Remember this incident...

[csu87 10+ year member]

wow that sucks, same story some guy came up to him and he fell for his story?

yeah white van and everything. i told him to google "white van scam" and he came back all pissed off and looked like he was gonna cry

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

yeah white van and everything. i told him to google "white van scam" and he came back all pissed off and looked like he was gonna cry

****, i guess if u dont know any better and some one has a good reason why there gona let it go cheap. I could see some one goin to the atm and payin for a sound system. still funny but sucks for your friend. it would b great if his girl leaves his *** over this.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

****, i guess if u dont know any better and some one has a good reason why there gona let it go cheap. I could see some one goin to the atm and payin for a sound system. still funny but sucks for your friend. it would b great if his girl leaves his *** over this.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

she might. he bought a motorcycle over the internet 4 months ago against what she told him. $8k and 4 months later, no motorcycle:laugh:

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

I've got a couple of tower speakers that my dad paid 100 bucks each for (from a guy in a van), sitting right next to me. He has plenty of money so I don't feel bad for him, plus he gave em to me for free.

He came home all excited like he got a good deal because the box says each speaker is worth like 2.5K

They actually sound decent, I'm going to pull the 10" speakers out of the bottom and replace em with some 10W0's with a plate amp and use em as my home theater setup //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

http://www.trtheaterresearch.com/homespeaker/tr-1620-1621.html

This is what he bought, up in the top right corner.

Theres 2 mids, a tweeter, then a 10" full range in the bottom. Everything looks really pretty but upon closer inspection I saw one of the mids has a nice tear in the surround. But it does has a crossover in it (cheapest looking thing ever). Like I said, I'm gunna pull the speakers from the bottom and throw subs in there. Should make for a decent HT setup.

MSRP is $2,249.00 lol

EDIT: The enclosure for the bottom is like 1 cubic foot, with a very small aero. I calculated the tuning to be like 46hz.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

A 10" full range? In a tower spkr?? That doesn't sound right and sounds cheap. And that tuning is way too high for home audio use.

 

[wgaede 10+ year member]

I've been approached 3 different times in socal...

I usually lead them on and say stuff like "WOAH REALLY? WOOOOW" in a sarcastic tone while slowly driving off....

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

Had some guy come in a pawn one of those Theater Research systems about a year ago. I was new in box and had a $2.8k price tag on it. I loaned ~$20 on it and they took it. lol

Hooked em up at the shop and sold em for $40...didn't sound bad a all for $40.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Had some guy come in a pawn one of those Theater Research systems about a year ago. I was new in box and had a $2.8k price tag on it. I loaned ~$20 on it and they took it. lol
Hooked em up at the shop and sold em for $40...didn't sound bad a all for $40.

someone got a bargin...i'll have to stick to my DD home theater speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

someone got a bargin...i'll have to stick to my DD home theater speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Dave, didn't you have a white van at one time

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[jaymann107 10+ year member]

I've been approach atleast 5 times between Orlando and Kissimmee, two times it was the same people //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif. These guys in Orlando are some hustlers. I had one guy at a gas station come up to me with his friend trying to sell me this crap and while the one guy is talking to me the other guy was trying to open my door to put the box in my car like I really wanted that shit, needless to say once he touched my car all hell broke loose. It got to the point where I swear I felt my hands around this guys neck. You got to watch these scumbags around here.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

A 10" full range? In a tower spkr?? That doesn't sound right and sounds cheap. And that tuning is way too high for home audio use.

Sounds cheap? Did you miss the part where this is a scam??

It is a full range though, it looks like it should be a woofer, but it's wired in parallel with the other 2 mids and plays like a normal full range speaker...

And I know the tuning is a little off, I'm going to see how it sounds, then if I need to, lengthen the port a little. The overall build quality of the cabinet isn't bad, even if the components ****.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I had this happen to me was getting back in my car from getting an application from a steak house, and a white van rushed up to me. Says this "hey man I just got back from a delivery they made an error and gave me two of these bad boys wanna see it? I said sure why not the guy whips out a catalog with what the system was it "said" retailed for 2 grand. Than he shows me the box opens it up and all it remained me of a rely cheap insignia HT in a box. Looks just like the one in the pic on the link. He than asked so how much could you give me for it I said I don't rely have much/ He asked again man I told him I could give him 100 bucks he laughed got back in his truck and left.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Gotta be a real low life to enjoy this job.

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

WOW! sum1 just tried to get me wit this about a week or 2 ago! said he had a $3000 home audio system n he wuld let it go for 600! he was in a black truck tho with sum other white dude. i asked him for car audio lol