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High End Line Array Loudspeaker System with Subs - $2,150 (NE Rochester)

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In 1972, I started a speaker company named Orchard Sound. It lasted a couple of years before I ran out of funds, but I had a blast. A few years later I gave it another shot and did a little better. In 1980 I landed a job as a production engineer for an affiliate manufacturer that made woofers and midranges for ESS. I was working there when ESS bought Dynaco and I built all the prototypes for the reissue of Dynaco. I was there until ESS went south in the slump that hit the audio electronics slump in the mid 1980's.
Then I went back to work in my shop, but this time I didn't build speaker systems, rather I focused on building OEM cabinets for companies in the home audio business as Clark Specialties. We ended up building over 42,000 cabinets until 9-11 when the high end audio business tanked.
The front speakers are 80" high by 14"wide by15" deep, subs are 39" tall by 20" wide by 16" deep. The complete system (with subs) weighs around 1000 lbs. The front speakers have 6 Scanspeak 18W8545.00 7" woofers (used in ProAc and Wilson speakers) which Madisound sells for $223.50 each. The 46" tall Newform Research ribbon tweeters weigh 44 lbs each and have a sensitivity of 91dB and sell for $1100.00. The subwoofers are Dayton Titanic 3's. The cabinets are very heavily constructed with Ear Damping pads on the inner panels. The grills are mounted with magnets.
I used them with an electronic crossover (Behringer DCX-2496 or Marchand 24 dB/Octave) which are long gone.
I built the cabinets for an engineer that had worked for a company I did business with. They were the prototypes for his new start-up, targeted to sell for 33,000 for the pair. He gave me drawings and a deposit and I built the cabinets. When done, I could not reach him and was stuck with the cabinets. So, I bought all the drivers and built myself a wacking great set of speakers. Now, I am downsizing and my system has to go.
I put a couple of extra pictures of me, my old shop, and my turntable that I will be listing soon. Transporting will be strenuous to say the list I think the cabinets would fit in the back of an extended Van (rental?). The cost of the drivers is around $4300, The cabinets cost me about $3500.00 parts & labor. My bid on the cabinets was $5350.00 for the 4 cabinets (no crossovers or drivers) in quantities of 4 sets. To be clear, new owner will have to either build passive crossovers or use an electronic crossover.
When I was using them (approx 100 hours), they sound great! I hope they find a good home.

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