The rarest speakers you own or have owned?

[MaxP]

Im the guy who sold SBerger the Allison Ones, so with my Waterfall Niagaras in post #256, i guess ive had two sets of super rare speakers

How do the Niagaras sound?

 

[sberger]

Im the guy who sold SBerger the Allison Ones, so with my Waterfall Niagaras in post #256, i guess ive had two sets of super rare speakers

And I'm thrilled with them. Thank you!

 

[SKS]

How do the Niagaras sound?

They are great speakers. Extremely well balanced across the frequency spectrum and they dont change character or lose anything as the power levels increase. Two and a half way design with the two otherwise identical woofers having different crossover points. They also have a passive radiator monted on the bottom that fires downward (visible in the photos). Only criticisms soundwise are 1. they dont go super low on bass freqs and 2. the tweeter enclosure makes the highs a bit directional, making listening position important. The big non sound quality criticism is that they cost an absolute fortune. But hey, your kids dont need college tuition that bad do they? I was super lucky to get them at a, relatively speaking, low price. They were still the most expensive audio gear purchase I have ever made by far. I enjoyed them and flipped them about a year later. Ive had floorstanding speakers that were better IMO and cost far less, such as Paradigm Reference Studio 100, which go for about $1000 used. They are even more beautiful in person than in the photos. Everyone who came over and saw them had questions and compliments. A Modernist architecture style home with floor to ceiling glass would be an ideal aesthetic match.

 

[bluesky]

1970-1972 Sansui AS-300, 3-way, Acoustic Suspension big box floor-standing speakers - like KLH or AR. They Sounded simply Wonderful !!! AlNiCo magnets too.

Problem: TOO RARE.

Blew a woofer and ZERO spare parts. In the closet they went, taking up a lot of space, for 7 years while I searched 'daily' for a woofer replacement in 5 countries. 'No Joy' - I finally gave up & got rid of them. 3 weeks later a woofer 'popped up' on eBay. I just couldn't believe it. There - it - was. That's the way it goes sometimes.

Never seen another replacement speaker since - - until Yesterday. 2 used speakers in perfect shape came up for sale in Japan.

Lessons Learned: I'm DONE with RARE anything that has *parts*.

 

[Poultrygeist]

The "Note Hangers" were so rare they never made it out of the garage.

 

[centralflori]

These seem to be pretty rare. I posted these awhile back to see if anyone knew anything about them and g

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[Dav3]

The "Note Hangers" were so rare they never made it out of the garage.

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The "Note Hangers" would likely have an airy, open sound, not muffled or constrained, though the high's seem to be missing. I like the minimalist design features and natural wood construction as well.

 

[VinylHanger]

I had Freid coffin sub. It was pretty cool. Then the dog ate it. I was a bit bummed.

 

[Dr. Ears]

I am psyched, in bound are a really rare pair of Technics Linear Phase SB-6060 made in 1979 & 1980.
I will post pictures when they get here.

 

[arcticdeth]

Had a pair of altec Lansing m510’s
I regret getting rid of them.

 

[Ohighway]

I had Freid coffin sub. It was pretty cool. Then the dog ate it. I was a bit bummed.

"The dog ate it"..... lol. He musta' had a hell of an appetite.

More plausible that several dogs were buried in it. That coffin is big !

 

[Alz]

A pair of EV Georgian 400s . My dad bought them from the Philadelphia music hall back in the 70s . When he passed they came to me . I still have the original paperwork inc. Crossover schematics with notations .the speakers were destroyed in freinds flooded basement . Lets just say they were Incredible and mind-boggling efficient .

 

[Alz]

Yes its my second reply but I wanted you to see a rare find I actually gave to.someone . I liked them and got them well I almost stole them. 9.5out of 10 comditon buddy os using them as.mains daily .

 

[Sweetcarl651]

Kliewer (DLK) sk215wx 15" lafayette radio tunable 3 ways

 

[Caryw]

One off, custom 15” KRK monitors made for engineer Steve Hall.

 

[devnull]

Absolutely none of the speakers I've owned have been rare in any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Audio Fan]

Looks like I have yet to post to this thread on rare speakers.

Beveridge Model 3 (taller one, the shorter one is the Model 5 that was shown by Hawkeye earlier)


Altec "Big Red"


JBL "The Dale"


Wilson WAMM

 

[stoutblock]

Audio Artistry Beethoven Elite

End game for me...

 

[djnagle]

Here are my two rare finds. The first is EV Patrician 700 I got from an estate sale where the butler polished them every year since new in 1962 and the second pair are Shahinian Acoustics Ltd. Diapason.

 

[reardonp6]

I guess it would be my matched set of Electro-Voice Mid Century Mahogany Aristcrat III 3 way matched set. Usually sold only one each this is two of the same model. They sound great.!!!