Yeah, I had the box in my arms today...
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Originally Posted by bubbagump
There's been a lot of hype about the Insignia bookshelf speakers from Best Buy. Kef-like design at prices ranging from about 35.00-49.00 per pair depending on sales. They have them today at 34.99/pair. Shipping will add some but you can opt for store pick up. In my case an additional several dollars for a total of $37.88/pair. If you miss the sale today, keep an eye out. They're likely to go on sale again. I need another pair of speakers like a hole in the head but what the hell. If they live up to the hype, I'll swap them with another pair of speakers in an extra bedroom. If they suck, oh well, lesson learned. See below for a link to this speaker at Best Buy and a link to a DIY mod page for this speaker.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1138085354138
http://www.gr-research.com/insignia.htm
...but didn't go through with the sale.
I'm going to put together a little system in the garage, and these seem like the perfect canditate. I was eyeballing an old pair of ARs, asked a few Qs on another forum, and by the time I returned to the thrift shop, they were gone. One would think I would simply pony up the $9. Duh.
My garage isn't finished yet, if it was, I would have been excited enough about the Insigs. They'll be a better fit in there than the BR1s. Just something to listen to whilst waxing the cars or what not.
They were $49 today at BB.
I'll probably wind up with 'em.
are those tweeters mounted on the woofer cone?
well, no. they are mounted CONCENTRICALLY in the middle of the cone. i just put my finger on the cone, then the tweeter diaphragm, no detectable motion in the dome like there is on the cone.
this is one of the reasons the speaker images so nicely.
also, check out the similarities such as dimensions, front panel, carbon fiber cone, and concentric tweeter on this item:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_13_2/radiient-technologies-europa-speakers-5-2006.html
i detect a mistake in that it mentions only one tweeter when there are obviously two. another difference in the rear view of the radient is that it is bi-wirable, and therefore bi-ampable. note the two sets of binding posts.
well, now i have two pair of insignias and have some playing to do. stacking, using the second pair as rears in my dynaquad setup, etc. maybe one day i will try a ribbon tweet on top.