Dahlquist speakers

They were a fabulous speaker. A three way in a vertical tower with an open baffle on top. VERY good sounding. The 'cabinet' work was pretty unremarkable - these are not good looking speakers.

And the parts were, as I said, not really expensive. This was a speaker built to a price point. And they're what, 25 years old now? It's not that great speakers from 25 years ago aren't competitive. It's that something build cheap, 25 years later....it's not going to sound as good as it did, nor will it be very reliable.

Time to move on. There are lots of speaker to spend a grand on these days. MG12's (ok, just over a grand). Monitor Audio RS6. Get a good bookshelf speaker and a subwoofer. There's lot of bargains out there.

Johnnyb53, yeah, I was a big ADS fan back in the day. Very high quality product and if you can find a pair in good shape they hold up very well today.

We always used to say we wanted a DQ-10 with ADS drivers!

I think a pair of Monitor Audio RS1's with an Energy sub (bargains on ebay) would be a great setup for under a grand. Don't forget the Skylanstands.com speaker stands. And Blue Jeans cable belden speaker wire.

Seattle mike

Parts quality....You think the MG12's use expensive parts?...I got a good laugh on that (-:

Hey sogood - let's hear it about the MG12's.

Looks like I can get MA RS6 on here used for $600-800. Do you guys think this is a good deal rather than buying expensive older used speakers? If not, what brands and models of older ones do you like?
Thanks for your opinions. KG.