[2bigears]

two sets for sale on the GON just now.hummmm????

[TomS]

Both from the same seller even...  must be nice

[zybar]

If you want a pair at a better price (also with a premium finish - birdseye maple), shoot me a PM as I will be selling mine shortly.

BY far the best speakers I have owned, but I have decided to take some money out of my 2 channel system.

George

[Rob Babcock]

If you want a pair at a better price (also with a premium finish - birdseye maple), shoot me a PM as I will be selling mine shortly.

BY far the best speakers I have owned, but I have decided to take some money out of my 2 channel system.

George

Good grief!   You never stop, do you?   What are you trying next?  Or going back to the HT3's perhaps? 

My Dad is the same way with guns- he's owned hundreds and hundreds of different ones, and often trades or sells one after just a couple weeks.  We have a joke in my family that an heirloom is a gun that's been in the collection for 3 months.   Me, I like to try new stuff but I'm sort of a stick in the mud.  I've only had my current speakers for about a year, but the ones they replaced served me well for five years.  The ones they replaced were only in my rig for a few months, but the pair prior to that served for seven years.

Nothing wrong with that, just like I said- I'm a stick in the mud.

Still, when I can afford my own HT3's I'll probaby be changing again.

[zybar]

If you want a pair at a better price (also with a premium finish - birdseye maple), shoot me a PM as I will be selling mine shortly.

BY far the best speakers I have owned, but I have decided to take some money out of my 2 channel system.

George

Good grief!   You never stop, do you?   What are you trying next?  Or going back to the HT3's perhaps? 

My Dad is the same way with guns- he's owned hundreds and hundreds of different ones, and often trades or sells one after just a couple weeks.  We have a joke in my family that an heirloom is a gun that's been in the collection for 3 months.   Me, I like to try new stuff but I'm sort of a stick in the mud.  I've only had my current speakers for about a year, but the ones they replaced served me well for five years.  The ones they replaced were only in my rig for a few months, but the pair prior to that served for seven years.

Nothing wrong with that, just like I said- I'm a stick in the mud.

Still, when I can afford my own HT3's I'll probaby be changing again.

Rob,

You are correct in that I do like to try stuff.  Although I do tend to own speakers for "longer" periods of time. 

In this case, I still stand by the 5A's being the best speakers I have owned or seriously listened to.

However, they are very expensive and I am hoping to come close to their performance for less money.

I am going to try and achieve this by going with a new speaker that isn't even out yet called the RSL II.  This new speaker is being brought to market by Mark Schifter, Arnie Nudell, and Bascom King. 

I have decided to sell my HT3's as well and they will be going to a very good home (a member here on AC) later this summer.

I would have kept my HT3's except for the fact that I want to go back to lower powered tube amps.

So as Chris (aka Mr. Wolfy) says:  "The Circle goes around and around."

George

[Rob Babcock]

Is the RSL II being sold thru AV123?  I remember hearing about it once but didn't get much details.  Do you have any links I could check out?  I've been considering the LS6s myself.

[Rob Babcock]

Ooops- forgot this is an ad, not a discussion thread.   Didn't mean to sidetrack this, 2bigears...

[Jon L]

Ooops- forgot this is an ad, not a discussion thread.   Didn't mean to sidetrack this, 2bigears...

For discussion, I created RSL II thread here 
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=41718.new#new

[Rob Babcock]

Thanks!  I'll keep an eye on them, although they're a ways out of my price range.

Btw, George- aren't they even more expensive than your Vandy's?

[zybar]

Thanks!  I'll keep an eye on them, although they're a ways out of my price range.

Btw, George- aren't they even more expensive than your Vandy's?

Nope.

The Vandy 5A's list for $21k in the premium finish I have (Birdseye Maple), while the RSL II's will have an intro price of $12k, going up to $14k or so after the intro period ends.

George

[Rob Babcock]

Oh, I see.  Somehow I was thinking you said you bought 'em used and got a great deal.  I was thinking around $11k.   I'm getting senile before my time.

Have you ever listened to the Epiphanies, George?

[2bigears]

12 intro,going to 14k after.i was told 20k for these new RSL-2.what can the truth be????   i really do wish i could compare the Zu Defs to the Van 5A'S.always been really interested in the 5A's.living in the sticks really sucks.....these are two differant speaker designs miles apart but......some day!!!!

[Rob Babcock]

12 intro,going to 14k after.i was told 20k for these new RSL-2.what can the truth be????   i really do wish i could compare the Zu Defs to the Van 5A'S.always been really interested in the 5A's.living in the sticks really sucks.....these are two differant speaker designs miles apart but......some day!!!!

You think you live in the sticks- I live in Watertown, SD!   That's practically another planet.

[2bigears]

 
'""Oh, I see.  Somehow I was thinking you said you bought 'em used and got a great deal.  I was thinking around $11k.""  .................. i got 10k layin' round for a speaker experiment.think George will go for that???? sounds good on this end.

[zybar]

'""Oh, I see.  Somehow I was thinking you said you bought 'em used and got a great deal.  I was thinking around $11k.""  .................. i got 10k layin' round for a speaker experiment.think George will go for that???? sounds good on this end.

$10k...not a chance. 

George