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srvy 04-07-2020 09:44 AM

My old Electrostats. You can see the foam surround is wet looking and sticky. That was a mistake by the manufacture the adhesive they used eventually broke down the foam.

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jerryaldini 04-07-2020 09:56 AM

Anybody remember the Kraco being the highlight of the Kmart and Venture stereo displays? You can go to a junkyard and salvage them from the camaros and el caminos, along with the fosgate power booster and equalizer.

Mecca 04-07-2020 09:59 AM

I am apparently the only person who has love for Sonos.

srvy 04-07-2020 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14891989)
I am apparently the only person who has love for Sonos.

They are fine for what they are glorified expensive satellite speaks that cant hold a candle to well designed bookshelf or towers.

Mecca 04-07-2020 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by srvy (Post 14892009)
They are fine for what they are glorified expensive satellite speaks that cant hold a candle to well designed bookshelf or towers.

Really? They have a soundbar that is one of the best things I have ever heard.

R Clark 04-07-2020 10:17 AM

So I have a pair of hose 901s I bought in the early 70s the foam has went to shit on them and Bose wants on top of 700.00 to fix any other options that won’t compromise the sound? I bought a new pair to replace them but would like to get the old ones fixed and give to my son just not 700.00 worth lol

threebag 04-07-2020 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 14891577)
I only know about Camero speakers!!!

It’s Camaro, bro...

srvy 04-07-2020 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14892027)
Really? They have a soundbar that is one of the best things I have ever heard.

They pass the wife's eye test.

I think of Sonos as I do Bose wonderful engineering in 10 cent speakers with a marketing department second to none.

threebag 04-07-2020 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 14891583)
Yep, and for the most part the Radio Shack stuff was really good, it just wasn't worth the absurd prices they charged for it.

If I was buying new I'd lean strongly towards Yamaha for sure, but I'd kinda like to save these because they have a cool ribbon tweeter on top, nothing else out there like them that I know about.

Yeah I remember Optimus being very competitive with the large brands. We had an Optimus in our “Kids Den” with our game systems and arcade machines. I blasted Prince ‘When Doves Cry’ album a lot. My mom heard Darling Nikki and came in and took my cassette tape, 3 times. The fourth time she pulled the tape out of the cassette.

I remember the Glory Days of Radio Shack it seemed like they had everything there was to offer at the time.

Mecca 04-07-2020 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by srvy (Post 14892071)
They pass the wife's eye test.

I think of Sonos as I do Bose wonderful engineering in 10 cent speakers with a marketing department second to none.

Well they have about as good of an infrastructure as you could ask for as far as pairing them together and all that.

Bugeater 04-07-2020 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14891989)
I am apparently the only person who has love for Sonos.

Well you said they were expensive so I figured that eliminated me but if you throw up a link I'll check them out

Bugeater 04-07-2020 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by srvy (Post 14892071)
They pass the wife's eye test.

I think of Sonos as I do Bose wonderful engineering in 10 cent speakers with a marketing department second to none.

I have an Acoustimass system that I really like but it's not something I ever would have bought new. Years ago I did some work on a guy's house who had a set of Polk Audio SDAs sitting around, and he convinced me I needed them so I took them as partial payment for the job. Well...long story short the wife didn't seem to share my appreciation for them so I traded them for the Acoustimass and some high powered Polk bookshelf speakers. Probably got the short end of the deal but they were a better fit for my needs.

Mecca 04-07-2020 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 14892079)
Well you said they were expensive so I figured that eliminated me but if you throw up a link I'll check them out

Well they are expensive a soundbar is 700 bucks...

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sonos&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

https://www.amazon.com/Sonos-Playbar...dDbGljaz10cnVl

I wanna put that in my living room but again 700 bucks...

Bugeater 04-07-2020 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by threebag02 (Post 14892073)
Yeah I remember Optimus being very competitive with the large brands. We had an Optimus in our “Kids Den” with our game systems and arcade machines. I blasted Prince ‘When Doves Cry’ album a lot. My mom heard Darling Nikki and came in and took my cassette tape, 3 times. The fourth time she pulled the tape out of the cassette.

I remember the Glory Days of Radio Shack it seemed like they had everything there was to offer at the time.

LMAO

I loved Radio Shack, I was always tinkering around with electronics and they had what I needed for whatever hairbrained idea I came up with.

Bugeater 04-07-2020 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14892106)
Well they are expensive a soundbar is 700 bucks...

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sonos&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

https://www.amazon.com/Sonos-Playbar...dDbGljaz10cnVl

I wanna put that in my living room but again 700 bucks...

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