System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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Just out of interest , what type of Money would you be looking for the Kefs ?
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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I see these now for sale on Done Deal for 600 euros !! They sure are getting around ... or is this another set

/http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/audioequipment/3626353
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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Haha, not the same ones though, mine were black ash finish.

To be fair to the seller, they are well worth €600. The cherry finish is nicer and I think cost a premium at new. Plus they are probably in better overall condition. His asking isnt over the top by any stretch.
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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There was a pair of 105-3 last week too,at some bargain price-http://www.donedeal.ie/sold/audioequipment/3615703
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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I was interested in buying those kefs, seller told me he wants 300. One hour later he email me that they are gone.
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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Diapason wrote:
aa1 wrote:One more thing, one of the tweeters was pushed in.Did you manage to order,receive and install the new one in these 6hours you owned?or you used some secret technology to pop it out?share with your experience, please
Not to get dragged into the quagmire here, but just in case anyone's wondering I had the same problem with my System Audio 1280s once (moved them, hands in wrong place, pushed in the tweeter). The hoover held close (without making a seal) to the tweeter did the job no bothers, and there were no adverse audible effects.
Now that is interesting...

I had myself firmly in the ears out of tune brigade...

Having had a similar issue with my B&W's, "fixed" in what I thought was an ingenious compromise with the power of the Hoover... namely a vacu-vin pump...!! just the right size for a tweeter with completely controllable suction!!

I too could not determine which speaker had the repaired tweeter even blind switching...

I am reassured to find you in the same camp Si....
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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If you have a soft-dome tweeter this is easily enough done - metal dome or concave as some of the newer ones are, its early impossible. A dent might not make that much audible difference - if its not so badly damaged that something inside is damaged then you might just have a different/worse dispersion pattern. You might pick that up as soundstage difference.....

Si - one for you: a 2 year old, a pencil and a nice set of speakers should not be left on their own together at any time.,......
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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Fran wrote:If you have a soft-dome tweeter this is easily enough done - metal dome or concave as some of the newer ones are, its early impossible. A dent might not make that much audible difference - if its not so badly damaged that something inside is damaged then you might just have a different/worse dispersion pattern. You might pick that up as soundstage difference.....
Yeah, the SAs were soft-dome. I wouldn't fancy my chances with metal.

On a related note, back 100 years ago I borrowed a set of Sonus Fabers from Joe in Cloney, and when I got them home I realised the phase plug on one of the woofers had been pushed in. Worried that I'd damaged them in transit, I called Joe immediately. He told me not to worry, Ron Wood had done it...

Nearly bought the speakers for the story alone!
Fran wrote:Si - one for you: a 2 year old, a pencil and a nice set of speakers should not be left on their own together at any time.,......
Sound advice!!
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Re: System Audio SA1550 & SA710AV, BARGAIN, Be Quick! SOLD

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where is Joe these days??

he was mighty tolerant of teenagers in the day....!!
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He certainly was! Last I heard he had set up a place called iHouse and was doing multiroom and home automation stuff. I bought my first plasma from him there. Dunno if that's still going or not, but I suspect not.
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