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Title: Its never a bad day when...
Post by: non-prophet 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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Post by: MacGeek on July 09, 2014, 08:56:46 PM

Very nice score

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Post by: MasterBlaster on July 09, 2014, 09:13:06 PM

 :o great find!

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Post by: MacGeek 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 (http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/486vmps/index.html)

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Post by: Kingman on July 09, 2014, 10:05:33 PM

Post pics of the restoration please....

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Post by: EmperorNorton 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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Post by: Jim Pittsburgh on July 10, 2014, 10:22:00 AM

what a find!  great speakers

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Post by: StephenWVU on July 10, 2014, 10:22:15 AM

Nice!  Were these up in NY?

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Post by: non-prophet on July 10, 2014, 12:00:09 PM

They were only 5 minutes away, that was a bonus.

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Post by: StephenWVU 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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Post by: Reverend 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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Post by: schwarcw on July 10, 2014, 07:43:19 PM

Congrats Nick!  You are living large!

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Post by: Resident on July 10, 2014, 08:43:57 PM

That is one great find.  Gratz