Clasic speaker shootout

[Tom Brennan]

I worked for B&W a few times and on many B&W units, there's no end of work repairing the cyclone burners in their big powerhouse boilers. The 4" waterwall tubes have no membrane and are very hard to weld but I always had good pictures, make sure you wire your wedges off when you spread the tubes or they'll shoot out and you'll need new choppers.

[Gary Wolf]

Gordon, Your comments about the HPM 200 is right on the nose. I feel like you do that they really advanced the state of the art in their day. I knew about Bart Laconti later exploits but I didn't connect him to the HPM 200.
By the way, I need some repair work on one of Barts amplifiers (SA 660).
Whom would you recommend.

[Gary Wolf]

The check for the Pioneer HPM 200's just arrived. So now to box them up and ship them out.
Just for kicks, anyone care to guess what they went for.

[hapy._.face]

The check for the Pioneer HPM 200's just arrived. So now to box them up and ship them out.
Just for kicks, anyone care to guess what they went for.

Wild ass guess: $1.5K I have no idea how close or far off I am- just a fun guess.

[Kenny Brant]

$1300

[hapy._.face]

$1300

What!? Is this "The Price is Right"!? OK- my bid is $1 Bob!

[Don C]

$700.00

[Gary Wolf]

I just told him $1000 and that was it. I think that was resonable, He already has a pair of Pioneer HPM 150.

[Kenny Brant]

I said $1300 because that is what a pair sold for on e-bay about 6 months ago. And they weren't in that great a shape. I bought mine about 3 years ago and all the woofers need refoamed. I bought them from the veterans administration store for $45. All the drivers work and the cabinet and grill cloth look really nice on them.

[Gary Wolf]

Kenny,
do either of your midrange domes have a cover on them?

[Mr. Widget]

I bought mine about 3 years ago and all the woofers need refoamed. I bought them from the veterans administration store for $45. All the drivers work and the cabinet and grill cloth look really nice on them.

So how would you describe their sound? How would you compare them to other speakers that may be a bit less obscure?


Widget

[Kenny Brant]

I noticed the mids in the picture had protective covers over them, but mine do not. To me the speakers kind of sound like Ohm F's. The speakers don't jump out at you at first, you have to listen to them for awhile to appreciate them. One night late with all the lights turned off I was listening to a concert on a radio station with them and someone in the audience coughed and I swear to God it sounded like he was behind me . It freaked me out and sent chills up my spine . And when I first got them I didn't think the tweeters or super tweeters were working so I took a empty toilet roll and listened to the tweeters and super tweeters and they were working.

[cubdog]

There is currently a pair of the Pioneers on ebay. Starting bid is $999. No bids yet.

cubdog

[Kenny Brant]

Real crappy looking too!

[doclamb]

Would have like to hear how a set of Altec Model 19's would have held up against those wonderful speakers.