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Offline non-prophet

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Its never a bad day when...
« on: July 09, 2014, 08:00:33 PM »
you score a pair of VMPS Supertower iii off someone's porch.  They need work but the price was right...free.  They are the thirteen driver array with ribbon tweeter and passive 15" radiator.
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2014, 08:56:46 PM »
Very nice score
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2014, 09:13:06 PM »
 :o great find!
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2014, 10:00:17 PM »
I believe this article describes the prior model, but confirms what a nice find you have. Well worth a full restoration if they are all there, IMHO. http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/486vmps/index.html
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2014, 10:05:33 PM »
Post pics of the restoration please....
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2014, 07:56:15 AM »
Hope to see and hear them at next years Swap Meet!!  Great score.
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2014, 10:22:00 AM »
what a find!  great speakers
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Offline StephenWVU

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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2014, 10:22:15 AM »
Nice!  Were these up in NY?
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2014, 12:00:09 PM »
They were only 5 minutes away, that was a bonus.
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2014, 02:35:48 PM »
Holy cow. Did you see if they had any other "junk" they needed lifted out of their place?  :P
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2014, 06:10:09 PM »
Very nice.   O0  You definitely win the cat coffin award. Hopefully Tom still has a bunch of drivers you can use if needed.
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2014, 07:43:19 PM »
Congrats Nick!  You are living large!
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Re: Its never a bad day when...
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2014, 08:43:57 PM »
That is one great find.  Gratz
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