tonysly Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Hi everybody! I was pretty excited to get home today with a pair of RB-5 ll's and stands that I picked up here locally for $150! When I saw the ad for 2 cherry RB-5 ll's already on a nice pair of stands I called the guy right away and said "I'm on my way!" As many of you know I am working on my HT of 2 RF-7 mains, an RC-7 center, 2 RS-7 surrounds, 2 RSW-15 subs, and up until now I have been using 2 RS-3 ll's as rear surrounds until I could find a pair of bookshelf speakers that I wanted. To be honest I was holding out for a pair of RB-75's to feel like I had a complete reference 7 series set. Anyways I figured I would snag this pair of RB-5 ll's up at this great price, then sell my RS-3 ll's, and use the RB-5 ll's as rears until I found a good pair of RB-75's for a decent price that would eventually take their place. I figured when I replaced the RB-5 ll's with the RB-75's I could even sell the RB-5 ll's for a pretty good profit. That WAS the plan. But then about an hour ago I hooked these RB-5 ll bad boys up in place of my RF-7s in front so I could see what kind of speaker I was dealing with. To say the least I was BLOWN AWAY by the sound quality of these RB-5 ll's! I was not expecting the music or movies to sound anything near that good with the bookshelf speakers hooked up as mains! I was very surpised because I bought these are "surrounds" thinking they would be ok, wow did I underestimate these things! So I began thinking, if they are this good in front, they will do the job perfectly as rear surrounds. In fact I bet I would have a hard time noticing the difference of this pair compared to a pair of RB-75s used as rear surrounds for a movie. For one the rear surrounds dont really do much work, so to me they will be as good as RB-75s in that spot, and secondly- these speakers kick ***!!! Overall they are in good shape, which at this price was just another plus for me, I would give them an 8.5/10. After this post I am going to hook them up as the back surrounds, and watch a loud movie! I was thinking Hellboy 2 on Blu Ray with DTS HD-MASTER 7.1 audio!!! Take care everybody Here is a pic I took when I got them home: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysly Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 One more closer up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 do you plan on selling your rb-3II's? if so i may know someone who would want them. wow....$150 for a pair of rb-5II's???? i would say you stole them......great find..... edit....my bad i didn't quite read right. sorry didn't even notice at the bottom of your sig......then again he may want a second pair of rs-3's too.....i will ask him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted December 18, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2008 How much do you want for the Wheaties box? [] Nice score Tony. I'd say don't even worry about the RB-75's. The RB-5II's will work great for rear duty. I found a good deal on a pair of mint RB-35's for $180 that I'm using for rears. I have not hooked them up yet. I might just hook them up as fronts to check them out this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysly Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Thanks guys, I thought it was a pretty nice score. Guess I better not say what I got the rest of my speakers for, I've been very lucky... I figured the same thing Youthman, they should work just as good as the 75's for rear duty. I just realized they may fit even better in my system because I have RS-7's as side surrounds which have an 8" woofer and 1" tweeters, just the same as the RB-5 ll's. So my front three match, and now my four surrounds. Oh- and the Wheaties box is NOT for sale I collect souveniers from most St.Louis Cardinals World Series Championships, and as you may guess, that is a LOT of stuff because the Cardinals have the 2nd most Championships ever, behind only the Yankees! It's quite the obsession for me Take care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Congrats! Looks like you got a really good deal! [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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