Okay, you're definitely an audio enthusiast. Finding deals. Here in Chicago, two points on finding deals. First the more affluent neighborhoods typically have better deals where the less/least, want ridiculous amounts and many times for a lot of crap. Second, I don't find much stuff in the great wide mid range price range. Either you paid nothing or near nothing for a component or you pay what they're worth. In other words that Bugatti is either found in the garbage or at a dealer who knows the true value of it. Recently at an audio dealer Saturday morning as I walked in the door, this older but well quaffed man was waiting to find out if the equipment he brought in was worth keeping repairing; a Marantz Model 7, 8, and 10B. Up to that point I've never seen an 8 amplifier plus he had more stuff at home too heavy to bring along with his son which after talking to him I believed were Model 9s. He didn't know what he had and I explained to him what what he had. And he got all of it from a neighbors junk(well not junk) left on the street. It was the one day a year in this affluent Northshore neighborhood put nicer things out to pasture. I mean. I have seen Kindel Mahogany furniture out there. Most of these people don't want to deal with selling stuff, unknown strangers coming in there homes.
I like the ads , I found that same model last year for $75 down the street from my house at a thrift store. They were actually made back in the day in the same town that I live in. But they made really good quality speakers
I have a set of DQ10A that are mirror imaged. I used to sell them as well. Another classic but rare find is the Dynaco A25XL (note the XL). Lots of A25's out there, and they were nice, but the XLs had much improved upper mids an top end.
A25s were nicely balanced, solidly built, could play loudly well ... a bargin entry into high fidelity. perfect for the aspirational audiophile / college student bitd.
@@grumpy9478 Indeed. I used to sell those as well. Not many people remember the dynamax configuration with six A25XL per side wired in a series-parallel combination. But WOW. Listening to 'We Just Disagree' on those just punched you in the gut when the bass and drums kicked in.
@@bigb2020 Look for a thin border around the front of the grille. Also - grilles are velcro/removable, in contrast with A25. All of the original A25 and A25XL were made in Denmark in the 70's prior to Dynaco in Pensauken NJ going under. All used SEAS drivers. The woofers were the same in both, but the tweeters were different. After closing in 1980, the Dynaco brand was purchased by other companies and continued to be used sporadically, with some using variations of the A25 model designation. But the original company ceased operations at that time.
I highly recommend Boston Acoustics. I have several of the A-series, 40, 60, 70, 120, and 150s. I was able to get an amazing deal on the A-150 series III for $100 already refoamed.
I agree! My first entry into high-end speakers was with the big A400’s! I could finally hear everything down to 30Hz with full dynamics. They were a revelation, if not the best at imaging though. I’d love to have a pair again, or maybe some small 150’s.
I’ve watched a number of your videos and they’re always so thoughtful and educational. Didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed. Now I am! You mentioned Boston Acoustics A100, A150, etc. I have owned 150s, 200s, and even the big 400s. But the one to look for is the very last of the real Boston speakers which were designed to be an all out assault on hifi and compete with the boutique brands. I’m talking about the T1000 and T1030. My son is looking to get into hifi and the pair of Thiel CS3s that belonged to my deceased father turned out to have blown tweeters. We’re still trying to decide if it’s worth investing in new tweeters and having the bass equalizer serviced, but in the meantime I found a pair of Boston T1030s for $200 that I plan to take a 4 hour roadtrip to retrieve tomorrow with my son. These are acoustic suspension speakers with two 8 inch woofers, a 6 1/2 inch midrange, and one-inch soft dome tweeter. I owned a pair when I was about 20 years old and actually gave my Ohm Walsh 2s back to my father (who had gifted them to me when he bought the Thiels) because they were objectively better. Great speakers! One more cult speaker to add to the list is the Spica TC-50. And one to avoid unless you are VERY skilled is any electrostatic or planar magnetic speaker (quad, Martin Logan, Acoustat, etc). Love your work and super chill vibe. Should’ve known you’re from the PNW. Oh, and loved seeing the Fishbone LP in the background! And last, I agree that the OMG deals are harder than ever to find. I did find a pair of absolutely mint one-owner Klipsch Cornwalls for $900. And a few weeks later, I found a pair of the new JBL L100 Classics that retail for $4,400 with a few minor cosmetic issues for $650! They’re incredible and look amazing with that iconic, orange quadrex grille. ☮️
I'm particularly in love with the B&W DM-220/30 models, especially their drivers. The BZ-200/16 ohm drivers are die cast zinc, with vented pole pieces. The TP or TZ-26 tweeters (depending on colour) are 1 inch polymide tweeters are clear but mellow. I bought two sets after rebuilding my housemate's pair of 220s, and I have a set of drivers from a 3rd set. I love those drivers. B&W used some black magic on those puppies.
Great watch! Got myself a pair of German Canton LE-900 last Autumn. Besides my modern iron cast Danish JERN 11s speakers. Both have it's place but those Canton's are a good surprise, starting low at 18hz!
White van speakers! :-). A phenomenon that deserves a documentary! Who were those guys? Where did they come from? What happened to them? Thanks for bringing back a fond memory.
I have a pair of hpm 60 in my basement i was given because one woofer needs a surround and the other woofer needs a voice coil, cone etc and I haven't bothered with them because I have building my own speakers
I got a pair of Goodmans 201s from a friend, and I'm restoring them. He's unfortunately lost his hearing and I'm doing this as a tribute to his friendship and his love for music. He also gifted me a Rogers HG88 Mk II valve amplifier with the speakers.
I really enjoyed your presentation. I have a pair of Genesis ll's and I doubt I'll ever let them go. I'm certain that they will need some help as the only thing I've done is replace the green colored surrounds. They still rock after 40 years. Congrats on the DQ10A! Funny, I've always wanted to own a pair since first hearing them back in 1978. A buddy of mine owned a pair that he'd added a subwoofer to and it was nothing short of amazing. Thanks again!
My oldest is a pair of DCM macrophone. I also have DCM Timepiece, and TF500. Advent Baby II, Advent 2002. Paradigm Titan V1, Paradigm 3SE mini. Bose 201 and 141. Mordaunt Short MS-904 towers. EV ZLX-12P powered pa speakers.
I forgot to mention DCM! I have a pair of lower-end DCM's. I want to say CX-27... mini towers or tall bookshelves. You can see one of the pair between the Wharfedales. Are DCM's cult classics? I don't know about Mordaunt.
Had a super clean pair of Genesis 110 speakers from 2018-2019. They lacked a bit of midrange definition for my tastes, as well as being a bit hot on the top end, so I sold them on.
The "thing" about BOSE 901's is that you HAVE to make sure you have/get the Equalizer Unit with the pair that you buy. Enjoyed this installment. Thanks for taking the time to assemble it. Rip
Nah internet myth. I run the 4 series with a 2021 Denon 2 ch amp for tv movies etc and that is a phenomenal setup for quite cheap. Only real thing about the Bose is they must be up off the ground and be lined up properly from walls corners and each other. Mine were saved from the tip and are super mucho!
Great to see the DQ-10's mentioned, I have had mine about 30-35 years, they are matched, look in back at baffle board for the right/left tag. Mine came with the tall stands, and of all I have owned they are the easiest to keep looking nice, just the wood on the side. I do not remember if I am second or third owner, The other men apparently did not like them, They are power hogs! I had an Accuphase that was hard pressed to get them up there, Traded for a class 'h' Sounds craftsman 300+ WPC they woke up, Funny the house lights dimmed in time to the music. And diy they developed the dreaded foam rot, Took 10'" drivers out and noticed the frame was 12" I had a never used pair of professional JBL woofers in boxes, and they bolted in perfectly! Once they broke in OMG! No drilling no nothing just bolted in!
Nice overview and bargains are out there, picked up some Altec Lansing Santana's first version for 200 and they were an easy fix, some light sanding/staining and recapping. Also picked up some Carver AL llls for 450 fully functional and in good shape. Good sounding bargains are the Advent Heritage or Laureates, typical foam rot on the main drivers but nice cabinets and nice sounding. Found a pair of speakers that came from a company in Tarp Germany (soldier married a native German and brought them back) for $50 called Scan Akustik now called Phonar Akustik (still in business) that are great sounding speakers. The owner was importing Danish speakers from 4 different companies then in 1983 decided to build his own. There are some speakers like the JBL 100s or HPM-100s that people go ga ga over but depending on your ears and your room whatever sounds good to me works for me even if they are 50 dollar bargain finds.
I recently drove 3 hours to Boston to buy a pair of ads l620's in minty condish. And just this week drove about 20 mins to buy a pair of Polk 5's in minty condish, also a pair of 1980s La Scalas with new ALK crossovers. So I'm into the vintage speaker vibe. And bought and sold a pair of 1990's Khorns only bc I did not have the right room setup.
I used to find a lot of good speakers at yard sales, salvation army, church sales, even in the trash. A lot of them i got for a few bucks because they needed surrounds and I would re cap them and refinish the veneer and then I would pass them on.
Enjoyable video. I have had a bunch of speakers over the years and then I found my OMG speakers in 2007 at a church garage sale for $150. Altec Model 17 604-8g studio monitors. I quit searching and just listen to music.
The DQ10 have an incredible 5 driver integration, they sound sweet and forgivin, the only weak point is the 10 inch woofer doesn't go down to 40 hertz so they need the help of a good subwoofer like the Audio Pro B2-50 that go down to 22 hertz, I did a recap using Solen capacitors on a pair
Thanks for the great video I really enjoyed it lots of cool stuff four of my friends passed away this summer and I ended up with all their junk well it's actually not junk stereoe quipment it's overwhelming I'm old and I can only fix so much but a lot of cool stuff I'll keep watching keeps me inspired keeps me busy about what's the next thing I'm going to fix some of the stuff's not fixable it's just for parts have a great day
Yeahhh...as Gary Cole would say in Office Space, I got a pair of ADS l520s here locally for $50, but the tweeters were replaced with probably a Braun tweeter bc the sticky tweeters have a tendency to blow if cranked with modern equipment I'm guessing. They were the cloth and vinyl edition not the metal grill edition. My ADS l620s have the metal grills. Their uniqueness stems perhaps from the 2 way closed box design which has been abandoned by many modern speaker makers.
Yeahhhh. The thing with vintage speakers is what needs replacing or upgrading or has it been done already and how do they sound in terms of pricing and then how those prices bump up against new quality speaker prices. And the other question is how or can they pair up with a 5.1 avr system. My guess is that the Dahlquists need a sub or two. And the cat scratch fever equation where the cat uses the speaker for its claws.
Back in the 70s a friend of mine had a pair of large Advent walnuts he drove them with his Marantz receiver love the sound always wanted some and still do. have you heard them ?
My most recent score is a pair of vandersteen model 1 from goodwill in the light grey cover for 85 bucks. They needed a woofer repair or replacement but they were definitely a sweet speaker
I love vintage speakers. However, the cabinet quality was not up to pair on many of them. But, the Drivers were very high quality! Never been thrilled with Epi/Genesis stuff.( Had them). But some to look out for are : Old Electrovoice speakers. I have a pair of 1962 Marquis. Old JBL's, old Klipsch, old AR's, Old KLH, Celestion's, QUAD'S, KEF's, Focal's, ADS, Dynaco, Frasier, Bozak, Altec, University,Stevens,Goodman's,etc....
I got 2 pairs of realistic optimus t-200 speakers for $50 and they are fantastic speakers. I was really surprised how expensive they were new ( $3,500 a pair in today's dollars) . I also have a Sony SSU3000 speaker that are very good and I am glad I picked them up as I usually pass on Japanese speakers
Yeah my Uncle Scott had a pair of Klipsch speakers in 1985 or 6 I believe and I was blown away it literally would make the fish tanks bounce also the windows vibrate they were about two and a half feet tall 2 ft wide and about a foot or so deep and they were black felt and had steel black metal screens over the huge ass woofer I thought that was cool looking❤🎉 but the sound holy s***! Anyways have a great evening my friend
I have roughly 40 pairs of speakers..Just picked up a pair of B&W zmf vm1 mid 80's two ways for $10.00 Cdn.2 months ago I scooped up some mint Polk Audio Monitor 5's for $40.00 .😊
Always remember that if they are lightweight for their size, it is not likely they are good - but there are exceptions. Truly damaged speaker drivers are a hard thing to take on
I've had several of the desirable vintage brands: Advents, KLH, Cerwin Vega, Bose. All at reasonable to low cost. My current favorites are JBL C50s, which cost me serious $$. I found a second set of JBLs, In a Barzilay console/speaker cabinet set up. Stereo pieces were gone, other than a Dual 1019 turntable. I'll be working on that next.
I have enjoyed Boston Acoustic, currently got a pair of A120 for 70$, just need to refoam the passive radiators. Boxes are perfect. Still have HD9s. Saw on a thread the Hd series parts were good but A series had better parts. Infinity SL series sound similar. Would like to hear some Ads. The availability in older speakers seems to go in cycles. Seems like this month a lot out there. I prefer wood looking box not the Black.
I had a set of Sylvania speakers from the early 70s. A 3-way with 12in woofer, 2in dome mid and .75in tweeter. I forget the model number but the weren't half bad.
I bought white van speakers a long time ago, and you just get what you deserve when you get yourself involved in a shady deal. There is quite a big market of DIY speaker kits, and I think there you get the best bang for the buck. If you go for vintage, you need good knowledge and some luck.
I have a pair of jbl 500.... I know I know, I haven’t heard or compared them with anything else but ya know,I’ve been pretty happy with them. Thoughts?
And the Dahlquist are 'lookers', in my opinion, and hiding behind their good looks is the most Frankenstein-array and arrangement of drivers I've seen, LOL. If I recall correctly, a good friend of mine had been looking for a replacement midrange driver for his original Snell Type A which I believe was a Philips driver (squawker, not mid-bass driver which was harder to find). He discovered the Snell midrange was the same as used in the DQ-10 and he eventually located a pair of those for the repair. I recall the driver baskets were octagonal in shape.
It seems like I always get my amplifiers right Lancaster but I don't usually get the speakers perfect I have some beautiful Technics vintage speakers SB lLx 3 they seem pretty good but the ones that I'm playing in my room is a pair of paradigm performance Series 2-way speakers and they cranked pretty damn good and then I also have a pair of humongous piano black Yamaha is there about 200 Watts and they're about 5 ft 5 tall anyways absolutely love your channel maybe you can give me Insight on I'm playing them out of a Marantz 2220 believe me that thing has plenty of power I know it's nothing like yours which is rated at what 50 or 70 wines are near 20 watts for channel but dang it sounds beautiful and it's in Flawless Mint Condition I bought it for $400 and it was recently serviced professionally and looks and sounds absolutely wonderful
My best buy are Wharfdales w70d for $50.Klipsch forte 2 for $80. These I need to do a total cosmetic reforestation. Klh 5 for $18 ,goodwill . The holy grail Jbl olympus 50sr8 for $700 from the original owmer.these need some surrounds and veneer work
I found an ElectoVoice Empire, circa 1955, at the Goodwill outlet in decent condition for $15. Another time they had a pair of ESS AMT 1 towers for $35 that just need a little cosmetic work.
I had a beautiful Electrovoice Georgian I picked up off a CL ad about 20 years ago for $75. It also was from the mid 50’s. Pre stereo so the were only sold as singles. Huge speaker in a beautiful cabinet. I used it in a mono system.
How about the lines of Advent and Jensen speakers and Realistic were my favorites. I even had Cerwin Vegas which I really like so many brands out there.
I'm 66 years old I brought a pair of JBL L150 Tower speakers when I was in the Military in Germany back in 1979. At that time they were $760 a pair. Now they worth 3 to $4,000 dollars a pair.. But I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the L100 but no one seems to be familiar with there big brother the L150? I replaced the paper cones with replacement JBL speakers which are much better than the paper cones and I don't have to re-cone them ever again. Yes I still have them and I will never sell them. I use them as my right and left speakers in my HomeTtheater and they're also powered buy ADCOM power Amp which is ran through my Marantz 6015 receiver.🎶 The guy that was in the chair with the L100 would have been blown out the room by the L150🎛🔊
I bought a pair of old Advents for 20.00. Was it a bargain. Well. The cabinets are pretty bad. The surrounds where rotten of course. I have made them look better and fixed the surrounds. They sound ok. Look ok from a distance. Not sure if i would still call it a bargain lol.
Mostly Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for me. Estate sales and even yard/garage sales can yield nice speakers. I've gotten one distressed pair from a thrift store.
I heard you say you could be interested Ohm speakers. I have a set of Ohm C2 speakers. Would like to sell to a vintage buyer. We have to downsize. Thanks . Kevin Brown
I actually shot some footage about some but left it out since I bought them new. I have some little Dayton speakers that I bought a few years ago. They helped get me back into hi-fi, so in that respect, they were great. I haven't A/B compared them with any of my other speakers.
man i picked up a set of Wilson audio watt puppy 3s with bad tweeters. Hooked e'm up toa hafler dh200 that i totally went through back in07 toroidal transformer class a frontend boards. on;y things original are the case and Toshiba transistors and one of the best preamps nad ever made the116 with xlr output to amp . They sound horrible. mids are way too bright. hopefully its crossover issues will know soon enough. will drag them to my forever system. will tell you about it if your interested. thanks for giving good info.
Man toss all those speakers you showed here except the JBL monitors and never think about that again! (I had those when I was too young to appreciate what they were... oh the horror :-)
Nah, don't toss them. As a hobby, I've rebuilt several older box speakers, and they can be made to sound really respectable. With some added bracing, resonance treatment, driver and crossover replacement, I've been able to transform those older box speakers. Were they audiophile grade after the rebuilds? Probably not, but they were quite respectable. I've had several friends hear them before and after the rebuilds, and they were stunned at the improvement. There was no placebo effect by the way, they never knew they were ever rebuilt before hearing them after the improvement. It's not a money maker, but most hobbies aren't. As with most hobbies, there's no profit in it, I find it enjoyable.
I have an old Denon 7.1 receiver driving 3 pair of JBL monitors, and a good JBL centre. Along with an old Cerwin Vega sub, nobody does bass better than C.V. This system sounds pretty good, to say the least. But I've heard some of the JBL stuff from china, it's exactly what JBL used to be called by the cork sniffers, Junk But Loud. I would not buy that crap with someone else's money.
Tell the customer it needs a new filter cap, gonna be about $55.. how much is the cap? About 4 bucks. Why $55.. its gonna take me a 1/2 hour to get to it and a 1/2 hour to put it back together. I have to unsolder 5 wires to the board to get it out. And unsolder and resolder the new one. .... my solder station and suppilies cost about $100, F5 fader deox is $20 a can, brushes,and towels arent free either.
Yes, it's soured me on doing repair work. With the last guy who asked me, someone I know socially, I tried my best to talk him out of it and eventually proposed a min. $50/max. $300 deal just so I wouldn't have to fret about the time if I run into a knotty problem.
@Lancaster_Hi-Fi I'm a noob. I can take it apart, if I have less than 3 screws left over and it doesn't become a smoke bomb instantly. COOL! I get mostly cheap junk from a guy at the local flea market that literally has mostly junk. He once asked me to look at some bose 901's that the base was soaking wet and full of termites. Sponge, the terminals were rotted off. The surrounds were all gone. 200$ just for the surrounds plus my time. Nope. Also if it doesn't smell like the tiger cage at the zoo or covered in lung cancer smudge, It's a good day!
If you're looking for ohm speakers get the c2s the rest of them aren't that impressive and if you're looking for Boston acoustics I had the a100s and they were really good I bet the a120s and a 150s and a 200s are even better
missed out on some 250 buck Heresys on Marketplace about an hour from my place just south of Portland this year. They had only been up a few minutes and as soon as i messaged him there was someone on their way to grab em. Though I have scored a lot of super cheap or free gear this year.... a Pioneer Elite VSX-82TXS for 25 bucks, a Denon receiver with Definitve subwoofer and satellites and Boston Accoustics T930s altogether for free, Advent OLA pair in good shape for 100, Pioneer SX-535 in great shape for 100, and a Pioneer SX-737, great Technics qd33 turntable and Pioneer CS-33's altogether for 300, a pair of Paradigm Mini Monitor 3's for 30, a working and not much needed Bose 551 Spacial receiver and 901 series 3 set (needs refoam) and a set of 901 series 5's in great shape altogether for 300,. The Bose 551 receiver is a cool looking piece , and has the EQ i need built in! Been a fun year.
There's a guy on Albany who's flipping a lot of stuff. He's beat me to some nice deals. I know its him because a few days later the same piece shows up for sale again for a much greater price. Does the guy even have a life? Sheesh.
Okay, you're definitely an audio enthusiast. Finding deals. Here in Chicago, two points on finding deals. First the more affluent neighborhoods typically have better deals where the less/least, want ridiculous amounts and many times for a lot of crap. Second, I don't find much stuff in the great wide mid range price range. Either you paid nothing or near nothing for a component or you pay what they're worth. In other words that Bugatti is either found in the garbage or at a dealer who knows the true value of it. Recently at an audio dealer Saturday morning as I walked in the door, this older but well quaffed man was waiting to find out if the equipment he brought in was worth keeping repairing; a Marantz Model 7, 8, and 10B. Up to that point I've never seen an 8 amplifier plus he had more stuff at home too heavy to bring along with his son which after talking to him I believed were Model 9s. He didn't know what he had and I explained to him what what he had. And he got all of it from a neighbors junk(well not junk) left on the street. It was the one day a year in this affluent Northshore neighborhood put nicer things out to pasture. I mean. I have seen Kindel Mahogany furniture out there. Most of these people don't want to deal with selling stuff, unknown strangers coming in there homes.
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I like the ads , I found that same model last year for $75 down the street from my house at a thrift store. They were actually made back in the day in the same town that I live in. But they made really good quality speakers
I have a set of DQ10A that are mirror imaged. I used to sell them as well. Another classic but rare find is the Dynaco A25XL (note the XL). Lots of A25's out there, and they were nice, but the XLs had much improved upper mids an top end.
A25s were nicely balanced, solidly built, could play loudly well ... a bargin entry into high fidelity. perfect for the aspirational audiophile / college student bitd.
@@grumpy9478 Indeed. I used to sell those as well. Not many people remember the dynamax configuration with six A25XL per side wired in a series-parallel combination. But WOW. Listening to 'We Just Disagree' on those just punched you in the gut when the bass and drums kicked in.
How can you tell if they are XL? Also, were some made in Denmark and some made in USA?
@@bigb2020 Look for a thin border around the front of the grille. Also - grilles are velcro/removable, in contrast with A25. All of the original A25 and A25XL were made in Denmark in the 70's prior to Dynaco in Pensauken NJ going under. All used SEAS drivers. The woofers were the same in both, but the tweeters were different. After closing in 1980, the Dynaco brand was purchased by other companies and continued to be used sporadically, with some using variations of the A25 model designation. But the original company ceased operations at that time.
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I highly recommend Boston Acoustics. I have several of the A-series, 40, 60, 70, 120, and 150s. I was able to get an amazing deal on the A-150 series III for $100 already refoamed.
I agree! My first entry into high-end speakers was with the big A400’s! I could finally hear everything down to 30Hz with full dynamics. They were a revelation, if not the best at imaging though. I’d love to have a pair again, or maybe some small 150’s.
I’ve watched a number of your videos and they’re always so thoughtful and educational. Didn’t realize I wasn’t subscribed. Now I am!
You mentioned Boston Acoustics A100, A150, etc. I have owned 150s, 200s, and even the big 400s. But the one to look for is the very last of the real Boston speakers which were designed to be an all out assault on hifi and compete with the boutique brands. I’m talking about the T1000 and T1030.
My son is looking to get into hifi and the pair of Thiel CS3s that belonged to my deceased father turned out to have blown tweeters. We’re still trying to decide if it’s worth investing in new tweeters and having the bass equalizer serviced, but in the meantime I found a pair of Boston T1030s for $200 that I plan to take a 4 hour roadtrip to retrieve tomorrow with my son. These are acoustic suspension speakers with two 8 inch woofers, a 6 1/2 inch midrange, and one-inch soft dome tweeter. I owned a pair when I was about 20 years old and actually gave my Ohm Walsh 2s back to my father (who had gifted them to me when he bought the Thiels) because they were objectively better. Great speakers!
One more cult speaker to add to the list is the Spica TC-50. And one to avoid unless you are VERY skilled is any electrostatic or planar magnetic speaker (quad, Martin Logan, Acoustat, etc).
Love your work and super chill vibe. Should’ve known you’re from the PNW. Oh, and loved seeing the Fishbone LP in the background!
And last, I agree that the OMG deals are harder than ever to find. I did find a pair of absolutely mint one-owner Klipsch Cornwalls for $900. And a few weeks later, I found a pair of the new JBL L100 Classics that retail for $4,400 with a few minor cosmetic issues for $650! They’re incredible and look amazing with that iconic, orange quadrex grille. ☮️
I'm particularly in love with the B&W DM-220/30 models, especially their drivers. The BZ-200/16 ohm drivers are die cast zinc, with vented pole pieces. The TP or TZ-26 tweeters (depending on colour) are 1 inch polymide tweeters are clear but mellow. I bought two sets after rebuilding my housemate's pair of 220s, and I have a set of drivers from a 3rd set. I love those drivers. B&W used some black magic on those puppies.
Great watch! Got myself a pair of German Canton LE-900 last Autumn. Besides my modern iron cast Danish JERN 11s speakers. Both have it's place but those Canton's are a good surprise, starting low at 18hz!
White van speakers! :-). A phenomenon that deserves a documentary! Who were those guys? Where did they come from? What happened to them? Thanks for bringing back a fond memory.
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Still own Pioneer HPM 60 1st generation and my dad's Graetz M 1-50 speakers. Love them. Check the cross filters (specially capacitors).
I have a pair of hpm 60 in my basement i was given because one woofer needs a surround and the other woofer needs a voice coil, cone etc and I haven't bothered with them because I have building my own speakers
I got a pair of Goodmans 201s from a friend, and I'm restoring them. He's unfortunately lost his hearing and I'm doing this as a tribute to his friendship and his love for music. He also gifted me a Rogers HG88 Mk II valve amplifier with the speakers.
I really enjoyed your presentation. I have a pair of Genesis ll's and I doubt I'll ever let them go. I'm certain that they will need some help as the only thing I've done is replace the green colored surrounds. They still rock after 40 years. Congrats on the DQ10A! Funny, I've always wanted to own a pair since first hearing them back in 1978. A buddy of mine owned a pair that he'd added a subwoofer to and it was nothing short of amazing. Thanks again!
My oldest is a pair of DCM macrophone. I also have DCM Timepiece, and TF500. Advent Baby II, Advent 2002. Paradigm Titan V1, Paradigm 3SE mini. Bose 201 and 141. Mordaunt Short MS-904 towers. EV ZLX-12P powered pa speakers.
I forgot to mention DCM! I have a pair of lower-end DCM's. I want to say CX-27... mini towers or tall bookshelves. You can see one of the pair between the Wharfedales. Are DCM's cult classics? I don't know about Mordaunt.
Happy New Years, Professor. Enjoyed your videos this year and looking forward for more to come in 2025.
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
I have the Bose 205 and I enjoyed them for almost 30 years, now I purchased a pair of AR M3 holographic which I love
Had a super clean pair of Genesis 110 speakers from 2018-2019. They lacked a bit of midrange definition for my tastes, as well as being a bit hot on the top end, so I sold them on.
The "thing" about BOSE 901's is that you HAVE to make sure you have/get the Equalizer Unit with the pair that you buy. Enjoyed this installment. Thanks for taking the time to assemble it. Rip
Also, if those drivers in a pair of 901s need new surrounds, forget it.
Nah internet myth. I run the 4 series with a 2021 Denon 2 ch amp for tv movies etc and that is a phenomenal setup for quite cheap. Only real thing about the Bose is they must be up off the ground and be lined up properly from walls corners and each other. Mine were saved from the tip and are super mucho!
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There's plenty of matching, and even exceeding drivers that will replace them just fine.
Great to see the DQ-10's mentioned, I have had mine about 30-35 years, they are matched, look in back at baffle board for the right/left tag. Mine came with the tall stands, and of all I have owned they are the easiest to keep looking nice, just the wood on the side. I do not remember if I am second or third owner, The other men apparently did not like them, They are power hogs! I had an Accuphase that was hard pressed to get them up there, Traded for a class 'h' Sounds craftsman 300+ WPC they woke up, Funny the house lights dimmed in time to the music. And diy they developed the dreaded foam rot, Took 10'" drivers out and noticed the frame was 12" I had a never used pair of professional JBL woofers in boxes, and they bolted in perfectly! Once they broke in OMG! No drilling no nothing just bolted in!
Wow! That's awesome! I've been warned not to turn mine up too loud with only 52 wpc now.
Nice overview and bargains are out there, picked up some Altec Lansing Santana's first version for 200 and they were an easy fix, some light sanding/staining and recapping. Also picked up some Carver AL llls for 450 fully functional and in good shape. Good sounding bargains are the Advent Heritage or Laureates, typical foam rot on the main drivers but nice cabinets and nice sounding. Found a pair of speakers that came from a company in Tarp Germany (soldier married a native German and brought them back) for $50 called Scan Akustik now called Phonar Akustik (still in business) that are great sounding speakers. The owner was importing Danish speakers from 4 different companies then in 1983 decided to build his own. There are some speakers like the JBL 100s or HPM-100s that people go ga ga over but depending on your ears and your room whatever sounds good to me works for me even if they are 50 dollar bargain finds.
Dyanco a25 a 180,bucks still wonderful rubber surround a plus
I recently drove 3 hours to Boston to buy a pair of ads l620's in minty condish. And just this week drove about 20 mins to buy a pair of Polk 5's in minty condish, also a pair of 1980s La Scalas with new ALK crossovers. So I'm into the vintage speaker vibe. And bought and sold a pair of 1990's Khorns only bc I did not have the right room setup.
I used to find a lot of good speakers at yard sales, salvation army, church sales, even in the trash. A lot of them i got for a few bucks because they needed surrounds and I would re cap them and refinish the veneer and then I would pass them on.
Enjoyable video. I have had a bunch of speakers over the years and then I found my OMG speakers in 2007 at a church garage sale for $150. Altec Model 17 604-8g studio monitors. I quit searching and just listen to music.
The DQ10 have an incredible 5 driver integration, they sound sweet and forgivin, the only weak point is the 10 inch woofer doesn't go down to 40 hertz so they need the help of a good subwoofer like the Audio Pro B2-50 that go down to 22 hertz, I did a recap using Solen capacitors on a pair
Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for sharing this video😊😊
Thanks for the great video I really enjoyed it lots of cool stuff four of my friends passed away this summer and I ended up with all their junk well it's actually not junk stereoe quipment it's overwhelming I'm old and I can only fix so much but a lot of cool stuff I'll keep watching keeps me inspired keeps me busy about what's the next thing I'm going to fix some of the stuff's not fixable it's just for parts have a great day
Sorry you lost four of your friends may they RIP
Yeahhh...as Gary Cole would say in Office Space, I got a pair of ADS l520s here locally for $50, but the tweeters were replaced with probably a Braun tweeter bc the sticky tweeters have a tendency to blow if cranked with modern equipment I'm guessing. They were the cloth and vinyl edition not the metal grill edition. My ADS l620s have the metal grills. Their uniqueness stems perhaps from the 2 way closed box design which has been abandoned by many modern speaker makers.
Yeahhhh. The thing with vintage speakers is what needs replacing or upgrading or has it been done already and how do they sound in terms of pricing and then how those prices bump up against new quality speaker prices. And the other question is how or can they pair up with a 5.1 avr system. My guess is that the Dahlquists need a sub or two. And the cat scratch fever equation where the cat uses the speaker for its claws.
Back in the 70s a friend of mine had a pair of large Advent walnuts he drove them with his Marantz receiver love the sound always wanted some and still do. have you heard them ?
No. I've had my eye out for a good deal on some OLA's.
My most recent score is a pair of vandersteen model 1 from goodwill in the light grey cover for 85 bucks. They needed a woofer repair or replacement but they were definitely a sweet speaker
I love vintage speakers. However, the cabinet quality was not up to pair on many of them. But, the Drivers were very high quality! Never been thrilled with Epi/Genesis stuff.( Had them). But some to look out for are : Old Electrovoice speakers. I have a pair of 1962 Marquis. Old JBL's, old Klipsch, old AR's, Old KLH, Celestion's, QUAD'S, KEF's, Focal's, ADS, Dynaco, Frasier, Bozak, Altec, University,Stevens,Goodman's,etc....
I picked up a pair of Genesis 220s. I'm getting them refoamed this week, can wait to listen to them with the ST70.
Yeahhh. There were some Dahlquist 10s here for $400 in minty condish that I was recently tempted by.
I got 2 pairs of realistic optimus t-200 speakers for $50 and they are fantastic speakers. I was really surprised how expensive they were new ( $3,500 a pair in today's dollars) . I also have a Sony SSU3000 speaker that are very good and I am glad I picked them up as I usually pass on Japanese speakers
Yeah my Uncle Scott had a pair of Klipsch speakers in 1985 or 6 I believe and I was blown away it literally would make the fish tanks bounce also the windows vibrate they were about two and a half feet tall 2 ft wide and about a foot or so deep and they were black felt and had steel black metal screens over the huge ass woofer I thought that was cool looking❤🎉 but the sound holy s***! Anyways have a great evening my friend
I have roughly 40 pairs of speakers..Just picked up a pair of B&W zmf vm1 mid 80's two ways for $10.00 Cdn.2 months ago I scooped up some mint Polk Audio Monitor 5's for $40.00 .😊
Always remember that if they are lightweight for their size, it is not likely they are good - but there are exceptions.
Truly damaged speaker drivers are a hard thing to take on
I've had several of the desirable vintage brands: Advents, KLH, Cerwin Vega, Bose. All at reasonable to low cost. My current favorites are JBL C50s, which cost me serious $$. I found a second set of JBLs, In a Barzilay console/speaker cabinet set up. Stereo pieces were gone, other than a Dual 1019 turntable. I'll be working on that next.
Subscribbed, I love the bloopers… has anyone told you, you look like Eugene Levy, maybe his younger brother…
I sold hi-fi in NYC back in the 70’s, here is my list. IMF tls-50 transmission line, ADS 710/ 810 , Dahlquist 10,
I have enjoyed Boston Acoustic, currently got a pair of A120 for 70$, just need to refoam the passive radiators. Boxes are perfect. Still have HD9s. Saw on a thread the Hd series parts were good but A series had better parts. Infinity SL series sound similar. Would like to hear some Ads. The availability in older speakers seems to go in cycles. Seems like this month a lot out there. I prefer wood looking box not the Black.
I had a set of Sylvania speakers from the early 70s. A 3-way with 12in woofer, 2in dome mid and .75in tweeter. I forget the model number but the weren't half bad.
I just recently got a pair of JBL Apollos, le15a drivers and lx5 crossovers for $800
I enjoy your videos, the only thing I suggest buy a cheap wireless microphone I paid less than $20 for mine and it sounds really good. carry on
I bought white van speakers a long time ago, and you just get what you deserve when you get yourself involved in a shady deal.
There is quite a big market of DIY speaker kits, and I think there you get the best bang for the buck.
If you go for vintage, you need good knowledge and some luck.
Lovely stuff👍
DlK 1 1/2 bought new in 77 . Still have them
I like allot of the CerwinVega! Models, however lots of people don’t seem to appreciate them. I’m curious of your thoughts on CV?
I haven't had or listened to any yet, and I don't know much about them, but I hope to try some eventually.
My landlord at Markham hill had some Klipsch La Scalas or similar in 1985. Wow!
Marc! Those La Scalas in the video belong to Bob S. Impressive beasts!
I have a pair of jbl 500.... I know I know, I haven’t heard or compared them with anything else but ya know,I’ve been pretty happy with them. Thoughts?
Too many models for me to know! 🤣 But if you like them, then they're awesome!
And the Dahlquist are 'lookers', in my opinion, and hiding behind their good looks is the most Frankenstein-array and arrangement of drivers I've seen, LOL.
If I recall correctly, a good friend of mine had been looking for a replacement midrange driver for his original Snell Type A which I believe was a Philips driver (squawker, not mid-bass driver which was harder to find). He discovered the Snell midrange was the same as used in the DQ-10 and he eventually located a pair of those for the repair. I recall the driver baskets were octagonal in shape.
It seems like I always get my amplifiers right Lancaster but I don't usually get the speakers perfect I have some beautiful Technics vintage speakers SB lLx 3 they seem pretty good but the ones that I'm playing in my room is a pair of paradigm performance Series 2-way speakers and they cranked pretty damn good and then I also have a pair of humongous piano black Yamaha is there about 200 Watts and they're about 5 ft 5 tall anyways absolutely love your channel maybe you can give me Insight on I'm playing them out of a Marantz 2220 believe me that thing has plenty of power I know it's nothing like yours which is rated at what 50 or 70 wines are near 20 watts for channel but dang it sounds beautiful and it's in Flawless Mint Condition I bought it for $400 and it was recently serviced professionally and looks and sounds absolutely wonderful
My best buy are Wharfdales w70d for $50.Klipsch forte 2 for $80. These I need to do a total cosmetic reforestation. Klh 5 for $18 ,goodwill . The holy grail Jbl olympus 50sr8 for $700 from the original owmer.these need some surrounds and veneer work
New to the channel great info thanks
I found an ElectoVoice Empire, circa 1955, at the Goodwill outlet in decent condition for $15. Another time they had a pair of ESS AMT 1 towers for $35 that just need a little cosmetic work.
I had a beautiful Electrovoice Georgian I picked up off a CL ad about 20 years ago for $75. It also was from the mid 50’s. Pre stereo so the were only sold as singles. Huge speaker in a beautiful cabinet. I used it in a mono system.
How about the lines of Advent and Jensen speakers and Realistic were my favorites. I even had Cerwin Vegas which I really like so many brands out there.
I'm 66 years old I brought a pair of JBL L150 Tower speakers when I was in the Military in Germany back in 1979. At that time they were $760 a pair. Now they worth 3 to $4,000 dollars a pair.. But I'm pretty sure you're familiar with the L100 but no one seems to be familiar with there big brother the L150? I replaced the paper cones with replacement JBL speakers which are much better than the paper cones and I don't have to re-cone them ever again. Yes I still have them and I will never sell them. I use them as my right and left speakers in my HomeTtheater and they're also powered buy ADCOM power Amp which is ran through my Marantz 6015 receiver.🎶 The guy that was in the chair with the L100 would have been blown out the room by the L150🎛🔊
I have never heard of those d8 speakers but they look very impressive and I bet that Zeppelin tune sounded pretty heavy on those
Yes!
I think you're forgetting about the pioneer HPM
@johnkendrick7304 No, mentioned the HPM 100 specifically, although I've never heard one firsthand.
Oops, replied through my other channel!
excellent speaker buyers guide
I scored a pair of JBL L65A for $80 at an estate sale. They're my favorite and will never sell them.
King crimson for the win !
I bought a pair of old Advents for 20.00. Was it a bargain. Well. The cabinets are pretty bad. The surrounds where rotten of course. I have made them look better and fixed the surrounds. They sound ok. Look ok from a distance. Not sure if i would still call it a bargain lol.
40:24 i had Infinity Monitor Jrs. In my dorm room 😅
Where to buy vintage speakers?
I am in temple texas
Mostly Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for me. Estate sales and even yard/garage sales can yield nice speakers. I've gotten one distressed pair from a thrift store.
My first pair of speakers I picked up 2 years ago was a pair of Bozak Concert Grands. I will never buy new HiFi now lol
I have JBL TR series 15" I need coil, cone, just the parts to replace but not available here in Manila..
I heard you say you could be interested Ohm speakers. I have a set of Ohm C2 speakers. Would like to sell to a vintage buyer. We have to downsize. Thanks . Kevin Brown
Where are you?
@@Lancaster_Hi-Fi I am in Illinois
I'd rather get some locally. 😉
Your loss
Yes, but I've had too many shipping mishaps, and shipping speakers is so costly.
How are Dayton Audio speakers?
I actually shot some footage about some but left it out since I bought them new. I have some little Dayton speakers that I bought a few years ago. They helped get me back into hi-fi, so in that respect, they were great. I haven't A/B compared them with any of my other speakers.
man i picked up a set of Wilson audio watt puppy 3s with bad tweeters. Hooked e'm up toa hafler dh200 that i totally went through back in07 toroidal transformer class a frontend boards. on;y things original are the case and Toshiba transistors and one of the best preamps nad ever made the116 with xlr output to amp . They sound horrible. mids are way too bright. hopefully its crossover issues will know soon enough. will drag them to my forever system. will tell you about it if your interested. thanks for giving good info.
Man toss all those speakers you showed here except the JBL monitors and never think about that again! (I had those when I was too young to appreciate what they were... oh the horror :-)
Nah, don't toss them. As a hobby, I've rebuilt several older box speakers, and they can be made to sound really respectable.
With some added bracing, resonance treatment, driver and crossover replacement, I've been able to transform those older box speakers.
Were they audiophile grade after the rebuilds? Probably not, but they were quite respectable.
I've had several friends hear them before and after the rebuilds, and they were stunned at the improvement.
There was no placebo effect by the way, they never knew they were ever rebuilt before hearing them after the improvement.
It's not a money maker, but most hobbies aren't. As with most hobbies, there's no profit in it, I find it enjoyable.
There is no 'End-Point' in a hobby anyway.
I've got twelve 15" Realistic musical instrument speakers for sale? And a bunch of Realistic (Motorola) 3" x 7" pizo horns?
What model horn?
I have an old Denon 7.1 receiver driving 3 pair of JBL monitors, and a good JBL centre. Along with an old Cerwin Vega sub, nobody does bass better than C.V. This system sounds pretty good, to say the least. But I've heard some of the JBL stuff from china, it's exactly what JBL used to be called by the cork sniffers, Junk But Loud. I would not buy that crap with someone else's money.
Dude on the west coast looking for east coast sound. Dude on the east coast looking for west coast sound.
You mentioed Bose 901s. Best to stay away from the ones with the foam surrounds on the speakers unless you have a ton of money to refoam 18 speakers
Where are you located at
Corvallis, Oregon
I have a pair of jbl L-100 from 1972 forsale and in mint condition with upgraded crossovers and terminals 400 dollars minimum
Tried any EVs out ?
No, I haven't!
I bought KG4's for $200
ADS, that's Grundig in Europe.
Braun
52 minutes not a word about Cerwin Vega?
I said I left some good ones out!
I once picked up a pair of Klipsch KSF 8.5 towers, for $100. Those were fun. I left them behind with the ex-wife. She was not fun.
Ouch, sorry to hear that!
Tell the customer it needs a new filter cap, gonna be about $55.. how much is the cap? About 4 bucks. Why $55.. its gonna take me a 1/2 hour to get to it and a 1/2 hour to put it back together. I have to unsolder 5 wires to the board to get it out. And unsolder and resolder the new one. .... my solder station and suppilies cost about $100, F5 fader deox is $20 a can, brushes,and towels arent free either.
I'm lucky if a job like that only takes an hour!
@Lancaster_Hi-Fi I agree. An hour is a quick job. It takes me an hour just to start cleaning most bpc's.
Most consumers have no clue the cost of gear and supplies needed to do a simple job. Not to mention the years of experience.
Yes, it's soured me on doing repair work. With the last guy who asked me, someone I know socially, I tried my best to talk him out of it and eventually proposed a min. $50/max. $300 deal just so I wouldn't have to fret about the time if I run into a knotty problem.
@Lancaster_Hi-Fi I'm a noob. I can take it apart, if I have less than 3 screws left over and it doesn't become a smoke bomb instantly. COOL! I get mostly cheap junk from a guy at the local flea market that literally has mostly junk. He once asked me to look at some bose 901's that the base was soaking wet and full of termites. Sponge, the terminals were rotted off. The surrounds were all gone. 200$ just for the surrounds plus my time. Nope. Also if it doesn't smell like the tiger cage at the zoo or covered in lung cancer smudge, It's a good day!
If you're looking for ohm speakers get the c2s the rest of them aren't that impressive and if you're looking for Boston acoustics I had the a100s and they were really good I bet the a120s and a 150s and a 200s are even better
Most vintage is junk. None of these sound good. I'd rather just listen with headphones.
OK! You do you.
missed out on some 250 buck Heresys on Marketplace about an hour from my place just south of Portland this year. They had only been up a few minutes and as soon as i messaged him there was someone on their way to grab em. Though I have scored a lot of super cheap or free gear this year.... a Pioneer Elite VSX-82TXS for 25 bucks, a Denon receiver with Definitve subwoofer and satellites and Boston Accoustics T930s altogether for free, Advent OLA pair in good shape for 100, Pioneer SX-535 in great shape for 100, and a Pioneer SX-737, great Technics qd33 turntable and Pioneer CS-33's altogether for 300, a pair of Paradigm Mini Monitor 3's for 30, a working and not much needed Bose 551 Spacial receiver and 901 series 3 set (needs refoam) and a set of 901 series 5's in great shape altogether for 300,. The Bose 551 receiver is a cool looking piece , and has the EQ i need built in! Been a fun year.
Have you seen Hoarders? 🤣
@Lancaster_Hi-Fi 😆😆😆😆 Exactly. Thankfully my other half also has multiple hobbies and is very understanding.
There's a guy on Albany who's flipping a lot of stuff. He's beat me to some nice deals. I know its him because a few days later the same piece shows up for sale again for a much greater price. Does the guy even have a life? Sheesh.
@Lancaster_Hi-Fi heheh exactly 😆
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Its a pair of klipschorns
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Conrad johnson pv7 preamp thorens td 125
Spinning Genesis trick of the tail
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