Check it out... Pioneer S-9500 Speakers
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Yes, for the mid and high... I read they have beryllium ribbon tweeters, I'm just wondering if there is any maintenance that may be needed in general since they are 30 yrs. old... don't want to damage them... dusty but all looks great...
Yep, that's the source, very good technical info... between austin and san antonio
Found these 2 weeks ago for $100, sound great too... wife is about to throw me out, in the last 2 years, i've managed to collect 2 sets of bose 901's (different colors), 3 sets of bose 301 different series 2 and 3, hpm 1100's missing 15" woofers, and 2 sets of yamaha ns890 (projects) just keep stacking them up...
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Found these 2 weeks ago for $100, sound great too... wife is about to throw me out, in the last 2 years, i've managed to collect 2 sets of bose 901's (different colors), 3 sets of bose 301 different series 2 and 3, hpm 1100's missing 15" woofers, and 2 sets of yamaha ns890 (projects) just keep stacking them up...
The Kenwood speakers are nowhere near as impressive as the Pioneer speakers in your first post. These Kenwoods for a hundred bucks were probably eighty bucks too much. However, those Pioneers at forty bucks were a complete score, and could easily bring in five or ten times that amount! So, you are still ahead in the game... just avoid those rack system speakers and keep finding more rare gems like the Pioneer 9500!
Those Pioneers look like very serious business. A person could scrounge used speakers for a very long time and not turn up anything nicer - I recommend selling the rest of the stack and turning your attention to amplification that will bring out the best in them.
Not quite. The DSS-9 and the Japanese S-1800DV have graphite cone mids. The S-9500 have beryllium dome mids. A step up, on paper at least. :drool:
Walk into goodwill @ 2pm Labor day, there they were, had to pinch myself...
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Yeah old thread I know but just curious if these are the same as DSS-9’s I can’t find those woofers anywhere & I’ve been looking for a couple of years.
I believe the woofers on the DSS-9s are graphite, and they can crack radially if simply tapped to hard - I had a pair that met that fate, and so have many more of them. So not easy to find any more, alas.
Most of the posts on this thread are a decade old, but old threads have a way of rising from the dead. So if anyone reading is curious about the Kenwoods mentioned, I'd disagree strongly with janikphoto about them. I found a similar pair of Kenwoods (but passive radiator design) in the dumpster and, out of curiosity, refoamed them (with generic surrounds, so maybe risking twenty bucks). I wasn't expecting much, given the plastic veneer and thin walled enclosure, but I was stunned at how full and dynamic they were. I sold them, for about what I had in them, to a friend, along with some standard reciever and CD player or turntable. Went to dinner at his house several months later, and I have never heard as convincing an illusion of Marvin Gaye - life size and dynamic, in the room, full range. I suspect a glass or two of wine was involved, but that is clearly the case in many cases of speaker enthusiasm.
I don't know if janikphoto had actually heard the speakers, and if he had, he is certainly entitled to his opinion. but if he looked at a lot of drivers and a Japanese name and immediately formed a negative opinion, I suggest that he wait to hear speakers before opining. The more speakers I hear, and the more I read of the enthusiasm for speakers I don't care for, the more open I am to the possibility of a speaker in a particular system and situation scratching some itch. And as I have gotten older and matured (from a very low starting point), I have gotten more careful about trashing things that someone else might actually really like. Tastes differ.
Most of the posts on this thread are a decade old, but old threads have a way of rising from the dead. So if anyone reading is curious about the Kenwoods mentioned, I'd disagree strongly with janikphoto about them. I found a similar pair of Kenwoods (but passive radiator design) in the dumpster and, out of curiosity, refoamed them (with generic surrounds, so maybe risking twenty bucks). I wasn't expecting much, given the plastic veneer and thin walled enclosure, but I was stunned at how full and dynamic they were. I sold them, for about what I had in them, to a friend, along with some standard reciever and CD player or turntable. Went to dinner at his house several months later, and I have never heard as convincing an illusion of Marvin Gaye - life size and dynamic, in the room, full range. I suspect a glass or two of wine was involved, but that is clearly the case in many cases of speaker enthusiasm.
I don't know if janikphoto had actually heard the speakers, and if he had, he is certainly entitled to his opinion. but if he looked at a lot of drivers and a Japanese name and immediately formed a negative opinion, I suggest that he wait to hear speakers before opining. The more speakers I hear, and the more I read of the enthusiasm for speakers I don't care for, the more open I am to the possibility of a speaker in a particular system and situation scratching some itch. And as I have gotten older and matured (from a very low starting point), I have gotten more careful about trashing things that someone else might actually really like. Tastes differ.
