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Need Advice on NEAR HT speaker set

Hi,
I am new to this site and would like some input on a home theater speaker set that consists of several NEAR (New England Audio Resource) speakers and a Marantz MA500 mono block to drive the subwoofer. This is being offered to me for a reasonable offer, but the price hasn't been firmed up yet. The set consists of (2) SoundMAST front,(2) 10MBD rears, (1) 20MV center and a BOOM-2 Sub. I have searched the web and found very little about these speakers. Comments and advice on value would be appreciated.
Thanks
John
redshoe

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gunbei
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Is that why NEAR kind of disappeared! About ten years ago I was considering them for a small HT system that I eventually built around NHT SuperZeroes and SuperOnes. Since then, I hadn't heard much about NEAR.
gunbei
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Tripper,

"NEAR...make rocks" and "flinty Yankees", LOL.

Actually, my first set of SuperZeros was purchased in 1995, and the SuperOnes rounded out the 5.1 system in 1998, so I guess my speaker line up is sort of middle to late stone age NHT, heheh.

They were still in California in those days. To be honest, I have not heard any of their newer speakers, but a local NHT dealer told me they thought the lower former "Super" line was improved on, but that the higher line [formerly 3.3, 2.9, VT, etc.] had taken a step back. I also still have an original SW3P/SA3 powered subwoofer.

Thanks for the compliment on my 2 channel rig. It's funny because it's changed since I posted it two years ago, but a few weekes ago returned to almost the same configuration as shown in my virtual system. I'm one of those back sliding former SET owners, happy with solid state again. Heresy!!

Doesn't NHT also make outdoor speakers that look like the plastic encased XU versions of their old Super line?

Redshoe, are there any other speaker lines you've considered for your HT?
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