Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
hello,
yes curbside pick up , I have had these for years in a pile of stuff.. never used them.
after a little time browsing, and reading the reviews
I am excited to power them up an see what happens?I see that I do not have the cables and center mixer box?for the set? can someone knowlegeable with this system help me. I do not want to plug them in and blow them up ? thanks..mucho

Strengths:
look fancy

Weaknesses:
I am missing parts

Similar Products Used:
yes

Aart

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $400.00 from second hand

Summary:
Reading the previous reviews, I can only emphasize the sound quality of these speakers. And now it's already 2005! I bought a pair of these beauties second hand for only € 350,- (approx. $ 400,-). OK, they are 25 years old, but I immediately replaced my NAD 218 THX with JBL HP-520's for the Active one's. If you are able to get a pair, don't hesitate to buy them.

Strengths:
Music is what you hear, not loudspeakers. Balanced sound, from rock to classic. Very well build and good access to the electronics.

Weaknesses:
Almost none: I now have them playing on the unbalanced inputs because when using the balanced input one of the speakers produces a little low hum.

Similar Products Used:
Non. For me there's no comparison between active speakers of this class and passive speakers.

Price Paid:  $3600.00 from 1987

Summary:
John Bowers active one, one of the best speakers ever made, but my modifications made it even better!

Strengths:
Pure Natural Sound, nothing more.

Weaknesses:
Nothing

Price Paid:  $2000.00 from 1985

Summary:
Since I bought theses speakers back in the day I have tried hard to keep them in mint condition but having them thi long hahah fat chance. They still sound as they did when I got them thought perfect. I have heard alot of speakers ie: Tannoy's B&W's Cervin Vega's Sound Dynamics nothing comparies just the design of the amp being in them reproduces sound like you are there drum solo's to chello's the range of perfect sound. All I can say is WOW!!!!!

Strengths:
Nothing comes even close to the sound quality.

Weaknesses:
An ac plug for plugging the in for active crossover.

Summary:
Well folks, all you have to do is look at where the pro markit(studio recording) is going and you will see that active is the new buzz word. All the new top near field monitor choices are active. The John Bowers were ahead of the times for sure. How do they sound? Depends on what pair you listen to. If they were one of the ones made by John Bower himself, then I don't think you can find a much better system. Different yes, better no. The advantage that an active system has over a non-active system is like comparing a V8 engine to an inline 6 cyl engine. The advantage is with the active system. Don't judge active speakers by Meridian's speakers. These are not a set of John Bowers Active Ones at all. They sound compleatly different, and the only thing they share is that they are both active. Don says it well. One thing that I should mention is the bass. Although it might seem that going by the specs that it could go lower, remember that for a pair of speakers to image well they must be set up even, but for a pair of stereo subs to sound good they must be set up odd. So there is a trade off. The bass on the John Bowers Active Ones is very powerfull and the tonal quality is soooooo good! Like I said, they just get different from here, not better IMHO.
John^^