I've been thinking of selling my VSA dB99 speaker for a while now. They are amazing speakers that play to amazing volume with depth, delicacy, and clarity with as little as 2 watts. I moved into a new home about 2 years ago and my room arrangement is no longer conducive to having these speakers placed optimally. It literally saddens me to see these glorious devices crammed against the back wall just a few feet apart. So, I figure I should try to sell them and get something that works better for my space as I don't see a dedicated room in my future anytime before I go deaf, dumb, and/or blind. I've owned these speakers for close to 7 or 8 years now. The 10" magnesium coated SEAS Excel woofer is powered by a 300 watt booster amp. The crossover has multiple Hovland caps. The dB99 shares the same cabinet profile for the $40k+ VR-44 and VR-55. I can't say it sounds as good as these models, but at 1/10th their price the dB99 obviously shares some of their "DNA". See the specifications below.
I have the original boxes and a PDF manual for the speakers. There is a slight ding at the very bottom of one of the speakers that can be seen in the attached photo. I will deliver within a 300 miles radius of Mobile, Alabama.
Due to the size of these speakers and costs involved with shipping them, shipping will be a flat $300 inside the USA. Actual shipping of these speakers will be closer to $600 with insurance. For reference, each speaker weighs 130 lbs and each shipping box measures 55x20x27.
I can accept USPS Money Orders or Paypal.com (add 3%).
Specifications:
SYSTEM TYPE: Three-way high- sensitivity speaker using a booster-stage solid- state amplified bass system, suitable for SET amps as well as larger tube and solid state amps of any power range. Sonic Emulation design enables the booster amp to take on the sonic characteristics of the driving amp, with no alteration of timbre. The high dynamic range enables both music and home theater sources to excel at realistic sound reproduction, with unbelievable slam, jump factor, and emotional connection to the music.
SENSITIVITY: 98 to 99 dB measured in room, using one watt at one meter.
IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms nominal; flat impedance curve ensures SET amplifier stability.
FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 21Hz to 25kHz +/- 3dB.
BASS SYSTEM: 10" Excel “Super-Duty” woofer with lightweight magnesium cone, 2" high-temp voice coil, vented magnet design, and Low Distortion Motor. Triple-chambered transmission line enclosure with venturi-shaped rear firing port, critically damped with acoustic foam and Dacron.
BOOSTER AMPLIFIER: 300-watt solid-state secondary-stage amplifier using Class A/B bias, Hi-Current power supply with large transformer and filter capacitors, Auto-turn on feature and Bass Volume Control knob. Enables bass-to-room matching.
MIDRANGE DRIVER: 7" cast frame driver employing exotic cone made from carbon, Kevlar, and cellulose acetate pulp using a ceramic binder. The extremely light-weight cone is very rigid and externally damped, ensuring very high transparency exceeding electrostatic or ribbon drivers. A large edge-wound ribbon voice coil allows very high power handling with very fast transient speed. A 2kg motor assembly delivers a sensitivity of 100dB and low distortion. This incredible driver is mounted in a terminated transmission line enclosure that is critically damped using thick felt, acoustic foam, and Gradient Density stuffing to absorb the backwave and cavity resonance.
TWEETER: A European 1” fabric dome tweeter is mounted in a 2" short wave-guide type horn and uses an ultra-light diaphragm and large Low Distortion Motor assembly for very high sensitivity. Ferro-fluid liquid cooling enables high power handling with ultra-smooth response at any volume level.
AMBIANCE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM: A rear-firing 1” fabric dome Vifa/Scanspeak mid/tweeter generates the correct depth found in the recording and is fed by a specialized Ambience Derivation Circuit with control knob for adjustment of volume level and depth-of-field. The true depth of the concert hall is now attainable.
POWER REQUIREMENTS: As little as 3 watts may be used, with full dynamics! 200 watts maximum continuous power, with 500 watts peak.
DIMENSIONS: 43" High x 17" Deep x 8" Wide at top x 13" Wide at bottom.
WEIGHT: 115lbs, 130lbs packed in heavy-duty hex crate for shipping.
