(Possible) score- Pioneer SX-580 receiver

[MarkWComer]

Miles: I have my original pair of Minimus 7s with mounting brackets (unused) and have a second pair (White) for component testing purposes.

Nando.

Those mounting brackets are rarer than the speakers themselves…

 

[J!m]

How about a pair of Warfdale Diamond IIIs for $150?

Good?

 

[Elite-ist]

I checked the specs on the Wharfdale Diamond III and because the sensitivity is rated at a lowly 86dB (assumed at 1 watt at 1 meter) it would take a lot of power to drive them.

Are you on the hunt for compact nearfield studio monitors?

Nando.

 

[Elite-ist]

Those mounting brackets are rarer than the speakers themselves…

I bought the brackets to mount them in my car, but my Minimus 7s became my satellite speakers for various home mini-systems throughout the past five decades.




Nando.

 

[J!m]

Are you on the hunt for compact nearfield studio monitors?

Nando.

Not specifically. I have some dipoles, the NS10s, Polks and the big Kenwood speakers. Plus the Thiels of course.

If something catches my eye and fits my budget I’ll grab it but I’m not actively looking.

 

[Bob Boyer]

The guy who owned and ran the studio I used in the 80s and 90s for voice-overs for corporate multi-image slide presentations (remember those?), tracked the voice-over talent on a pair of Minimus-7s. They were just all-around killer little speakers.

And Lee - NS-10s, as Miles has alluded, are used to check the mix just before taking a cassette of the mix out to play on the car cassette deck with the in-dash speaker to see if the mix works in the worst possible scenario... Not unlike how Avantone cubes are used in a studio. Side note, I just checked Vintage King's pro audio website to double check the Avantone name (as Auratone makes a similar cube now) and Avantone is selling a pair of NS-10 knockoffs (CLA-10s) for $700 per pair.

https://vintageking.com/avantone-cla-10-passive-studio-monitors-pair

 

[laatsch55]

I bought the brackets to mount them in my car, but my Minimus 7s became my satellite speakers for various home mini-systems throughout the past five decades.

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Nando.

Look exactly like the mounts for the Infintesimals...

 

[laatsch55]

The guy who owned and ran the studio I used in the 80s and 90s for voice-overs for corporate multi-image slide presentations (remember those?), tracked the voice-over talent on a pair of Minimus-7s. They were just all-around killer little speakers.

And Lee - NS-10s, as Miles has alluded, are used to check the mix just before taking a cassette of the mix out to play on the car cassette deck with the in-dash speaker to see if the mix works in the worst possible scenario... Not unlike how Avantone cubes are used in a studio. Side note, I just checked Vintage King's pro audio website to double check the Avantone name (as Auratone makes a similar cube now) and Avantone is selling a pair of NS-10 knockoffs (CLA-10s) for $700 per pair.

https://vintageking.com/avantone-cla-10-passive-studio-monitors-pair

Thanks Bob..

 

[J!m]

Listened to it and got it today.

It sounds NICE! He played it through (one) MB Quart speaker and it got LOUD.

And he has this in the kitchen: (I asked permission to photograph it)

 

[Elite-ist]

Oh boy, another Pioneer gearhead. I don't think Geri would allow me to park a Pioneer rack in the kitchen. Hold on - I'll just ask her....



She said, "No!"

Nando.

 

[J!m]

Did you really need to ask?!?

He pulled this out of the trash. Unemployed so it was good for us both.

 

[Elite-ist]

Sad to hear he's not working. Well-worth the $50. I never argue a good price when I see it. But, there are others out there who have no qualms about chiseling the price down. That's when the seller needs to respond by doubling the price.

Nando.

 

[Wheel-right]

had a friend who had a body shop also repaired and sold cars he would pick up and anytime someone would try to get something for less he'd tack on a couple hundred or more to the price. He did ok with it.

 

[J!m]

I’ve said “no” in the past.

If I say the price is firm, that does not mean I wish to haggle.

“sorry, no longer available to you.”

 

[VSAT88]

Because they sound so goddamn ugly...

If your mix is sounding good on these speakers, it will sound good on anything.


That's the trick...

HA HA !!!!

 

[VSAT88]

Sorry, Jim - it appears this thread has taken a diversion to a pro-Realistic exit.

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Miles: I have my original pair of Minimus 7s with mounting brackets (unused) and have a second pair (White) for component testing purposes.

Nando.

I remember folks mounting those in their car with those same brackets in the back window.

 

[VSAT88]

Not specifically. I have some dipoles, the NS10s, Polks and the big Kenwood speakers. Plus the Thiels of course.

If something catches my eye and fits my budget I’ll grab it but I’m not actively looking.

Plus the Thiels of course. Yes ! One day...

 

[VSAT88]

I think this was the 3rd. best deal I ever scored. I did not try to talk him down as I was speechless . It was his Dads and his wife said get that out of the house right now ! $75.00 (not a misprint)

 

[laatsch55]

Yeah...that was a deal...

 

[VSAT88]

Living next to Ft. Benning Ga. helps. Not only that but Atlanta is only an hour and a half away.