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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
roberjerman
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Speakers I currently own and have replaced from my past: Quad 57's (two pairs), DCM Time Windows, Infinity Monitor 1A, KLH 6's, Klipsch Heresy's, AR 4's, AR M2's. Variety is the spice of life! I wish I had more space so I could set up more than two pairs at a time!

nmmusicman
181 posts
 
I did just that with a pair of Alon 1's. Sold my original pair to a friend and upgraded to the Alon Lotus SE mk ll. Missed the Alon 1's so much bought a used pair and sadly they sit in storage as I have no room for them. My original pair sound amazing in my friends HT system and I'm going to give him my pair for back up but there is an abundance of music memories with the Alon 1's that to some extent I'm still chasing today. Carl hit it out of the park with original Alon 1.
soundwatts
186 posts
 
I currently use a pair of JM Lab Daline 3.1. I sold my first pair about 20 years ago when I thought I was upgrading to the 6.1. The 6.1 created a bad resonance in my listening room that I could not seem to fix with acoustic treatment. 

I then played around for 5 years with B&W, Vandersteen's, Maggie's, Audio Physics etc.. 

I then put an wanted add in Agon and found someone who was selling a pair of 3.1. That's what I have been listening to for the last 15 years. 
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johnk
1,490 posts
 
I just did sold a rare pair of RCA horns missed them so bought them back from gent I sold to.
213runnin
562 posts
 
Yep, me too. I convinced myself that with the music I mostly listen to I didn’t need the extra detail of the RAAL ribbon tweeter in the Ascend Sierra 2 and sold them. About 3 months later I contacted the buyer to see if he wanted to sell them back, no dice!

So I ordered a pair of the Sierra 1(I’m tight on cash these days), they are cheaper but are the exact same excellent cabinet as the Sierra 2 and Ascend sells the Sierra 2 upgrade kit. Next year I’ll buy it and be back where I started, with a pair of the Sierra 2.

They have such detailed imaging, even with my 80’s pop/rock it sounds better. On good tracks, the vocal is placed very accurately and you’d swear they were standing in the room exactly between the two speakers.
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