Can anyone identify the model of this Snell Acoustics bookshelf speaker?

@mofimadness , you say that you were a Snell dealer for many years and that has me worried that these might be fakes, even though maybe not BICs.

This is very odd. You mention the flush round tweeters on the Snells, and now that’s all I see in the Snell images. I went and looked at the BIC speakers and they do share with mine the rectangle-mounted, non-flush tweeter; however, I can’t find a BIC model that these might be. It appears that any BIC that comes close has the beveled front corners. I see your point with the similarities, but I don’t think these are BICs either.


Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.

@mofimadness , they are indeed not Snells. Someone switched out the badge, whether it was the guy who sold them to me or someone who duped him, I will never know. I opened it up and the back of the woofer is stamped with KLH Audio Systems, and that is indeed what they are. Take a look: http://www.hifi-review.com/153471-klh-premier-81.html

@mofimadness , I just hope my Marantz PM7000 will drive them with not too much trouble. I might have to upgrade the amp as well. It's nominal impedance rating is 8ohms and the Vienna's are 4ohms. I've read of others driving 4ohm speakers with the PM7000. The PM7000 has protection circuitry, so I will soon know with not too much risk. If it's a fail, I'm thinking of getting the latest Peachtree Nova 300.

@mofimadness , It boggles my mind, however, that someone would go to so much trouble to counterfeit a model on Snell’s low end. I bought these circa 2000. Might they be a custom job that Snell built, a one off?

@douglas_schroeder , thanks for your input; however, I cannot find a single reference to Snell DF-NCT on the interwebs.

@mofimadness , that's my next move, to open them up. It's not only because of the badge that I think they're genuine. I bought these from a coworker. He's actually the one who turned me on to Audiogon. He seemed fairly honest, but so are the best con men.

@mofimadness , Thanks for your help. Yeah, these aren't the greatest but a pretty good bang for the buck at least when that review came out and gauging by what the review says.

It's ok, because I just upgraded to these bad boys, anyhow: https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/vienna-acoustics-beethoven-baby-grand-se-speake... And that site is legit, more legit that a coworker.