For Sale: NIB Custom Passive Exotica 3-way Speakers SOLD

nyc_paramedic · « **on:** 17 May 2019, 11:40 pm »

Hello,

I asked Jim if I could post this listing here, as he is the only one who has listened to these, and he agreed.

For sale is a pair of new, custom 3 way Exotica passive speakers. The tweeter and midrange are Exotica; the woofer is the 12" Lambda used in Jim's Archos speakers. IIRC, these are about 92-93db sensitive and play down to 42Hz.

From the email Jim sent before delivery:

"Nick -

We've spent the past three days listening to these speakers. In the testing process, we found one wiring error in one of the crossovers and got that corrected. Sounded much better after that.

Today, I had one of my harshest critics (a guy who is not afraid to tell me something sucks) over for a listen. I wanted to get an opinion other than one from the people here who worked on the project. He LOVED them."

I'm asking a very reasonable $5500. If you'd like these shipped back to Jim for a refinish, please let me know. I'm in NYC and would prefer a local pickup. There are 3 boxes, one of them long and heavy.

Jim agreed to follow up with a post some measurements

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jsalk · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 May 2019, 11:56 am »

Here is a frequency plot...

And a shot of the internal bracing on the woofer cabinet...

- Jim

poseidonsvoice · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 May 2019, 12:34 pm »

Hi,

From what I understand these are fully passive correct? If so, please post impedance and phase curves so we can see how much amplifier power is needed/required. Or a recommendation?

Since we are publishing graphs, it seems the vertical scaling numbers were cropped off in the above pic. What are they? And how much smoothing in the above graph (the horizontal scale)?

Thanks,
Anand.

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 May 2019, 01:59 pm »

Whoa ... get behind me Satan.

poseidonsvoice · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 May 2019, 03:22 pm »

Oh...tremendously built and beautifully finished cabinets btw!

Best,
Anand.

jsalk · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 May 2019, 07:05 pm »

Quote from: poseidonsvoice on 18 May 2019, 12:34 pm

Hi,

From what I understand these are fully passive correct? If so, please post impedance and phase curves so we can see how much amplifier power is needed/required. Or a recommendation?

Since we are publishing graphs, it seems the vertical scaling numbers were cropped off in the above pic. What are they? And how much smoothing in the above graph (the horizontal scale)?

Thanks,
Anand.

This was a one-off project done a number of years ago. When finished, we shipped the speakers to nyc_paramedic and he never had an opportunity to unpack or play them.

Unfortunately, other than the frequency response plot, I no longer have any measurements to post. And I don't have the speakers here to further test. But they sounded wonderful and I expect they would perform very well for anyone who purchases them.

As I recall, the F3 was about 42Hz. This is fairly normal for a 92db speaker. You could easily run these with a lower powered tube amp if you wanted.

- Jim

Folsom · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 May 2019, 08:04 pm »

Those look like a steal.

poseidonsvoice · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 May 2019, 11:23 pm »

Thanks Jim for your candid response.

Best,
Anand.

Mercury3 · « **Reply #8 on:** 3 Aug 2019, 11:51 am »

Thanks for sharing those. I love them.

I prefer this design over the use of the other using plate amplifiers on the subs.

I'd like to own something like these one day.

DMurphy · « **Reply #9 on:** 3 Sep 2019, 05:25 am »

Quote from: poseidonsvoice on 18 May 2019, 12:34 pm

Hi,

From what I understand these are fully passive correct? If so, please post impedance and phase curves so we can see how much amplifier power is needed/required. Or a recommendation?

Since we are publishing graphs, it seems the vertical scaling numbers were cropped off in the above pic. What are they? And how much smoothing in the above graph (the horizontal scale)?

Thanks,
Anand.

Yes--they're an entirely passive design. I don't have an impedance plot for the bass module, but the impedance over most of the range is identical to the stand-alone Exotica monitor. I would have to fire up my clunker XP computer to check out the impedance precisely, but I'm sure there's nothing in the impedance profile that would tax a decent amplifier. The vertical demarcations on the frequency response plot are the standard 5 dB, and no smoothing was invoked.

TF1216 · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 Jun 2020, 03:05 am »

Did these speakers end up being sold?

nyc_paramedic · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 Jun 2020, 11:49 am »

Quote from: TF1216 on 10 Jun 2020, 03:05 am

Did these speakers end up being sold?

They are still available.

Nick

DWG · « **Reply #12 on:** 4 Jul 2020, 12:59 am »

What year were these built?

nyc_paramedic · « **Reply #13 on:** 4 Jul 2020, 10:50 pm »

Jim shipped them to me in August 2016. Price reduced to $4K.

HT cOz · « **Reply #14 on:** 5 Jul 2020, 12:31 am »

Quote from: nyc_paramedic on 4 Jul 2020, 10:50 pm

Jim shipped them to me in August 2016. Price reduced to $4K.

Someone buy these!!!

jsalk · « **Reply #15 on:** 6 Jul 2020, 07:30 pm »

Nyc-paramedic wanted a totally passive pair of Exotica 3 speakers. So this was a one-off design. But it worked out very well. I really liked these speakers.

- Jim

DEP14 · « **Reply #16 on:** 7 Jul 2020, 01:41 am »

Ridiculous deal given that the monitors alone would run about 6k if I am not mistaken.

Whitese · « **Reply #17 on:** 7 Jul 2020, 08:17 am »

Those are sweet!

nyc_paramedic · « **Reply #18 on:** 3 Sep 2020, 06:11 pm »

DEP14 · « **Reply #19 on:** 4 Sep 2020, 07:05 pm »

Someone got themselves a steal of a deal.