Carnegie Acoustics is a client of mine that I designed two product lines for.
One is a Contemporary line based on my N series kits using the BG Neo tweeter and a knock off of my M-130 woofer. And they did a nice job on the woofers. They are just made by a different manufacturer.
The second product line is the Classic Series that is similar (from a performance stand point) to my A/V Series designs. These have a Pedestal look to them that gives them a high wife acceptance factor. I know this first hand as my wife told me that I could get all of the rest of these speakers out of here and just bring in a pair of Carnegie's Pedestale's. The finish is a very nice gloss Black and the grills are held on magnetically (all models).
Both lines have been marketed through high end audio stores throughout the country. However, the economy has not been good to the audio industry in the last few years and stores are not buying or selling much of anything. In fact many of the traditional stores have been scaling back or closing up. Product is just not moving like it once was. So Carnegie has decided to scale back to just one product line, and they are going to liquidate the Classic Series products for about 70% off.
Read about this product line here at the Carnegie Web site:
http://www.carnegieacoustics.com/#/products/The Pedestale has 89.5db sensitivity (not 87db as the cut and paste error indicates on the web site) and is an easy 8 ohm load.
It has a rear mounted PR tuned to 36Hz (below it's 3db down point) so placing it close to a wall increases the bottom end below it's -3db range giving it really good low end extension. This is a smooth sounding speaker that is very forgiving of home theater receivers as sources. So you can power these things with just about anything.
These retail for
$2,999 a pair but are now being liquidated for
$899 a pair.
The Centrare is a great center channel and they can be stood up and uses as left and right main speakers. These also have 89.5db sensitivity and are an easy 8 ohm load. They are a sealed box and can be placed near a rear wall.
These sold for
$899 each and are now on sale for
$299 each.
The Devanti is a great little mini-monitor with a matching pedestal look. It has 87db sensitivity and is also 8 ohms.
These sold for
$1,299 a pair and are now marked down to
$399 a pair.
To make things even easier you can even call me direct to ask questions about them and to order them. They will then be drop shipped from the Chicago ware house straight to you. The GR Research number is 940-592-3400.
