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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
ctsooner
2,480 posts
 
Did you go to the guy in Australia who bought the name?  Heard he does a great job in rebuilding them.  I used to love most of the line back in the late 90's.  We used to bi amp the full range panels and drive the heck out of them.  Wish the guy in Boston knew how to run the business as they were nice guys.  Got to go to the factory up there a few times.
scorpio1951
189 posts
 
ctsooner, I used his ribbons, but the rebuilt was by TrueSoundWorks in Minden, Nevada. Well worth the money!
213runnin
914 posts
 
I find the only solution to this dilemma is to own several pairs of speakers, and I've decided not to sell my favorite 2 pairs of Tannoys, and once I re-buy the Ascend speakers, they shall never leave my home either!
clio09
3,354 posts
 
Just repurchased a pair of Spendor 1/2e speakers and they are everything I remembered them to be when I sold them 7 years ago. I alternate listening to them with Quad ESL-57s.
prof
3,471 posts
 
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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