$75 bought me....

[bball09124 10+ year member]

A pair of Paradigm Monitor 7 towers and a CC-350 center channel. Still have to build a shelf above the TV for the CC. I believe this is my best deal on audio equipment to date, even better than my Kicker Solo-X for $170.

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[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Nice, where'd ya get them at?

 

[LoggedOut 10+ year member]

how do they sound?

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

how do they sound?

Great. I previously had some PG RSD's in some cabinets, so they are the only thing I have to compare them too. The RSD's were boomy and bright compared to the Monitor 7s. I haven't heard much to compare the Monitors to, but they sound very natural. Basically "perfect" in regards to how I imagine they should sound.

I am very happy with them. But, like I said, I've never heard any other good towers so I'd probably be impressed with any high quality brands.

Nice, where'd ya get them at?

Craigslist.

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

Can't beat a sweet deal.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

i had the same setup years back, but also had some monitor 5's for surround with some acurus components, loved the sound

decided to go a little smaller and now have atoms, cc-200, adp-70 with a denon receiver and dont think i will ever part with it

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Great deal.

That center channel alone is worth twice that!

 

[DB-Audio 10+ year member]

nice cant beat that deal unless they paid you to take them

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

i think i paid $450 for the monitor 7's and $350 for the cc-350 back in 1999

wish people around here on craigslist had good deals

this is what i have...800mhz, 20gb, 128mb ram for $300, wtf?

http://greenbay.craigslist.org/sys/1227998142.html

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Good deal. I have that same center channel. Very nice unit. Take it apart - the mids are beefy as hell!

I picked it up along with a pair of Athena AS-F2's, a pair of Athena AS-F1's, a Yamaha Receiver, and two huge boxes full of monster cable for only $150 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Best $150 I've ever spent!

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

Ah, had it cranked for the first time to really do some listening and my Dad's 30 year old receiver is on it's way out. After 10 minutes of listening both channels start to cut out. Now I just need to find a good deal on a receiver. I am debating whether to buy something cheap off craigslist or go with one of the Onkyo units with HDMI and video upscaling and all that.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

Go with Onkyo or Denon they both match well with Paradigm speakers, I have used both on mine

 

[dacheatham 10+ year member]

sell me the CC for 70 and you monitors were free!

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

sell me the CC for 70 and you monitors were free!

Man, I wish I already had a nice home theater setup, I would flip this stuff and make a few hundred bucks. Unfortunately (haha) for me I am going to keep this stuff a while and enjoy it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Ah, had it cranked for the first time to really do some listening and my Dad's 30 year old receiver is on it's way out. After 10 minutes of listening both channels start to cut out. Now I just need to find a good deal on a receiver. I am debating whether to buy something cheap off craigslist or go with one of the Onkyo units with HDMI and video upscaling and all that.

Stereo or multichannel receiver? What model is it? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif