Is it all worth it?


So this week I re-foamed a pair of Boston Acoustics a40 series ii speakers I bought 30 years ago for not very much at all by audiophile standards. Put them in my 12x12 sunroom running of my main system which has very good source and amplification and these things are blowing me away. You could find a pair online or at your local thrift shop for around $50. Why bother spending the big bucks?   Really makes one think.
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mapman,

It makes me happy that you are enjoying your "free" speakers.

I've had a somewhat similar experience. I was in a resale shop a year or so ago and the owner was playing FM radio through a pair of Infinity Qa speakers that he had priced at $79. It sounded GREAT! I didn't buy them that day but keep thinking about them. Went back a few weeks later and they were long gone, but it started me on the hunt for a pair of classic Infinitys. I ended up buying a pair of Infinity Qbs for $117 and they got me back into quality sound after taking about 7 years off from the hobby. They do a lot of things right and it makes me smile knowing they cost a fraction of my last 5-10 pair of speakers.

Since then I found a pair of nicely rehab'd Infinity RS 1.5's for $250 and they are even better with incredible bottom end for a large bookshelf speaker and , of course, that wonderfully smooth and extended EMIT tweeter.

I've stopped looking at expensive speakers, but I do keep my eyes open for vintage Infinity speaker up the line from my RS 1.5s.

Enjoy the music brother, in your sunroom and everywhere else.