Recently I've been the benificiary of a number of friends "lost" speakers. In the past three months I have received (in various states of disrepair) :
a pair of WW Scott Pro-100's (w/ the 15" woofers and the selectable crossover - wicked cool compression tweets)
a pair of EPI 100's
a pair of Kilpsch KG2's
and
a pair of original 1975 Bose 901C's (complete with packing boxes and manuals as well as the active equalizer)
And I'm on the threshold of being the new home of a pair of original one-owner Klipsch Heresy 2's
What the heck do I do?
That's a pile of restoration work on speaks I really want to hear! However, that'll put my own DIY work on hold for... well, forever?
I suppose it'd be neat as hell to to restore all these old soldiers but then that'd be what I do. Period.
What do I do?
Carry on my own design work or pause to make these legendary thingies go again???????
If I don't who will?
Regards,
Tom
a pair of WW Scott Pro-100's (w/ the 15" woofers and the selectable crossover - wicked cool compression tweets)
a pair of EPI 100's
a pair of Kilpsch KG2's
and
a pair of original 1975 Bose 901C's (complete with packing boxes and manuals as well as the active equalizer)
And I'm on the threshold of being the new home of a pair of original one-owner Klipsch Heresy 2's
What the heck do I do?
That's a pile of restoration work on speaks I really want to hear! However, that'll put my own DIY work on hold for... well, forever?
I suppose it'd be neat as hell to to restore all these old soldiers but then that'd be what I do. Period.
What do I do?
Carry on my own design work or pause to make these legendary thingies go again???????
If I don't who will?
Regards,
Tom
not a terrible dilema to have really
Not familiar with the EPI's (is it Epicure?) or the Scotts
To E-bay with them!
The Bose 901s will bring top dollar on E-bay. Doesn't matter what year the 901s were made. Same technology for decades before. The Bose name carries a lot of clout with a lot of people still, and its prolly the best selling speaker on E-bay. I've seen some lower end Bose models draw more bids (and eventually bigger bucks) than some top drawer speaks, like your Klipsch.
Keep the Klipsch. They're so efficient you can play them on little chip amps and they'd sound killer. The KG2s will sound good with Heresy 2s and be close enough in timbre enough to run together in an HT setup.
Not familiar with the EPI's (is it Epicure?) or the Scotts
To E-bay with them!
The Bose 901s will bring top dollar on E-bay. Doesn't matter what year the 901s were made. Same technology for decades before. The Bose name carries a lot of clout with a lot of people still, and its prolly the best selling speaker on E-bay. I've seen some lower end Bose models draw more bids (and eventually bigger bucks) than some top drawer speaks, like your Klipsch.
Keep the Klipsch. They're so efficient you can play them on little chip amps and they'd sound killer. The KG2s will sound good with Heresy 2s and be close enough in timbre enough to run together in an HT setup.
You guys are wrong...
Those EPI 100s are some sweet-sounding speakers. They are very underestimated on the used speaker market.
Those EPI 100s are some sweet-sounding speakers. They are very underestimated on the used speaker market.
You know you can do both... Just divide up your time.
The good news is a couple of those speakers are worth REAL money (A pair of used Heresys recently sold here for over $3,000) and that might be enough to fund your hobby for quite a while.