them brand new in 1979, still use them every day... 45 years and still good as new! BTW... the trick for these is not to max out the Bass ... cut the treble... it will sound better.

These actually carried on under the Optimus name brand and then later under the RCA name brand. I worked at RadioShack in High School and used to sell these. At the time the Shack was also selling a variety of speakers using a linaeum tweeter which were super popular at the time. Ironically, even with my discount I ended up going with another budget brand for my own rig: Cambridge Soundworks. In fact, even with its paper cone tweeter I would actually suggest the Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble 1s and 2s as a better sounding alternative to the Minimus (which matching passive subs to boot!). Though time has been a lot kinder to the Minimus’s metal cabinet than it has to the CSW’s. In either case, while I have some nostalgia for how these old speakers sound- you’re probably way better off just scoring some 2nd hand Micca MB42x.

I've never owned a pair of these but knew of them for sure. I remember as a kid seeing them in the Radio Shack catalogs and in the stores. They also sold a compact receiver, the STA-7 which was sold alone or as a package deal with the speakers they called the "'System 7". To me that receiver was and still is gorgeous, all metal construction black and rounded corners like the speakers, with a green backlit dial and tuning meter. It was very striking at a time when most stuff was still sold in stainless! The receiver had a switch on the back that would apply EQ specifically for use with the Minimus 7 speakers, after seeing your video I would suspect it would increase the bass. I think a nice set of these and the receiver would make a nice desktop / computer sound setup and could be had without paying stupid money. I know they made later receivers that replaced the STA-7 but to me the later ones started looking cheaper and not as good looking as the original. I've never seen insides of the Minimus 7 until now, pretty impressive looking with nice drivers and I'd figured the crossover would just be a filter capacitor, wasn't' expecting a choke. Great video!

Hey A.T., great video on these Realistic Speakers! I can tell that you put in a lot of time and effort on this particular video. Great work! I hope that you can do another Realistic receiver review soon!

An extremely enjoyable and informative video - as per your usual high standard 👍 Your videos remind me of “TechMoan” - in the sense of explaining about the products history, taking them apart, and if required a quick fix here and there. Magnificent‼️

Minimus 22’s were best for the wall 2:5 Inches deep and a channel for the wires made in silver only and in 1983 only they sounded great but I love the 7’s great video

Looks like rebranded Canton speakers