Cerwin vega

[The Guy who cares]

Why Doesn't anybody remember Cerwin Vega?

 

[The Guy who cares]

Cerwin Vega still is around I have 4 of them. SL15s for the front Left Right and 2 SL-12's for the rear. Good Speakers but they need to be modified with internal insulation.

 

[Mr. Widget]

I remember them... but not necessarily in a positive way.

Sensurround was interesting, but hardly earth shaking... pardon the pun.

 

[JSmith]

Why Doesn't anybody remember Cerwin Vega?

Oh I very much do... but more the large PA systems.

JSmith

 

[The Guy who cares]

The ones I have are current. I didn't like the sound at first "Muddy". So I added insulation and plugged the rear ports. After that they sound excellent.

 

[The Guy who cares]

Abandoned Movie Theater. Those old theaters were the best, excellent sound for movies like Apocalypse Now, Alien and so many others.

 

[Martin]

I had a pair of Cerwin Vega 313 12" 3-way floor standing speakers that I absolutely loved. Unfortunately, they were stolen in the early 1980's. They were replaced by a pair of Cerwin Vega D5 12" 3-way bookshelves that were also nice but nothing like the 313s. Later I had a pair of Cerwin Vega 12-TR which were freakin' fantastic. About 15 years ago I built a vintage system with a pair of D9 15" 3-ways but I just never got into them. I sold the entire system a few years later. I just remember that they all rocked. I loved their slogan in the 1980's - "Loud Is Beautiful If It's Clean".

Martin

 

[Mr. Widget]

The Cerwin Vegas that I remember were far from hi-fi.

This was back in the 70s and they featured their famous red surrounds on the largest woofers you could fit in the enclosure topped off by a piezo tweeter... the original boom zing speakers. I guess they made some better options as well.

 

[The Guy who cares]

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The Cerwin Vegas that I remember were far from hi-fi.

This was back in the 70s and they featured their famous red surrounds on the largest woofers you could fit in the enclosure topped off by a piezo tweeter... the original boom zing speakers. I guess they made some better options as well.

The new Cerwin Vega Speakers are still vintage looking and have powerful bass. The only thing is the new speakers like the SL15 (3 way with 15" Woofers have no internal insulation. So you'll need to remove the woofers and add insulation. Once that's done they're crystal clear and excellent for Movies and music without any need for Subwoofers.

 

[restorer-john]

We sold Yamaha NS-xxxx series, Jamo Concert series, Pioneer, Energy and Cerwin Vega!.

CVs were for the boys who wanted a rig to play AC/DC all night and loud. The guys who wanted to build their own bar-room/pool room complete with lit-up glass door drinks fridges, lots of alcohol and car memorabilia carefully hung on the wall. Neon signs and chrome bar stools.

CVs were awesome for that. I don't think I ever saw blown drivers (plenty of blown fuses). A few chewed up foam woofer surrounds from mice and small dogs. Great value party speakers.

 

[Chrispy]

I do, still see them mentioned now and then as well. I even owned a pair back in the 70s....

 

[Mr. Widget]

CVs were awesome for that. I don't think I ever saw blown drivers (plenty of blown fuses). A few chewed up foam woofer surrounds from mice and small dogs. Great value party speakers.

I guess there is that.

 

[The Guy who cares]

We sold Yamaha NS-xxxx series, Jamo Concert series, Pioneer, Energy and Cerwin Vega!.

CVs were for the boys who wanted a rig to play AC/DC all night and loud. The guys who wanted to build their own bar-room/pool room complete with lit-up glass door drinks fridges, lots of alcohol and car memorabilia carefully hung on the wall. Neon signs and chrome bar stools.

CVs were awesome for that. I don't think I ever saw blown drivers (plenty of blown fuses). A few chewed up foam woofer surrounds from mice and small dogs. Great value party Cerwin Vega has fuse so its impossible to blow. The SL-15 are rated at 600 watts into 8 ohms with 94 db sensitivity. It's almost impossible to blow them. I ment remove the 15" Woofers just to add internal insulation and put the woofers back in. Without the installation they sound boxy and boomy. Once the installation is added they sound excellent.

 

[The Guy who cares]

The new Cerwin Vega also sound good with AC/DC and even Classical Music if ione insulated them.

 

[AudiOhm]

The first stereo I purchased was in 1980 with a pair of Cerwin Vega HED 123's.

They have been re-foamed and are still working to this day in my sons home...

Ohms

 

[restorer-john]

The first stereo I purchased was in 1980 with a pair of Cerwin Vega HED 123's.

They have been re-foamed and are still working to this day in my sons home...

That's awesome! 97dB efficient and massive cast basket woofers. 43 years old and going strong- wish all speakers were like that.

 

[DonR]

Instantly recognizable with the red foam surrounds. You knew you were in a rocker's house when you saw those.

 

[AudiOhm]

Yes 97 dB, they were loud, powered by a Sansui G4700.

If I remember correctly, the kit was purchased from Simply Speakers...

Ohms

 

[Cars-N-Cans]

We sold Yamaha NS-xxxx series, Jamo Concert series, Pioneer, Energy and Cerwin Vega!.

CVs were for the boys who wanted a rig to play AC/DC all night and loud. The guys who wanted to build their own bar-room/pool room complete with lit-up glass door drinks fridges, lots of alcohol and car memorabilia carefully hung on the wall. Neon signs and chrome bar stools.

CVs were awesome for that. I don't think I ever saw blown drivers (plenty of blown fuses). A few chewed up foam woofer surrounds from mice and small dogs. Great value party speakers.

That's basically how I remember them when I was young and everyone had them. My brother's friend blasting the doors and hendrix on an old pair back in the day. Evidently tradition lives on...

I think Cerwin-Vega! probably loves him more then he loves their speakers. You can sell your entire portfolio of speakers and reach your quarterly sales targets as soon as that guy walks in showroom door. The conversation when he purchased them went like this (probably).

Sales person: "So, sir. Is there any particular pair of speakers in the XLS series you were interested in?"
Customer: "Yes..."
Sales person: "Ok, which ones, then?"
Customer: "Just ship them to me. I mean even the display models. Just ship them all to me. All of them."

 

[thewas]

Their newer red surround CLS-215 have actually even well behaving directivity, which is better than on many expensive "audiophile" loudspeakers:

Frequency response, 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)

Top curve: on-axis response
Middle curve: 15 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 30 degrees off-axis response

Frequency response, 20Hz - 20kHz (measured @ 2m, plotted @ 1m)

Top curve: 45 degrees off-axis response
Middle curve: 60 degrees off-axis response
Bottom curve: 75 degrees off-axis response

Source of the measurements: https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/speakers/cerwin_vega_cls-215/​