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In Reply to: RE: Radio Shack Speakers and snobbery posted by Diogenes on May 24, 2014 at 09:39:22
Probably not much. Most of the Rat Shack stuff was contract manufactured to a pricepoint and had cosmetics to appleal to the targeted consumer. Occassionally, by pure serendipity, some products actually performed well. IMO, the "blind squirrel" was more the reason then audio engineering
Cheers,
Geary
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Generally, that's correct. However, I think the products were generally quite competitive at their price points. And given the high margins in speakers, fairly reasonably priced and an outright steal when they ran their 50% off sales. The Minimus 7s, Mach Ones and the Optimus Pro LX5 come to mind.
-Rod
Edits: 05/25/14
Love it!
"I cut some drinking straws to the right length—I used red straws, but I don't really think the color is significant (unless you think everything makes a difference)—and managed to stuff nine into each port."
Can't help but wonder if the straws could be longer than the normal port, and thus extend the bass - especially when using an SET with limited damping factor.
The Mission speakers used something similar to that - they had a honeycombed insert in the port that was much the same as a bunch of straws packed in tight.Nice sounding small speakers.
Edits: 05/28/14
Right now, I'm listening to a mismatched pair of Radio Shack speakers, one is a Minimus 8 (NOT Minimus 7) which has a single driver of Asian manufacture. The other is a Solo-103 which has in it another single driver of Asian manufacture, the Fostex FE-103. Nowadays, the Fostex/Foster FE-103 is a sought-after driver with a cult following. But in the 60's, it was probably just a cheap Japanese speaker in a wooden box. The pair sound pretty good, but nothing to sell your first born over. Personally, I like the Coral manufactured drivers in some Akai speakers better.
And I like the Minimus 7, I have had many pairs over the years, and it was the first "Mini" speaker I heard that truly sounds a lot bigger than it ought to. But when I compare any of the Minimus 7's I've had to a minispeaker like the ADS L200 or the Visonik David, the Minimus 7 loses...
--Matt
"When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot."
--Dalai Lama
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