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    Forum Regular phileserver39's Avatar
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    Hey guys and gals. It is good to be back after a hiatus. I owned a pair of EPI acoustic suspension speakers (10" woofer). I haven't been able to remember or investigate the model number. My dad bought them for me at a Crazy Eddie type store closeout in Danbury CT in the early to mid 90's. The were a set of demos. I ended up building a cool set of stands for them that angled them back just a bit.

    I didn't have the ear or the experience that I do now but, damn, if those speakers didn't sound great- especially for the money.
    The round mound of rebound sound is profound and bound to pound the ground. OK, I got nuthin.....

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    The very first pair of speakers I bought were
    JBL 4301B
    At the time I thought they were spectacular. They were very smooth and flat for near field listening. I powered the with a classic NAD 3020 integrated amp.

    Preamplifier: Apt Holman Preamp 1
    Amplifier: Carver TFM 45
    Speakers: Magnaplanar SMG (1982) with Peter Gunn 1st order crossover upgrade
    Disk Player: OppoDigital DVH-71
    Turntable: SystemDek IIx Profile II tonearm, Grado Reference Platinum, Oracle Groove Isolator mat
    Phono Stage: Modified Michael Yee PFe-1

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    Fisher XP55B's.


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    Quote Originally Posted by squeegy200 View Post
    The very first pair of speakers I bought were
    JBL 4301B
    At the time I thought they were spectacular. They were very smooth and flat for near field listening. I powered the with a classic NAD 3020 integrated amp.



    I liked the home version of that speaker the JBL 19. I bought a pair for my younger brother. His wife sold them cheaply in a yard sale without checking with either of us.
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    A real Sherwood 100 wpc receiver and Dual paired with these 96 db Mark IV's. I was just a kid and uninformed. The Fraziers made in Dallas sounded as good as Heresy's. There's even a Frazier sub group on the Klipsch forum.

    Beautiful Vintage Frazier mark IV stereo speakers - Classified Ad

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    My 1st were Ultralinier, don't see them anymore. I had a beutiful marantz 65 w per 2, and matching eq. speakers were so costly then, and I was on a low budjet. stolen 2 yrs after purchase. never recovered.

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    Polk RT4

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    My first pair were Pioneer CS-99A's. I bought them in 1977 and had them until I gave them to my sister in 1992. Wish I had them back. I think her ex-husband took them when they got divorced.
    Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus Span The Space Between Us With A Tune...

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    The first set of decent speakers That I bought were a pare of Dodge Custom Speakers , they were small speakers with great sound , I changed the cross over and tweeters from 20 Khz to A SET AT 29Khz .
    they Would fit in a trunk with the rest of the Stereo , which was A Nec Receiver , and Turn
    table , Back in the early 80's , So you like Nad , I have a Nad 2400 , Amp for sale .

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    My first "real" speakers were a pair of AR-4x. These were the intro speaker for the Acoustic Research line. I believe the year was 1969. I powered them with a Dynaco SCA-35 tube amp that I built from the kit and had an AR turntable with a basic Shure cartridge.

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    AR-4X ,Circa 1969 , must have been around the time the chamber was used .

    Hi your pair of of AR-4X Circa 1969 , was in the time when AR was
    building their own components , and had a better Quality product , than later in the 80s , when they were mass produced , Mine Are AR 18 -BX . which are Digital speakers , they are a two way , Fre,
    40-22000 Hz , 100 watts max , they are mint , had them refomed ,
    with , Boston fomes . So for the cost of a miner repair , I had them given to me by a dealer , these as far as I Know around 1980 ,
    The AR18s were out before the AR 18 BX s,.
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    I had 2 pair of Sony SS 550 H froor standing , 3 way , about 40 inches high , Freq, 35=50000-HZ, great for a 5.1 system . Cristle Clear Sound , they were great for SACD playing,

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    My first

    I think my first speakers was when I took a radio apart and put a couple car speakers on it so I could have something like a stereo. I was probably 12 if that. Then at around 14 my dad and I built a set trying to emulate Altec Lansing Voice of the Theaters. They came out great for a first try but were way short of the AL's lol.

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    The good old days .

    It seams a lot of people regret giveing up their speakers , and stereos,and wishing for the chance to own them again , Check out Canuck Audio Mart , and may be your dream will live agane . I'm a member and so can you .

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