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Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned??

I am curious if any one has ever considered buying a speaker previously owned and liked, but decided to either downsize or look for a "different" type of sound. 

I ask because I purchased a pair of Acoustic Zen Adagios speakers about 5-6 years ago, and decided to downsize the system with a less heavy speaker that was easier to move around.  The Adagios were 80 lbs each.  I currently own a pair Golden Ear Technology model 7 speakers (purchased in 2014)  which are smaller and lighter at 37 lbs each. The Adagios are 50 inches tall, and the GET 7's are 40inches with a slimmer profile. 

I realize the Adagios  are almost three and a half times more expensive than GET 7's. which are $1395. They can sound very good, but I have come to realize they are not in the same league sound quality wise as AZ Adagios. and  may possibly be the best speaker I ever owned.   Of course, hindsight or hindsound is a wonderful thing.    Thanks,  SJ   

  

 

sunnyjim
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asvjerry
609 posts
 
I'd buy another pair of ESS AMT drivers, but only if I had the space worth putting them in.  And then I'd have to set up the 'bottoms' for them, which would be yet another project that I can successfully put off...;)

misstl, I agree with your longing for a pair of 'current' F's.  Nothing quite like them, except for the HHR's which is about as close as you can get now.  But I have my own predilections on that subject... 
jl35
2,244 posts
 
somewhat tangential, but the speakers I miss the most over the past 40 years; ESS AMT 1b, Fried 3C/L, Snell E lV, Dali Euphonia MS4
ebm
5,165 posts
 
No if i sold it a got something much better maybe if you don't know what your doing you would do this not me.
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simao
656 posts
 
I have the AZ Adagios now and am very happy.

But I miss my Reference 3A de Capos. In many ways they were just as good as the Adagios. Different, but just as good.

I would buy them again if I had to.
schubert
4,867 posts
 
Alta makes some small speakers that are heil type tweeters and FAR better than any ESS ever were , I sold them .
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