Rare & great sounding set of speakers, RTR Digital V Model 500

Dr. Ears

Dr. Ears

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Each cabinet contains a 15 inch woofer, two 5 inch mid-ranges, one 5-1/2 inch horn and one 7-1/2 inch horn.
(I measured the horns, edge to edge).
There are two faders / pots in the rear, which enable you to adjust the mids and highs.
Has anyone heard these and/or ever heard of them?
They were made in California, in 1983 a company named BIC bought the company and dropped the RTR name.
The are giving my heavily tweaked Green Mountain Audio's a run for the money and I have not tried to dial them in yet.
 
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I could barely take them off a dolly to get them into my apartment.
The drivers looked new.
My friend loved them, so I sold them for the $100 I paid for them.
Long, long ago, when my friends and I were great poker players, we agreed not to make money off of mortals.
When we caught one of our friend's, we made him leave, not just his profits, but all the money he had on the table.
Since that day, we made a life-long pack not to make money off of each other.
My heavily tweaked Green Mountain Audio Imagos cost between $9,000 to $10,000 all in.
They are wired with four nines silver and contain expensive drivers, my super tweeters alone ran $1,500 a pair.
Back to the RTR's, I think Iliked them better than JBL 100's for Sixties Rock, they had a better bottom end and the mids and highs sounded smoother.
Thanks, again for your tip on repairmen.
I am looking for a Luxman R-117, but my Sansui AU-7700 has the word DEMO stenciled several times on the inside in large lettering, I am thinking that it might not be a stock unit. What retailer or owner would stencil DEMO in large yellow-orange print like road stripes?
My friend warned me that I might spend the rest of my life looking for another one, if I sell it.
 
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