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Audio Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: GWH on December 22, 2013, 09:55:22 AM
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I snagged a pair of these a few months ago and can not really find any information of these. Anyone know anything about them?
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The curved horn tweeter looks cool. No idea how it sounds.
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they sound pretty good but I don't have them being powered by a very good receiver. I am on the hunt as we speak. I am also looking to fix up a G2K to run them, but have no time.
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I had a pair of SP-5500X's that were similar.
They sounded like Wulitzer jukeboxes with no bass.
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They sounded like Wulitzer jukeboxes with no bass.
I gather you didn't care for them. >:D
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Sunny did you recap the SPs you had or left them stock? It feels like they sounded worse than average for that speaker.
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I bought SP-2500s and, after listening to them, gave them away. No bass, obnoxious mids and barely present highs. Basically cheaply made speakers.
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I did not recap them. The ports were literally paper towel rolls. The "super tweeter" was a cheap Piezo-trash. The cabinet finish was paper thin vinyl. Recapping them would have been a waste of good caps.
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woah - you had me at piezo tweeter. the toile paper rolls only added to the picture. enough said.
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Look at the elaborate crossover (from audiokarma) of a claimed sp5500. Strange that they would invest so much into the x-over and cheap out on everything else. That is an accomplishment. Based on what you said I was expecting a capacitor and a resistor.
:-X
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SP-5500 ≠ SP-5500X
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Do you have to turn everything into an equation?
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No.
Especially since that's an inequality. :)
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Answer = yes
<slap>
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X=1
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I can't find much info on the difference between the 5500 and 5500x. The things weighed in at 120 pounds each. Cannot believe they were cheaply made Eli! Maybe you had a pair of white van clones? I read about some people even liking them.
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