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[newlifeinstpaul]

Sad Farewells to Old Friends

Once upon a Life with the Ex ago--when 'Best Buy' was a bit more about Best Buys, before a good whupping from Amazon set them straight again--I bought these ginormous speakers for only $50 each.

There were four of them, actually. I mounted large shelves on my family room walls, five feet off the ground. Each speaker was laid sideways on the shelves for Real Theater Sound. Quite hideous looking, if I'm honest with you. B would have never allowed it.

Some time during a detente with the ex, I talked my way into two of them. Not fair to me in the strictest sense, since I'd purchased all four. But close enough. After all, there wasn't room for four in my two-bedroom apartment.

The smaller pair were my bedroom speakers at first...later, our surround speakers when B and I bought our house.

All were replaced perhaps a year ago with gorgeous Polk Monitor 70 Series IIs. Nobody sprung for the old ones at our last garage sale. Pity. They were in perfect condition. Still, I've got more than my $100 worth of service from them.

They were taken to recycling after Presidents Day.

We've moved on to bigger and better, but it's sad to see them go.

Comments

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Out with the old, in with the new, as they say...

They sounded like some cool speakers.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

B had to be eased into the idea of new speakers, but she loves 'em now. By which I mean their replacements.

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

Back when bigger was better, too!

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

Bigger still is--but Tall is the new Big while dedicated woofers handle the bass.

[silviarambles]

Give them to meeee!! Having speakers like that in my house is my perverse dream for when I will actually own a house.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

I would--except freight would cost more than the product!

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

But you COULD lay them face-first on the floor for your neighbor, no...?

[cplady.livejournal.com]

Gordon had to let go of his huge Cerwin Vega's when we downsized. We didn't need two huge and two small speakers in our current living room. He was quite sad to see them go.

He made up for it by purchasing used Event monitor speakers at half price when a customer traded them in at Guitar Center. Half price was $400 for the pair. Those are his office speakers.

We tried hanging the Pinnacles in the living room, but still got buzzing from the wall. Then we tried a set up with a sound bar that stopped working 6 months after it was installed. We are now back to the Pinnacles on stands with the sub-woofer.

Since we don't really watch much on TV that requires nice sound, they are mostly used when we play music.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

Cerwin Vega woofers used to be better known as Sensurround Sound. HA!

[malterre.livejournal.com]

It is sad to see pefectly usable speakers go. I felt that way about my "stereo unit" that I'd bough because CD were the new, big thing

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

We'd reached the point where the storage space they consumed was more valuable than the speakers...