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I just inherited these guys , don't know anything about them other than they are heavy and they sound excellent. I would like to know if they are worth anything/what's the deal with the lack of info on the history of them, it seems like you can find anything on the web these days, except soundwave speakers. The first set is matched by serial #70173, soundwave point source 2.0, condition 8/10, sound excellent, the plastic tabs holding the top embellishments on are broken off, that's why I give them an 8. The second set are serial # 25169 matching, soundwave vr2.5, condition 9/10, a little dusty but should clean up better, tweeters are dented but not crinkled or torn. These sound great, pretty sure I'm keeping the 2.0's. Thanks to anyone that can help.
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I've got the big Point Source 3.0 as LR. They use 2 8" woofers in big 5 sided ported cabinets with a Morel tweeter mounted on the front facing edge and another facing up. Center is Soundwave Dialog and the surround channels are smaller sealed 5 sided cabinets with 8" woofers and Morel tweeters on two angled sides.They are great sounding speakers for HT but really shine with large scale classical music. They don't seem to sell for much, mostly because I don't think many people remember them. They were very highly regarded and got great reviews in Sterophile. The 2.0 I think were originally close to $3K but I got them for under $200 plus shipping off of eBay about 10 years ago.
Buy them if you can find them.
Edits: 11/10/14
Rangeralex, Audio magazine's October 1991 Annual Equipment Directory lists 5 Soundwave Fidelity speaker systems in their loudspeaker section. Top dog is Grand Soliloquy, with four 8" woofs & two 1" tweets, retailing for $3,600 per pair. Soliloquy model has two 8" woofs & two 1" tweets, $2,500 per pair. Sonata 3 model also has two 8" woofs & two 1" tweets, $1,790 per pair. Silhouette model also has two 8" woofs & two 1" tweets, $1,250 per pair. BOTL Sonnet model has single 8" woof & 1" tweet, $895 per pair. Only the Sonnet has a vented enclosure & 87db efficiency, whilst the rest are sealed & 90db efficiency. All models have acrylic finish & black knit grills. Company address was Soundwave Fidelity, 3122 Monroe Avenue, Rochester N.Y. 14618. 73s para Sactown.
My surrounds are Silhouettes which are sealed. The mains are Point Source 3.0s which are large ported 5 sided cabinets, but I use the provided rubber plugs to close the ports so that they are functioning as sealed. This works better for HT.
Can you get any pictures of the innereds?
The chain folded but they have reopened with some of the original guys. Here is the website, I bet someone there remembers them and can give you some info.
http://www.soundadvice.com/
There's a pair on eBay. Says they were manufactured in the late 80's by Fidelity Soundwave.
From the eBay post:
High End USA Made Soundwave Soliloquy Tower Speakers in Very Good Condition Fully Tested. Made from 1989-93 in Rochester, NY by Fidelity Soundwave these speakers sold new for $2,500/pair (that is in early 90's dollars). Each Tower speakers features two 8" woofers and two 1" tweeters in a unique 5 sided acoustic suspension design that is 38 5/16" tall x 16" deep x 12" wide. They are in a matched pair with a dedicated right and left speakers, original carpet spikes included (not shown). These sound very good indeed, Soundwave speakers have been very favorably reviewed in the Absolute Sound magazine. From the manufacturers design statement:
"Soundwave Point Source models acknowledge the simple acoustic fact that any wavelength of sound shorter than the width of a loudspeaker's front panel is mechanically distorted. Those familiar with the physics of wave propagation understand this. Further, any frequency which has a wavelength shorter than the width of a loudspeaker's front panel will be heard more than once by a listener. That is, the listener will first hear the direct sound, and then, microseconds later, its reflections off the baffle or diaphragms. This seriously degrades transient response and stereo imaging, and alters tonality.
Point Source loudspeakers have a unique "V" -shaped cabinet with the point of the "V" facing the listener. A special high-frequency drive unit located at the point of the "V" is flanked by two bass/midrange drivers oriented in a variation of the D' Appolito configuration, which allows for mirror imaging and an improved (horizontally and vertically hemispherical) radiation pattern. It's sort of a "V"-shaped coaxial speaker. This geometry is patented and approximates a true point source; it propagates a coincident, hemispherical wave with outstanding imaging".
And yet despite the look on my face, you're still talking.
I owned these about 15-20 years ago. They were a brand carried by a large chain in Florida called Sound Advice. I loved them. Sorry I sold mine. Very good balanced sound. Enjoy them.
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