I just witnessed a horrible crime against audio equipment

YY1 · May 10, 2019

I was at one of my favorite honey hole thrift stores and I see this guy looking at some small speakers.

As I get closer he puts one of the pair into his cart.

I pick up the other one, and it's heavy.

Looks like about a 4" mid and a nice dome tweeter.

It's got binding posts!

I say- "kind of a shame to separate a matched pair"

The guy says "that one's missing the grill, and they want $3 each"

As I turn it around and gently bounce the cone, I see the brand name- Klipsch!

"A missing grille doesn't make it sound bad" I say.

The guy just shrugs and walks off.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to own decent audio equipment.

Go buy your coby, gpx, late model emerson, etc and leave the good stuff alone...for those of us with fully functioning brains!

MarPar · May 10, 2019

khryslerkid · May 10, 2019

69a100 · May 10, 2019

I would've offered him $5 for the one he took right then and there, and happily paid $8 for the pair.

idrivemopar · May 10, 2019

I have seen the same thing happen where someone only buys one studio monitor and it makes me think....

SteveSS · May 10, 2019

Since I'm not an audiophile was it the brand or the weight that gave the quality away? Any other brands I should look for? I love my local Goodwill.

Sahara · May 10, 2019

Both. Klipsch is top of he line. Old JBL and a few others from the pre digital age are top notch. Heavy generally means a heavy speaker magnet and/or heavy cabinet. Both are a good thing.

Lionized · May 10, 2019

SteveSS said:
Since I'm not an audiophile was it the brand or the weight that gave the quality away? Any other brands I should look for? I love my local Goodwill.

Castle, Celestion, B&W, Kef, Wharfedale. I adore the Castle Kendal II's that I was able to snag on the cheap. Also had no grilles...but I made a set. I'm partial to the un-imposing gear. I'd only replace the Castle's with B&W, for what it's worth.

Sahara · May 10, 2019

I have to admit that when I saw the title of the thread I thought it had to do with a Kenye West or R Kelly song.

mmissile · May 10, 2019

I've still got my Kenwood Trip-8's [5-way], from back in the 70's. They thunder

Cranky · May 10, 2019

Did ya try and talk him out of the one he had?

fratzog lover · May 10, 2019

Had Klipsch with a Carver receiver in the late 80's/early 90's. Great stuff.

YY1 · May 11, 2019

NO. I could tell there was no reasoning with that one.

There was a single Magnavox speaker of about the same size on the shelf that he apparently wasn't interested in.

My last speaker purchase from that store was a pair of Boston Acoustics 6.5 bookshelf that sound like 12".

I read a review that called it a draw between those and the comparable Klipsch model.
MSRP over $200.

$5 for the pair.

That store is close to where I work and I try to get there at least once a week.

greycharger · May 11, 2019

Went to an auction near me today and bought a pair of Altec 872A's. The cabinets are nice and they have the bi-flex speakers. They were $25. I could have made the auctioneer back up and bought them cheaper, but $25 is a runaway and sometimes one saves money by paying a little more, discouraging the competition.
Hope they work.

1967coronet · May 11, 2019

My shop speakers are a set of JBL L-100 studio monitors from the late 70s.
Still crankin out the tunes, the dark brown foam square front covers have turned to dust .

idrivemopar · May 19, 2019

This will restore your faith. I just picked up these Yamaha NS-A8 speakers for $5. The pegs were busted off the grills and I knew at least one tweeter was bad. So, I found a similar set of tweeters, installed with the addition of a capacitor to filter out some mids and get them close to the original sound, fixed the grills and now using them in my music studio. These things are built very well, with a full coil crossover, heavy insulation, and solid woofers they can handle up to 225 watts, and they sound amazing, with nice crisp highs and very punchy lows.

MWFan · May 19, 2019

YY1 said:
I was at one of my favorite honey hole thrift stores and I see this guy looking at some small speakers.

As I get closer he puts one of the pair into his cart.

I pick up the other one, and it's heavy.

Looks like about a 4" mid and a nice dome tweeter.

It's got binding posts!

I say- "kind of a shame to separate a matched pair"

The guy says "that one's missing the grill, and they want $3 each"

As I turn it around and gently bounce the cone, I see the brand name- Klipsch!

"A missing grille doesn't make it sound bad" I say.

The guy just shrugs and walks off.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to own decent audio equipment.

Go buy your coby, gpx, late model emerson, etc and leave the good stuff alone...for those of us with fully functioning brains!

The fist shame is that someone sent a set of Klipsh to the thrift shop. Smh.

I just witnessed a horrible crime against audio equipment

YY1

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MarPar

If it weighs, it pays

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