If the seller can't hear a tear in the driver - and he's being 100% honest - then what does that tell you about the quality of speaker you're getting?
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Is buying speakers with a small hole in the driver a bad idea?
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bad is bad regardless of the listening distance
ROOSKIE
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It has all already been covered but that cone is dead meat. Water damage/stains and a huge hole. It will meaure poorly and surely sound like crap.
Who would even try to sell you that?
I have a set of speakers here with a small dent in the cone. Fairly small (about 1/3" on a 6" driver)but it obviously affected the driver cone integrity as it measures very high levels of Harmonic Distortion and actually makes a 'whistling' sound when playing a sweep at a decent SPL. It sound audibly different from the good driver on every 'lab' type of test.
Would it blend in better with music, yes ----> but then you have all that distortion down in the background. So, definetly not what one pays for with Hi-Fi.
WIsh I had a photo handy so you could see how little visual damage it is and yet how much it affects the output.
With a beefy cone sub bass driver, repairs are easier or in a low fidelity application. In a high fidelity application I would say, never buy a speaker with any damages to to any drivers unless you can replace that drive in cost advantageous manner.
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Any other coaxial recommendations for $500 at most with no subwoofer, besides KEF?You might be interested in coaxials in general as @thewas stated and the new Kali has a similar aesthetic to this speaker.
Can't say I have any, no. The Kali IN-5 with the ceiling bracket is on sale for some reason but that'd still be $600 for the pair.
Amen
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Y'all remember the famous/infamous "Insignia" coaxes that were all the rage for a few months -- shortly before Andrew Jones' Pioneer SP-BS22-LR displaced 'em? 
Insignia NS-B2111 according to a quick googlin'.
Their 15 minutes of fame was in the summer of 2006.
see, e.g.,
and
Of course, in the traditional stone soup (or nail broth) fashion, folks bought 'em oh-so-cheap -- and then modified the snot out of them...
EDIT: Of course -- Of course, GR Research had an upgrade for 'em.
We have to go to the Wayback Machine -- but it's there to be found.
Insignia NS-B2111 according to a quick googlin'.
Their 15 minutes of fame was in the summer of 2006.
see, e.g.,
Will Someone Please Measure The Insignia and publish - Frihed89 - Speaker Asylum
Will Someone Please Measure The Insignia and publish - Frihed89 - Speaker Asylum
db.audioasylum.com
Of course, in the traditional stone soup (or nail broth) fashion, folks bought 'em oh-so-cheap -- and then modified the snot out of them...
EDIT: Of course -- Of course, GR Research had an upgrade for 'em.
We have to go to the Wayback Machine -- but it's there to be found.
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ROOSKIE
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$600, if you can stretch.
Kali IN-5-c's are on sale $300ea
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Kali Audio's IN-5 is a 3-way studio monitor with an 5-inch woofer and a 4-Inch midrange with a coaxial 1-inch tweeter. The unique architecture of the Midrange and Tweeter eliminates off-axis lobing, giving the IN-5 an incredibly accurate, lifelike stereo image. The strength of the stereo image...
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These are sonically identical to the regular IN-5's
You should also be able to find a set of used Kali's for $500 or less.
Being powered you save your amp $$.
You might find IN-8's V2, used for $500 or so as well. (The larger model)
ROOSKIE
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Are you in the USA?
If so also the ELAC UB51 passives for $299 a pair or less(Amazon has had them for less than $250 on sale recently, might drop again but $299 is pretty decent)
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If so also the ELAC UB51 passives for $299 a pair or less(Amazon has had them for less than $250 on sale recently, might drop again but $299 is pretty decent)
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Beyond the bookshelf. Space constraints should never compromise great sound, and the Uni-Fi UB5 is the perfect solution when floor space is at a premium, but demand for audiophile sound is not negotiable. Using the same outstanding driver and crossover components of its bigger brother, this...
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