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In Reply to: RE: Fisher STV-863 Speakers (need some info) posted by c9511@yahoo.com on July 02, 2009 at 18:02:21
How cheap is cheap? If they're in good working and cosmetic condition, and under $10, nab 'em. They'll be OK for background radio music in the garage.
Fisher has never been known for quality speakers. They did make some decent electronics, back before Avery Fisher sold the company to Sanyo in 1969, but since then all their stuff has been low-end mass-market. The Fisher speakers I've seen have all been thin-walled monkey coffins with really cheap drivers and a "crossover" consisting of a cheap electrolytic cap on the midrange and a smaller one (maybe in series with a cheap resistor) on the tweeter. About the same quality level as White Van Specials.
Well paid $25 for them and am using a Kenwood KR 710 receiver 20WPC, the speakers sound like shit with it ( I think that the speakers are rated @ a minimum 30WPC) perhaps that is the problem. I think that perhaps the receiver does not have enough power to run the speakers?
The speakers are very bassey w/ little trebble or midrange up top and they only come to life with the trebble turned up to the max. I believe that the crossovers are working correctly and all the speakers themselves are in great shape.
Or perhaps the problem is that I have the Fishers laid on there sides on some shelves that are quite high so the mid and tweeters are not facing you.
I will have to climb up and drag them down to check out..
If anyone is interested I think I will sell these for $25 if your in the Chicago area and go back to bookshelf speakers which I can mount much lower in the garage due to the size.
Now that you know they are junk, why would you want to sell them to someone else for the same price you paid for them?
Not junk just cheap and if I had the room to mount them lower on the garage shelves they would sound much better. As I mentioned they are up just about in the rafters and the tweeters and midrange speakers are easliy 5' of more about your head when standing, also when the garage door is open they are above that. On top of that my receiver is pretty well low end also...
I'm going to go back to some book shelf speakers that i have had room for.
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