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• Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 - lukiedog 05:05:43 04/17/07 (2)
  In Reply to: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by sanman on April 16, 2007 at 17:27:42:

  Pull each driver and make sure they are original. If there is an L-pad, clean it up. I like to play this disk while carefully comparing the two speakers:

  http://binkster.net/extras.shtml

  Keep the volume level low, especially on the initial low Hz tracks.
  
  

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  • Thank you so much, all. this helps me decide - sanman 07:25:36 04/17/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by lukiedog on April 17, 2007 at 05:05:43:

    if it will be worth it to replace my pristine set of cs99a's with this cosmetically challenged pair. I've heard the HPM 100 are a step up from the previous cs series, lets hope so.
    
    

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    • Re: Thank you so much, all. this helps me decide - pete the bully 07:48:14 04/17/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Thank you so much, all. this helps me decide posted by sanman on April 17, 2007 at 07:25:36:

      I also had a pair of CS-99A and loved them when I had them. The HPM's are a step up in sound.
      
      

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• I'd make sure all the drivers are original. I've seen ... - PureAudio 19:35:00 04/16/07 (1)
  In Reply to: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by sanman on April 16, 2007 at 17:27:42:

  ...various HPM's JBL's, etc where one or more drivers had been replaced (and not with an original spec driver).

  I had a pair of 40's (loved 'em; gave them to my son when I built a vintage system for him) but I do not know the original part numbers on the 100's drivers. Should be online or others can help.
  
  

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  • I got a pair of HPM-40s for Xmas of '78....... - KVR 01:34:20 04/18/07 (0)
    In Reply to: I'd make sure all the drivers are original. I've seen ... posted by PureAudio on April 16, 2007 at 19:35:00:

    I played them all Xmas eve until my dad said enough. :) I sold them to my brother in law in the mid-80's, and my sister says i can have them back if I want.............hmmmmmmmmmmm....they were nice sounding. -Ken
    
    

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• Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 - pete the bully 17:54:19 04/16/07 (3)
  In Reply to: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by sanman on April 16, 2007 at 17:27:42:

  They are walnut veneer, so many scratches can be gently sanded out. The HPM supertweeter is a ribbon type thing, and I'm not sure the VOM multimeter can really measure them. My HPM-900 crosses over at 15K Hz, so I'm not really sure LOL that I actually know they're reproducing sound. The tweeter is excellent, though.
  The bass is solid, and musical. The mythology is that Bart Locanthi, who was a lead designer of the JBL L100, was hired by Pioneer to create the HPM series. The HPM-100 was meant to be a "super L100" better in all respects. This implies a forward, "west coast" sound. The midbass and midrange is well reproduced, and I don't find it obnoxious at all.
  I will say I believe the follow-up series are a more balanced, finer sounding group of speaker systems. I wish the HPM-900 was walnut veneered, though, and not vinyl wrapped. C'est la vie.
  
  

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  • Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 - brd 00:48:00 04/17/07 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by pete the bully on April 16, 2007 at 17:54:19:

    Follow-up series to the HPM100? Which would that be? Thanks.
    
    

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    • Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 - pete the bully 07:46:11 04/17/07 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by brd on April 17, 2007 at 00:48:00:

      That would be the HPM-900.
      The others were the HPM-500, 700, and 1500.
      
      

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      • Thanks - brd 11:42:45 04/17/07 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: What to look for in a used HPM 100 posted by pete the bully on April 17, 2007 at 07:46:11:

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