RM40's with Auricap upgrade for $3100

audiojerry · « **on:** 13 Mar 2003, 06:53 pm »

on agon:
http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?spkrfull&1052748711&2&3&4&

Tyson · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 Mar 2003, 06:59 pm »

Nice! If I weren't trying to "downsize" my HT, I'd pick them up

nathanm · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 Mar 2003, 09:22 pm »

I hope someone buys them from that guy. Poor fella is facing an INPENDING MARRAGE!!!

F-100 · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 Mar 2003, 09:33 pm »

I love to own this speaker but I'm afraid that would put my marriage on the rock :

Jay S · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 Mar 2003, 11:46 pm »

The guy may be trying to sell the speakers to buy a rock so he can get married.

doug s. · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Mar 2003, 02:12 am »

if the lady was worth marrying, she'd refuse to let him sell them. unless, of course, she was demanding a pair of rm/x's or someting...

doug s.

JoshK · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Mar 2003, 02:32 am »

doug...you crack me up! My wife wouldn't let me sell gear to buy her a rock. She was a keeper.

doug s. · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 Mar 2003, 02:46 am »

josh, i guess we're lucky, from some stories i've heard, eh?

tho i admit that my wife *has* lately wondered what i need seven tuners for, & if i don't tink mebbe it's time to sell one or two... jeez, there's a couple on ebay that i wanna try, that i have an eye on, i wonder what i should do? anyone want a good deal on a tuna, so i can continue "fishing"?

regards,

doug s.

roopaudio · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 Mar 2003, 05:00 am »

Doug - Out of curiosity, did you ever fool with a vintage 10B? I owned a 2110 and 2130 a couple years ago, and loved them. Apparently the 10B was the best of them all, excepting the 2130(e).

Regards,

Rup

doug s. · « **Reply #9 on:** 18 Mar 2003, 05:00 pm »

hi rup,

should i hold out on my answer until ya tell me what ya dint like about the reference speakers or the sequerra met-7 on the compact monitor thread?

ok, well, i am nicer than that. i have never heard the famed marantz 10b. at one point i actually considered getting one. if you're lucky, ya can find one in good shape for ~$1500. these are something that can always be turned around w/o out of pocket expense, if they're not for you, or if cash is tight. but, the more i read about them, the less intrigued i became. it seems they *are* nice-sounding units, but by no means the best. collectability is at work here, big-time, yust like it is for the sequerra and mccintosh tunas. also, the marantz is expensive to keep in top operation condition, unless you're an expert electronics & tuna specialist. they go outta adjustment, & aren't so easy on tubes.

i am presently using a highly modified h/k citation 18. i wanted to try this, cuz of a conversation i had w/the owner of a stock one. he's gone thru many different tunas - the tandberg 3001a, the mccintosh mr78, the marantz 10b, to name some of the better & better-known ones. he prefers his citation 18 to all of 'em... so, when i had the opportunity to get a non-working one for $75, that was cosmetically excellent, i did, & had it shipped to stephen sank in albuquerque, who fixed it, replaced many many caps/diodes/resistors w/upgraded ones, aligned it, charged me $300, & sent it to me. it *is* fantastic!

even better than my mucho-expensive completely refurbished tandberg 3001a. (but not by much!) i haven't a-b'd it directly w/my rare & much-loved british onix bwd-1, but i believe it would yust eek past the onix in the detail dept, as the onix may be a bit warmer than true-life. even tho the onix is solid-state.

bottom line, there's a slew of vintage tuna, that, even after money is spent on mods, will perform at least as well as the spendy guys, if not better, for a total investment of way under $1k, usually under $500.

for tuna info, go here:
http://fmtunerinfo.com/

for detailed discussions about tuna, antennae, & other sundry items, go here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FMtuners/

regards,

doug s.