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Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 1:56 pm
by 67baja
I have a couple pics relative to this thread:
My first attempt at using veneer. Its a THT with ebony and maple veneer.
And a pair of speakers I acquired by trading the THT above. These were allegedly the original prototypes for Nearfield Acoustics "Pipedreams" which sold for a crazy amount of money. Ebay has a set for $89,900. My nephew knocked one of them over and broke the baffle. I stripped the components for other projects. I still have ALL of the tweeters laying around.
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:47 pm
by koturban
88h88 wrote:I dunno man, I was obviously referring to MDF with a veneer over the top in that post, not quite sure how you missed that bit seeing how it was a good half of the words I typed in.
Whatever you say, dude. Your original post (doesn't) speak(s) for itself.
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:52 am
by 88h88
^^
67baja wrote:
And a pair of speakers I acquired by trading the THT above. These were allegedly the original prototypes for Nearfield Acoustics "Pipedreams" which sold for a crazy amount of money. Ebay has a set for $89,900. My nephew knocked one of them over and broke the baffle. I stripped the components for other projects. I still have ALL of the tweeters laying around.
...that is a lot of tweeters...
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:26 am
by Tom Smit
88h88 wrote:They look like robots from a low budget 50s sci-fi show only they covered them in cheap laminate vinyl.
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:30 pm
by ripNdeb
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:40 pm
by escapemcp
Magnetic Isolation Platform
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Audio-R ... 4ade6310f5
Wouldn't the compression and rarefaction of the air make the thing move though? Or has the levitating bit has got too much of an impedance mismatch with air to make this a non-issue?? What about the vibration going through the cables - they could use bluetooth to avoid this
The magnetic flux to hold that up must be pretty high too. It's probably an ultra- stationary (cryogenicall cooled?) 'tuned' flux that provides "hairy bass, with a trimmed midrange and fluffy treble". Half baked product being sold to fully baked purchasers! Looks cool though (and that sells!). And this is at the cheap end of their range. $100k for a gramophone record player, anyone??
This is the point where someone mentions that these maglev tables are actually pretty good, and I look a twat!
Hopefully not
To me it just seems a means to provide rich boys with a game of one-upmanship over who likes music the most. To win just spend more on kit than the other guy. However on this site we
all know that it ain't the size of your boat... it's the motion of the ocean.
I keep looking at these ads and can't help thinking there's a goldmine here. That quantum clips guy was really onto something (besides fraud)
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:15 pm
by Rich4349
67baja wrote:I have a couple pics relative to this thread:
Nearfield Acoustics "Pipedreams"
Bill, I think you just mentioned in another post that the longer the array, the narrower the sound beam is vertically. These should have a very narrow field, then, right? Or is the field "short" in that it is no longer than the array? (It can't possibly close down SHORTER than the array, into a pinpoint, could it? That's like herding cats!)
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:22 am
by 88h88
escapemcp wrote:Magnetic Isolation Platform
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Audio-R ... 4ade6310f5
Wouldn't the compression and rarefaction of the air make the thing move though? Or has the levitating bit has got too much of an impedance mismatch with air to make this a non-issue?? What about the vibration going through the cables - they could use bluetooth to avoid this
The magnetic flux to hold that up must be pretty high too. It's probably an ultra- stationary (cryogenicall cooled?) 'tuned' flux that provides "hairy bass, with a trimmed midrange and fluffy treble". Half baked product being sold to fully baked purchasers! Looks cool though (and that sells!). And this is at the cheap end of their range. $100k for a gramophone record player, anyone??
This is the point where someone mentions that these maglev tables are actually pretty good, and I look a twat!
Hopefully not
To me it just seems a means to provide rich boys with a game of one-upmanship over who likes music the most. To win just spend more on kit than the other guy. However on this site we
all know that it ain't the size of your boat... it's the motion of the ocean.
I keep looking at these ads and can't help thinking there's a goldmine here. That quantum clips guy was really onto something (besides fraud)
Seriously, it's only my morals that keep me from going into the cable and 'tweaks' manufacture business.
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:01 am
by escapemcp
88h88 wrote:Seriously, it's only my morals that keep me from going into the cable and 'tweaks' manufacture business.
Well it's only my business acumen that's stopping me... we should team up
NTT Audiolabs Model 101 Home Speakers (Retail $200,000) - Sa
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:31 am
by biodad
Wow, I better start recycling those aluminum cans before this deal goes away.
Re: $35,000 speakers ??
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:31 am
by 88h88
escapemcp wrote:88h88 wrote:Seriously, it's only my morals that keep me from going into the cable and 'tweaks' manufacture business.
Well it's only my business acumen that's stopping me... we should team up
At what point does getting paid fleecing people become 'taking advantage of the mentally ill' though? At what point do you become mentally ill yourself?
http://www.royaldevice.com/custom3.htm
This page has been linked here before due to the massive horn subs but check out the paper cone woofers with the wooden doorknobs stuck in the middle of them... (not to mention the quantum audio toss)