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04-06-2020, 11:59 PM | #2 |
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those would be 4.5 Single 8 Ohm parts express would be your friend
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04-07-2020, 12:28 AM | #3 |
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May just need re-foamed.
https://www.ebay.com/i/114158494294?...hoC44sQAvD_BwE Do a google search Optimus Pro LX511 there will be some replacement speaks there. Parts express used to be good but they have cut way back on what they carry. Used to be there Dayton line of speakers had something for everyone. |
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04-07-2020, 01:36 AM | #4 |
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Also speakers are measured in diameter to the outermost edge of the housing.frame. Not to the outer edge of cone or outside edge of of surround ring that Bug needs replaced.
In Bugs case he would measure outside edge frame frame both ways to see if same nearest outside edges. I suspect it's a 5 or 5 1/2 inch woofer. Bugs I think those Optimus were made by RCA for Radio Shack and sold by RCA as as their model Optimus pro LX5. May be a chance rca parts would have them still since radio shack is worthless now days. typed with my trusty nose picker using Tapatalk |
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04-07-2020, 03:05 AM | #5 |
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Buy Denon or Yamaha
Optimus was a Radio Shack brand, right? |
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04-07-2020, 06:09 AM | #6 | |
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04-07-2020, 06:16 AM | #7 |
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I only know about Camero speakers!!!
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04-07-2020, 06:20 AM | #8 |
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I haven't seen anything like these in quite awhile, I've been looking to upgrade to the Sonos speakers, things are stupid expensive though.
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04-07-2020, 06:24 AM | #9 |
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Damn..I haven’t had anything like that in years. I have a 10 speaker system hooked up to my desktop with one subwoofer and 9 smaller speakers and that’s about 15 years old
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04-07-2020, 06:31 AM | #10 |
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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. |
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04-07-2020, 06:33 AM | #11 |
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04-07-2020, 06:36 AM | #12 |
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Well shit, srvy was right about them being built by RCA, went to google up a pic of the tweeter and these came up. Same exact speaker branded by RCA instead.
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04-07-2020, 06:54 AM | #13 |
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Oh yeah, The Shack rocked RCA, Optimus, and 1000% markup adapters.
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04-07-2020, 06:58 AM | #14 |
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I have a 1979 Realistic Lab-500 turntable. It’s fantastic. Bought it for $25 at an estate sale several years back. It’s been my primary turntable since the day I hooked it up. A lot of the 60s and 70s Radio Shack stuff was of great quality.
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04-07-2020, 07:04 AM | #15 |
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Radio Shack contracted with a lot of companies to make their stuff. Sound, phones, answering machines, toys.
I worked there in the waning days of RS. I think it was Hamas that worked there in the better days. |
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