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In Reply to: RE: Your path is so similar to mine.... posted by AbeCollins on August 24, 2015 at 17:47:46
Very true! And I, or my friends, have owned several of the same brands and models as yourself. Remember the RadioShack Minumum 7's that were the rage back in the late 80's? I bought a pair for my girlfriend and a friend had a pair mounted in the front of his Fiat... I've owned a Classe Tuner-1; a friend of mine owned the CAL Icon Mk II back in the early 90's (and I thought it was excellent); and I talked another good friend into buying the Thiel 2.2s back in '93 (before the Bose lawsuit that forced a rename to "2 space 2"). He still has them today, along with a Theta CD transport and DAC and Aragon 2004 amp and preamp - all purchased from Absolute Sound in Winter Park, FL., which sadly is no more. Ah, the good old days :)
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I remember reading in the Consumer Reports about their best tested small speakers and the Radio Shack steel minimus came tops. I dont know why but I ended up buying the second, the Lafayette Minimus for $100. A very good speaker that was driven to clean heights by my Advent Receiver playing the Beethoven Nine through Dual turntable and Pickering cartridge. I can still hear it.
Cheers
Bill
I also owned a Dual turntable in the mid-80's - in between B&O tables - - forget the cartridge though...my dream receiver back then was the big Yamaha. Loved the fake ebony case and green lights, with the silver powdered finish :)
Excellent pics!
No kidding... now that you mention it I recall having a pair of those metal Radio Shack Minimus 7. Many years later I purchased a pair of RadioShack Optimus Pro LX5 speakers. Those were my last pair of RS speakers.
I wanted a pair of Thiel 2 2 back in the day but they were a bit out of my price range and the Thiel 1.5 were probably a better size fit for my listening room at the time.
Yep, I love Thiel speakers as well.
In 1980 I swapped my JBLs for these little guys...back when we had to order components from magazine ads and catalogs. That bass computer looked cool, if nothing else :) Have always been impressed with Thiels...I often compared my Acoustats with my friend's 2.2s - they both had their strengths, for sure...
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