Posted on 11/10/2011 2:08:42 PM PST by Chickensoup
Hello,
After twelve years, I am resurrecting a stereo component systen that has been dormant and in a cabinet. I need to purchase speakers, hopefully white. Do you have any recommendations?
I got the tuner to work, and the six disc cd player. The tape deck is working but wont speak to the tuner. My focus is speakers. they are the wire kind that connect up in the back with little red and black twisties.
What a nice offer. I will continue to look. Take care.
If your “tuner” is really a receiver, you may have to engage the “tape monitor” switch to listen to your tapes.
I did still not working. I think that I am just not doing something right. I think this happened before and I jusst have to push the right combination of buttons.
Why I am allowed near electronic equipment...??
Check out RTR speakers. I think they are still made. I have a set of vintage 1978 speakers that still work good. I have them connected to my same vintage Yamaha receiver in my garage. Both are bullet proof. They sure don’t make em like they used to! The Yamaha receiver is all analog and made out of real materials. The speakers are probably 30 lbs each anyhow.
I recall a technical detail about the characteristic impedance of the amplifier being required to match the characteristic impedance of the speakers. That’s usually expressed in Ohms, I believe. Might want to consider that before you blow an amplifier or a speaker.
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Ooooohhhh my.
Thank you.
That was the detail I was missing.
I am on Amazon. Is what I am looking for a subwoofer?
Although I cannot imagine what a dog in the basement has to do with sounds systems.
Check your cables, it’s easy to mix up the rec/play, in/out.
Check your cables. The tape deck output should be going to the “tape input” on your receiver. Check your settings. My old Yamaha has two selectors. One for choosing what you listen to “Output.” It has another slector that is called “Rec. Out” that sends the audio signal to the device you want to record from/to.
Yes, 8 ohm and 4 ohm are the most common. You must match.
If you’re in Maine.
Craigslist - electronics - KLH (I happen to like old KLH speakers, they are really good, and also cheap these days)
http://maine.craigslist.org/ele/2656595928.html
that particular listing looks good.
also try ebay - and do a search for something close to you.
Then my second choice would be Yamaha speakers.
Just emailed for more info, thanks.
"No highs, no lows....it must be Bose!"
After a lifetime in the 'biz' (since 1972) I can assure you that no serious audio affectionato has ever spent a dime on Bose speakers. (if they win a pair, they give them to their sister)
Absolutely horrible, they are.
I have 40 year old KLH Model 6s which sound great.
Old but great speakers are available for cheap.
Old speakers are better than new.
Thanks for the heads-up. I bought an inexpensive pair for my computer, and they sound OK but nothing to brag about.
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I don't mind if someone "pays too much" for something (say a Rolls over a Mercedes) because, though I may think they could have gotten a better "value", they do get something that is, nevertheless, better.
However, that breaks down in the case with Bose speakers. Not only are they usually twice as much as competing products, but also intrinsically inferior on any basis you choose.
A little more info would really help narrowing down the field (there are literally thousands of speaker models out there!).
What kinds of music do you listen to, and how loud?
Size of the room in which you’d be placing them? And is the room heavily damped (lots of absorptive things, like cushy furniture, bookcases, carpeting, etc.) or lively (reflective, with lots of glass, concrete, tile, etc.)?
Output wattage of the amplifier driving the speakers?
How much room can the speakers take up physically - in generally increasing size order, minis, bookshelf, stand-mounted, floorstanders? And can you space them so they’re away from the walls?
Do they need to be shielded due to proximity to a CRT-type TV?
What’s your intended MAX budget?
How important is it that they be white, and does it matter if they’re finished in wood or metal?
What speakers have you heard in the last couple of years that really impressed you?
Are you a fussy listener, or not overly critical?
The white speaker issue might be one of the most limiting things - off the top of my head, the first things that come to mind are Axiom, Cabasse, Canton, Gale, and Radio Shack (don’t laugh - the RS Minimus-7 speakers can be very good with a little modification, swapping out the electrolytic cap in the crossover with a film cap, and they’ll outshine junk from Bose and the like every day of the week).
There are a lot of white-finished ‘decorator’ speakers sold for home theater use, but unfortunately most of them are as awful as can be.
Welcome back to the audio world! And in case you haven’t kept up, know now that all audiophiles are flat out craaaaaaazy. :-) We’ll get you step-by-step...first with the speakers, then a couple of innocuous upgrades here and there...and soon you’ll be forking over your paycheck to the local pusher, er, I mean, dealer. When you move up to tubes and vinyl, hold on to your hat!
NEWS/ACTIVISM???
” When you move up to tubes and vinyl, hold on to your hat! “
Glad you broke the ice - I was afraid of showing my age with my thought on the subject —
It ain’t a ‘system’ if it don’t have a turntable, and it ain’t ‘stereo’ unless the amplifier is home-built.. (Kits okay for beginners...)
;)
My big birthday present to myself last year was a new Arcam FMJ amp to replace my dying old Denon receiver and a pair of Dali Mentor 2 speakers to replace the Bose system I bought before I knew any better. Now I’m shopping for a sub $1000 DAC to run my digital music files through.
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