Who makes these? what is the value on them?

I too own a pair of the Soundwave Grand Soliloquy speakers. Mine are the orginal ones and not the MK IIs. The reason why they show up in the Michigan area is because I was one of his home dealers when I lived in St. Joseph, MI. These speakers sold very easily and I had folks from Florida, Indiana, and West Virgina puchased pairs from me due to my day job.

About eight years ago I had to have the mid/woofers re-surround/coned. Apparently the glue Jim used on the originals did not mate well with the cone material and stayed in gel like state. Well, apparently I played them a little too loud (Threshold S450e amp) and separated the surround from the cone. A guy just north of where I live today (western PA) repaired them for a very reasonable price. He said he had never seen this before. Even though it had only occurred on one of the mid/woof drivers, I had him do all of them just in case. When he removed the drivers, he showed me the XOs and the parts and wiring were all top of the line. The drives were all custom made by Peerless (mid/woof) and Focal (tweeters) if IRRC.

They still sound amazing and I could sell more today (especially the stand mounted ones) if they were still in business. To add to David99 story above - at one point Jim, Dave Bellis, and the owner(s) of Magnum Dynalab had teamed up to help each other. This kept Jim afloat for a couple of more years.

If I were you, I would keep them and enjoy their sound signature.

L

I remember those speakers. I heard them at an Absolute Sound store in Orlando (or was it Sound Advice? can't remember) while visiting my brother back the the early '90's. They were set up in the "high-end" demo room and I think they were paired with Krell electronics. I remember we listened to most of Enya's "Shepherd Moon" CD and they sounded positively ethereal- with monster bass! -jz

I have a pair of the smaller soundwave metronomes and they sound fabulous. I wish they were still in business.

I have twp pairs of Vero/Soundwave speakers, a pair of larger floor standing PS 2.0's and a second smaller pair, not sure of the model# of those. The PS 2.0 is a ported 5 sided with a Morel tweeter on a VERY narrow baffle between the longers L and R sides of the cabinet where the 2 8" woofers are located and a second top mounted tweeter. I stole these off eBay for about $230 for the pair.

The second pair are also 5 sided but with 2 8's and 2 tweeters, but the woofers and tweeters are both mounted on the two angled front sides. These are only about 26"-28" tall and are sealed. I use them as surrounds and the PS2.0's as L/R in my HT setup and LOVE them. I know they made a center channel spekaer as well, and I have been searching for one of those for the past 18 months.

Anyway, these are GREAT speakers for anyone who has a chance to buy a pair, I strongly recommend them.

Thanks for all the info! I also have a pair of the Grand Soliloquy's that I purchased from a friend when he upgraded to Linn Isobarik's. Up until now I had only seen one pair for sale on Audiogon a while back. I use mine in a home theatre setup with one of the smaller (20" high(?)) Soundwaves as a centre channel.
What is funny is I live near Vancouver, BC Canada, which is a long way from New York and these speakers were part of a large inventory of them that a friend purchased from a local distributor that went belly up. As a result, I personally know around ten people currently using various Soundwave models.
I love the speakers and it is great to get a little history on them and know that others feel the same way.