TAD / Pioneer S-1EX Speakers for Sale

[tigerwoodKhorns]

For any of you who like single driver speakers, you will love these. Very well built and Stereophile A rated.

These are less dynamic than Klipsch, but they image better and are more cohesive (I Know, one of those words). Here is how I can describe it, they sound like single driver speakers but with top an dbottom extension and withotu the colorations. The imaging is really outstanding. The cabinets are also much nicer (as in inert and solid).

Check out the TAD reference speakers, these are similar.

Here is my ad from Craigslist:

TAD / Pioneer S1-EX Speakers

Stereophile A rated floor standing speakers. These were designed by Andrew Jones of TAD to be a more affordable version of the TAD's very high end product (with a price tag of $12,000 instead of $70,000). The S-1ex are the top of the line in this series and received an A rating from Stereophile.

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/307piosex/

They utilize a coaxial Beryllium tweeter and Magnesium coated midrange cone that image like a single driver speaker (but without the compromises of a single driver such as extnesion). I had a pair of single driver speakers and the imaging was similar, but they just did not have the extension and had coloratiosn that are not present in the TADs.

The coaxial driver is combined with dual carbon fiber woofers in a cabinet that ranges from 1.25" thick to 3" thick (and is quite inert). I replaced a pair of B&W Signature 800's (B&W's TOTL) with these speakers and it was a move up in my opinion. The imaging is better with the TADs and they can easily be driven by a 200 wpc amp rather than 500+ watts are required by the power hungry B&Ws. One Japanese audio magazine also rated the S-1ex's higher than the B&W 800s.

The speakers are in fantastic shape with no flaws that I can locate. They also come with 2 sets of grills. Local pick up in Las Vegas Nevada.

The price is $5,250.

Here are some links to reviews:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Pioneer+S1-ex&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#channel=sb&q=Pioneer+S1-ex+review&revid=276141946&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

I will make a better deal for a forum member who has been here for a little bit.

[Schu]

you've got yourself quite a collection of high end goods there don't you?

have you used all these speaker combinations and moved on to something else, or are you just coming by these and reselling?

[tigerwoodKhorns]

No reselling. These have been my main speakers for years.

[Schu]

do you still have your Palladiums?

[tigerwoodKhorns]

Yes, but they are going to be used for HT, not 2 chaannel.