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Re: Knightmare

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Posted by retaining1 on March 4, 2007 at 16:09:34

In Reply to: Re: Knightmare posted by gentlegiantfan on March 3, 2007 at 21:41:26:

Now you're making me feel bad.

Last weekend, I set up a low-budget (read: Vintage eqpt - thrift store finds) sound system in my garage. I hung two of the speakers between the rafters, spaced 12' apart with front elevation at bottom-of-rafter. These are older (very early '70's vintage) Magnavox speakers ($15.00), great bass and high end, but poor mid-range.

I bought ($7.99) a well preserved set of Realistic minimus-5's 40-255B speakers (Tandy Radio Shack 1970's) to fill in the mid-range. These were centered on the rear wall, spaced 8' apart.

The amplifier is old Fisher Studio Standard, pre-suck rack system. They are the early 1980's CA-273 amplifier, EQ-273, FM-273... etc... . The receiver and equalizer blow, but the amplifier was well worth the $30.00. Say what you want about Fisher Studio Standard, their early amplifiers aren't bad.

It looks like it would sound terrible, but you'd be suprised. I tested sound quality with CD's of Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Van Halen and Led Zepplin. Not too bad for a low-low budget system.

My daughters will use it mainly for Justin Timberlake and Fergie. I just wanted a simple, low cost fixer-upper that images well and fleshes out music that's worth experiencing.

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