book shelf speakers made at any price. Rated at 20 to 20mhz 40wats input. The
shack couldn't leave well enough alone they up-graded them to a lower spec.
At 08:23 AM 3/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
I'm a teeny bit of an audio snob myself (but without the money to support the habit, so I have a mid-fi system). But while we're talking the 'Shack here, anyone remember Minimus 7 speakers?
I don't know if they still make them, but in the late '70's they were like $45 Cdn
each, just tiny things, about 6 inches tall, but wow, the sound that came out of
them!
They were the best deal in speakers ever. Great satellites for a sub-woofer, and
great patio speakers as well (not waterproof, but you could hang 'em on a wall).
In a small room they were very good stand-alone speakers - the bass that came out
of such a small box was very credible.
Like the CD player, I think it was a fluke, though....
regards, frank
Nick Zentena wrote:
> Must be over ten years ago but Radio shack one year sold a portable CD
> player. Some one noticed that it came with a digital output. Soon enough
> this $100 player got written up in the high end audio rags. Radio Shack
> stores all across North America sold out. All over high end setups used a
> little Radio Shack portable for CD transport.
>
> Nick
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