zenithradio
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has anybody here heard the cs3009 speakers or better yet, does anybody owen a pair. would like to know your listening impressions. thank you
I wouldn't just fall out of my chair mate, I'd have booted her from the house. For me it would be in this order, my sound equipment, and THEN the person I fall in love with. If I ever do fall in love. So what do you guys think of the Sterling range then?
Would love to snag a set of 3009s someday, I really like the 3007s I just finished refoaming, they seem to be a really well balanced speaker and are doing double duty in my HT as fronts and handling my digital music streamed off my server. I run them full range for 2 channel sources and they sound very good for the small price I got them for plus the repair wich I did.
Great score ! How did you come across them ? CL, yard sale ?
I'm a happy camper...
Today I scored a nice set of Crescendo CS 3009's. Every driver works, and only the mids need refoamed at the moment.
The cabinets will need refinished, and I'm really looking forward to the entire refurb project. I'll have them looking as good as new when done.
I'm absolutely blown away by this speaker. Got 'em home and bi-amped them with my Yamaha RX-V3000, and the dynamics, clarity, highs, and soundstage were incredible. So much so that I intend to A/B test them against my B&W DM-603's as a potential replacement. Anyone care to guess which will win out?
Later in the day I drove another 150 miles and picked up a set of pristine RS 5001's. Both woofers need refoam but the cabinets are in perfect shape.
Now...this is gonna kill ya, but I gotta tell ya what I stole these for.....
Ready....?
You sure....?
I got the Crescendo CS 3009 for $100, and the RS 5001's for $50!
Not a bad day at all....
I'm a happy camper...
Today I scored a nice set of Crescendo CS 3009's. Every driver works, and only the mids need refoamed at the moment.
The cabinets will need refinished, and I'm really looking forward to the entire refurb project. I'll have them looking as good as new when done.
I'm absolutely blown away by this speaker. Got 'em home and bi-amped them with my Yamaha RX-V3000, and the dynamics, clarity, highs, and soundstage were incredible. So much so that I intend to A/B test them against my B&W DM-603's as a potential replacement. Anyone care to guess which will win out?
Later in the day I drove another 150 miles and picked up a set of pristine RS 5001's. Both woofers need refoam but the cabinets are in perfect shape.
Now...this is gonna kill ya, but I gotta tell ya what I stole these for.....
Ready....?
You sure....?
I got the Crescendo CS 3009 for $100, and the RS 5001's for $50!
Not a bad day at all....
So the RS 5001..........is that a 8 or 10" woof??
I have a set of 4001's, as well as a set of reference 5's.
The 5001 is basically an earlier model of the reference 4 or 5 (depending on woof size)..... other then the polyspherite mid..... (as opposed to the 4 and 5 inch cone-type mid on the reference series)?????
8" as I recall...I flipped them some time ago.
I have a set of Reference Six, sitting for months awaiting my time in re-foam. All drivers will need it. Anxious to hear what they'll sound like.
If my score on the Crescendo's got your attention, you'll love this: Picked up an absolutely mint pair of Kappa 7.1 II's recently with a Kappa center speaker at $45 total for the lot. Sound Perfect. Combined with the Carver AV-806x that I bought from the same seller, and bridged to 360W/channel at 8 ohms (The Kappa's are 6 ohm) they put out some dynamics/punch akin to live music. They're in my garage system now...(too good to let go yet too nice for a garage system)
Love this hobby.....