Opinion of my older Snell E111's please -

Hi Deb. I own a pr. of these very fine spks. The owners manual doesn't list any specs, but a sales brochure I have does. +/- 1.75 dB from 39Hz to 20 kHz anechoic. Crossover 2.7 kHz. Nom. impedence 6 ohms. sensitivity 91 dB w/1 watt in anechoic chamber. 35"H x 13"W x 11"D. 50 lbs. each. These are really easy to drive and the sound just fine w/ a low powered amp. But, if you hook them up to beefy amp such as Bryston 4B ST, then the bass will be amazing! They were/are bargins when new and now used. I'm going to guess their resale value is between $325-$475, depending on condition of course. The only maintance issue is that the woofers will need to be refoamed eventually. Not a big deal. Snell would work on them still I believe. Snell did have info on these spks. on their website, but I believe they removed it sometime ago. A shame. I would be very reluctant to ship them w/o the factory shipping boxs because of their weight and the real tweeter. (BTW, besides knowing how to design and build great spks., the shipping boxes were first-rate.) I would be glade to photo-copy my manual/sales brochure if you may need them. Regards, Bill.

I meant to say "rear" tweeter instead of "real" tweeter. Also, these spks. are rated for amps between 15 to 150 watts. I understand what you're saying about their size. There are some extremely good sounding slender floorstanders available. They may be more accurate in the mid-range and the bass, but they may not go so low nor sound so full sounding. So in all honesty, if you need to free up some space in your room, do check out your other options. But I doubt you would find something used in that price range ($300-400) that would be so full sounding and musical. (I can think of a few exceptions (ADS for one) but they would be bulky as well.) Now, if I had the need for another set of loudspeakers, I personally would look into Australian-made KRIX loudspeakers which are being closed out by FullCompass. I own two prs. of their spks. and they are superb sounding. They need alot of break-in time to sound their best. Something to consider. Regards, Bill.

I have a pair of Snell E IV's. Not sure if the IV's are better or worse or the same as the III but the III gets alot of respect. Hard to beat good all around sound for around $300-400 used. No, not the last word by far in transparency, imaging, etc. but not bad and do little wrong. I'm a fan. yeah they are a little big.

If memory serves me, the IV's very alittle narrower and the tweeters were different. One thing I would consider doing w/them if a had to remove the woofer, is changing out the bidding posts. (BP Hex's would be an exc. choice) You would be quite surprissed how much of an improvement this would make. Even putting in one higher quality set and forgo bi-wiring them. If you're using the stock pins that combine the low/high posts, consider another method. (I'm using a piece of heavy guage (Aprx. 14ga.) wire to jump the posts then using a single cable w/banana connectors to hook them up. I've found that Qed "Kudos" works very well this way and makes the spk. very enjoyable to listen to. One seller on Ebay has them for $39 new for a 12' pr. Banana terminated. Excellent simple cables for these spks.) Bill

Can't speak for the EIIIs, but I really like the EIVs. I think these Snells are very underappreciated speakers. Unfailingly musical and full, and easy to drive. I agree that they're not the last word in revealing, but at their price point used, they are likely to be paired with electronics that would be ill served with extremely revealing speakers, like the Thiels I am currently using. I had Athena ASF2's, Maggie MMG's and PSB Image 5T's, all recently, and the Snell EIV easily bested them all in my system (YMMV). The Theil CS2 2 are better, but leaner sounding, pickier about amplification and set up, and more than twice the price.

Thanks for all the information. I think I am goingt to list them on ebay or CL as I haven't the room for them. Like to see someone get them before they waste away. THANKS again for help, debbie