Got my Magnepans back
HI Guys,
My license plate reads: HIFIGUY. I have been selling electronics since 1979. I have a custom audio video integration business here in Idaho now...I still love the music (and home theater) and its a privilege to bring that to my clients every day. One of my ongoing passions is to save these old, vintage speakers. Today's systems seem to center around smaller footprints and digital (compressed) audio. The only thing that has survived the test of time in this industry is high quality speakers (and to a some degree, great amplification). My primary speakers in my great room are a pair of 1983 ESS AMT1's. I have vintage Klipsch and many other awesome speakers stacked up in my inventory just waiting for an opportunity to put these gems back into service. I manage to come up with these speakers as we are transitioning people into new homes/systems. Current speakers are generally smaller because we mostly all use a subwoofer in our systems. Hence, we don't need the big 10, 12, or 15" woofers that these beauties carry. Current floor standing or bookshelf speakers carry mostly mids and high frequencies. Lots of time, people discard old speakers because of size and because the surround material that suspends the woofer deteriorates over time and falls away. They look destroyed at first glance.....For a bunch of crafty guys like you are out there, re-foaming the "surround" material is not that big of a deal. A couple of hours on your bench and you've got yourself a pair of speakers that sound better than most out there today at a bargain basement price! Keep on rockin' out there my FABO brothers!
HI Guys,
My license plate reads: HIFIGUY. I have been selling electronics since 1979. I have a custom audio video integration business here in Idaho now...I still love the music (and home theater) and its a privilege to bring that to my clients every day. One of my ongoing passions is to save these old, vintage speakers. Today's systems seem to center around smaller footprints and digital (compressed) audio. The only thing that has survived the test of time in this industry is high quality speakers (and to a some degree, great amplification). My primary speakers in my great room are a pair of 1983 ESS AMT1's. I have vintage Klipsch and many other awesome speakers stacked up in my inventory just waiting for an opportunity to put these gems back into service. I manage to come up with these speakers as we are transitioning people into new homes/systems. Current speakers are generally smaller because we mostly all use a subwoofer in our systems. Hence, we don't need the big 10, 12, or 15" woofers that these beauties carry. Current floor standing or bookshelf speakers carry mostly mids and high frequencies. Lots of time, people discard old speakers because of size and because the surround material that suspends the woofer deteriorates over time and falls away. They look destroyed at first glance.....For a bunch of crafty guys like you are out there, re-foaming the "surround" material is not that big of a deal. A couple of hours on your bench and you've got yourself a pair of speakers that sound better than most out there today at a bargain basement price! Keep on rockin' out there my FABO brothers!
