Vintage in Vega PD-9 "Heavy Rockers"

[James Wright]

Has anyone ever run across a pair of these Cerwin Vega PD-9 speakers?
I'm telling you, these things can shake the house when you crank them up. Especially when you add a Velodyne FSR-1800 Sub to give them some serious bottom end. They are very similar to the Cerwin Vega D-9.

 

[Harvestor]

I have 380se & PD9'S Normally used for the rear surround 380se front .....I play with the configurations on occasion the 380s and the PD9 along with the PD 6 and 300s these are my favorite Cerwin Vegas I have a set of D9 also on my other surround sound in my living room

 

[Harvestor]

So what's the story did you get them while you were in the Marines over in Okinawa? Or acquire them from someone formerly in the military recently?

 

[Harvestor]

Too cool another pd9 owner......

 

[James Wright]

I picked them up at a pawn shop in Spokane, Washington for $100 in 1995. I replaced one tweeter and I still have another new spare I got from Cerwin Vega.

Harvester that looks like 2 sets of PD-9s to me.

 

[James Wright]

On closer look, I see the ones in front are not PD-9s.

 

[Harvestor]

Whoops error

 

[James Wright]

What are you driving them with? They are very efficient but when you have a 100+ watts to throw at them they sound in like the front row at a rock concert. I have mine hooked to an Onkyo TX-NR717 Receiver. I run them at 4 ohms with 10 gauge speaker wires.

You have over a 1000 pounds of speakers in one room !!!!!

 

[Harvestor]

I picked them up at a pawn shop in Spokane, Washington for $100 in 1995. I replaced one tweeter and I still have another new spare I got from Cerwin Vega.

Harvester that looks like 2 sets of PD-9s to me.

You lucky son of a gun those things are absolutely mint condition ... Or at least they appear to be from your picture.

 

[Harvestor]

What are you driving them with? They are very efficient but when you have a 100+ watts to throw at them they sound in like the front row at a rock concert. I have mine hooked to an Onkyo TX-NR717 Receiver. I run them at 4 ohms with 10 gauge speaker wires.

They're connected to a Pioneer Elite receiver set to the low ohm setting and I run my system in a 7.2 set up with two Klipsch subwoofers and at the low ohm setting somewhere between 170 and 210 watts per Channel....
I've run them on a Technics sa-500 at 50 watts per Channel and they sound quite phenomenal even with that few of Watts....

 

[James Wright]

The rest of my 7.1 system is Klipsch THX theater speakers. My wife and dogs go hide or leave the house when they get turned up past 50 percent.

 

[James Wright]

I noticed that there is only one chair in the room. That is telling me something, but I'm not sure what.

 

[Harvestor]

I noticed that there is only one chair in the room. That is telling me something, but I'm not sure what.

I pulled the couch out..... My wife and I are about to purchase some home theater recliner chairs.... LOL..... I actually have the most beautiful and awesome wife a man could ever hope for because I have two home theaters... With large Cerwin Vegas, one upstairs in the living room and then one in the dedicated home theater in the basement, and that one's about to get a projector soon also

 

[James Wright]

My Velodyne FSR 1800 is truly awesome for both music and movie bass sound impact.

 

[Harvestor]

It sure is good to see another pristine pair of PD9's

 

[damacman]

Yeah, I bet those ****ers rock. What say we try em out with my MC2600s and play some Judas Priest?

 

[James Wright]

In my old house I had the system in the basement, or Bunker as my wife liked to call it.

 

[Harvestor]

My Velodyne FSR 1800 is truly awesome for both music and movie bass sound impact.

That is for sure I also hope to have in the future twin 18in Subs in the caliber and class of your velodyne or a pair of SVS 16 Ultra

 

[James Wright]

Yeah, I bet those ****ers rock. What say we try em out with my MC2600s and play some Judas Priest?

I love those BIG MACS!!! McIntosh that is. The only way I'd get a MC2600 would be if I won the lotto and Powerball Jackpots.

 

[Harvestor]

The Cerwin Vegas that I have and you have actually do a fine job reproducing classical music, jazz music, not just the typical rock or rap music.... Which Cerwin Vega owners obviously know are very awesome at reproducing.