Waxing nostalgic about those speakers that got away...

Back in the Days of Yore (sometime in the 90's?) my local audio dealer offered me a pair of Apogee Scintilla's that he had as a trade-in. The price was around $900! I didn't have enough scratch on hand so someone else got a real good deal. These had the two-way connectors on the back for either 1ohm or 4ohm operation. Not an easy speaker to drive with the low 81db sensitivity!

Another time (1993) my deceased friend's brother had me sell a pair of Carver Amazing Platinum's. I found a buyer who paid $600. I wish I could have kept them myself!

So, I’m going to set out and try and find a pair

Out of due respect as being a fellow former reviewer myself, please don’t ever write these words ever again. No good can come from that. I’m gonna hate myself for even sharing this with you, but a couple years ago someone sucked up your dream speakers for like $1500…

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649605000-for-sale-make-offer-esp-concert-grand-series-ii-speakerstechnicians-special-please-read-carefully/

So, as a reviewer I’m sure you’ll appreciate these questions — what’s your budget, what’s your room size, what sound characteristics are most important to you in speaker performance, and what upfront electronics are you gonna be driving these with? I have some ideas FWIW, but I don’t like swinging blindly if u know what I mean. Congrats on retirement BTW!!! Color me jealous.

Hi, soix. Yes, I saw that $1500 pair; I watch all of the used sites. They were trashed, too much effort.

I have a Wanted Ad on another site, not sure what will come of it...its looks for a "well-cared for pair." I keep my gear in nice shape and like to deal with owners/sellers which approach stereo the same way. The ESPs are prone to holes in the fabric, and the fabric is very difficult to remove and reinstall, so this becomes important.

"No good can come of it." Well, maybe...we'll see. If it's meant to be...

Thanks for the kind offer, and no disrespect intended, but I put together my own systems. But since you asked, it would be a 2nd basement system: 17 X 25 ft, 10 ft celings, hardwood floors w/ Persian carpets....maybe some Jadis JA-80 MkII's...I have a 200 hr Koetsu RSP in a box, maybe that too...and have someone make me a room-matching stand...and I have Kondo spkr wire in the 1st system, but had Omega Mikro w/ those battery boxes on the ESPs way back then...maybe Graceline level 3...Hijiri PCs....it'll come to me.

First thing is the speakers....

Yeah, retiring...never thought it would get here. I'm ready.

So, I gotta repeat the same questions again…

what’s your budget and what sound characteristics are most important to you in speaker performance

By the way, this was a joke Sorry you didn’t apparently get it when I said please don’t write these words ever again…

So, I’m going to set out and try and find a pair

If you wanna try and finally answer my previous questions about budget and speaker sound characteristics I have some ideas that might be of interest. If not, I got nuthin’ and best of luck.

Thanks for the  best of luck.

FYI: Just bought back the ESP Concert Grands I owned 30 years ago, from the same person who bought them from me...perfect, like they never left.

Now just need to find a pair of Cary 805C's....