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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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prof
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Heh, I'm in close to a similar situation.

I may be selling my current floor standers (Thiel 3.7s) for a smaller more mobile pair of speakers, and I can already sense that I will have to live with regret if I do it.  In fact, the Thiels are a sort of return, insofar as I once had Thiel CS6's in my house and let them "get away." I always pined for that sound again.  So I found my way back to big Thiels.

Problem with me is that, like too many of us, I can never be totally satisfied because of course no speaker (or component) is perfect and one will do things better than another.   That's why I tend to have multiple speakers in the house at any one time, so if I get a bit to used to one I switch over to another for a while and re-appreciate them.  Keeps things more fresh, but of course my wife will complain I have too many speakers (fair enough!).  

My problem is I tend to regret selling whatever I sell.    I miss that particular sound.   Though I know one thing for absolute certain: I am never getting rid of my pair of MBL 121 monitors.  I always lusted after MBL speakers but they were (and are) way out of my price range.  I just lucked into a one of a kind deal to get these, and even if I don't listen to them all the time, I'm not letting them get away.  (Unless I managed to get a pair of 120 to replace them somehow).





prof
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Another speaker I sort of let get away that I'd love to re-buy:

Waveform Mach Solo.

These were the smaller version of the mighty Mach 17s - famous for their egg-module head containing the midrange and tweeter - that John Otvos sold for only a short time before he closed his company.  Very, very few were made and sold.  I reviewed them at one point in my room and they were stunning, both in looks and sound.  But...didn't buy them at the time.

A few years back I grabbed some second hand Waveform Mach MC monitors from audiogon - essentially just the egg module of the Mack 17/Mach Solo.  Whenever I set those up and listen I'm just taken aback at their incredible combination of neutrality, natural warmth of timbre, boxless soundstaging and liveliness.  Make me pine for the floor stander Mach Solos which had incredible bass.  But...they pretty much never appear on the used market.
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