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Hi folks! I recently found a pair of RS Nova 8B speakers at Goodwill for $20. I remembered that some of the older RS speakers were considered to be quite good, and it was only $20...so I took a chance. Let me tell you that these speakers are GREAT! I hooked them up to my old JVC Quad SEA Receiver and played music and movie sound through them over the weekend. They now complement another great Goodwill find, my Marantz Imperial 6 speakers!
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Totally agree on the 8B's. I picked up a pair recently on CL and paired with my Realistic STA-2080 they make very sweet music. They're awaiting recapping and refinishing, and then I think they'll give my Fisher XP-7B's and AR-2AX's a run for their money! Very surprising speaker...
Hello everyone!I had a pair of those "speakers for life", I gave them to a kid (cringe) warning him "They're old speakers, push them too hard and they'll blow tweeters!".
I was wrong, they still work, and I'm sure they've taken quite a beating. They weren't bad speakers. Go RS!'
Btw, iirc they are guaranteed for life. Wonder if RS would honor it? :headscrch:
I believe so, but the catch is that you need the original sales receipt to show proof of purchase.They may not be able to get the exact parts*, but they will try to gete as close as possible.
Yes they are very nice sounding speakers. Good deep bass, smooth mids, but a bit mellow treble--very comfortable for long listening sessions. I always have thought RS meant to clone the AR-3a sound with the Nova 8B. I have mine running off my vintage Nikko NR-1015 85 wpc receiver on the A speakers and a pair of Advent Loudspeakers (utility cabs) on the B speakers. I really like the Advent, but think the Nova 8B just have better bass and a better midrange. They really complement each other when I run A+B.
I also have the slightly smaller Nova 7B. If I didn't already have 5 stereos here, I would like to have a job for them, too.
If you're impressed now, safeharbor, wait until you replace that stock thin wiring with 16 gauge!!!
Really? I've never replaced the inner wiring in a speaker. It really makes that much difference?
Most speakers of that era used thin stock wiring, safeharbor. So replacing them with 16 gauge lowers the impedance; thus your amp doesn't have to work as hard. You'll get a more open sound @ lower volume settings. Did that for a pair of Realistic MC 1000s recently, & the recipient just loves 'em, powered by a Realistic 850 receiver. Before that, as KVMR's community volunteer coordinator, she had to rely on telephone audio patch to monitor the station's signal. She's gotten quite a few compliments on her vintage system's mellow audio quality.
The wire inside the cabinet is quite thin. I pulled out the woofer to take a look. I am assuming that I would have to solder the new wire in place on each end?
Affirmative to that, safeharbor! If you're really feeling adventurous, direct wire your woof & bypass those woof coils. Utilizing simple cap xovers on your mids-n-tweets can deliver surprising results. Did just that last summer on a pair of Sansui SP-1500s. Wired the mids-n-tweets in parallel to their individual xover cap. Damn thing morphed into a kabuki-countenanced J.B.L. monitor(Sansui was J.B.L.'s Asian distributor, so probably had access to myriad tonefull drivers)! Had extremely stout stock wiring, so it wasn't replaced. Recipient is quite satisfied with their articulation of late 80's JVC amplification. Plus their W.A.F.! Thank the heavens, since he's a Soprano's fanatic! Your Novas are probably loaded with Utah drivers, safeharbor, a.k.a. the poor person's Electro Voice. Who knows what aural delights await within???
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