Cerwin Vega...yes or no?

I have some OLD VS 120's that still sound great. They actually sound as good or better than everything else I have and they definitely are the longest lasting, hardest working speakers I own. I use them in my guitar room and I push them very hard quite often, yet they march on.

With all this in mind, AND what the cost of new CV's compared to other brands, I still consider them to be a viable option. What say you?

[nova]

I should think so,... as long as you like how they sound.
I dunno what the new ones sound like, I have not actually heard a pr. of CV's for about 26 years.

[MatrixDweller]

I has some E310's a while back and they sounded fairly good. Their low end was nice and I think CV does their best down low. The mids and highs were adequate but not stellar. For the price though, they were the best I could find back then (1999).

I also had some Cerwin Vega HT stuff too. A pair of SAT5's a CNTR25 and a 10" sub. The sub was small and not too expensive. I'd say it was pretty good for it's price of around $500 back then. The center and satellites were just ok. I thought they were great until I replaced them with Klipsch. There really is no comparison between them other than the Cerwin Vega were half the price.

[looneybomber]

Back in either '99, '00, or maybe even '01, I bought a pair of LS-12's. At the time, I didn't have a very powerful receiver (60w/chan, Dolby prologic) but I could still fill the wing of my dorm room with sound! The quality wasn't the greatest, but at the time I thought they sounded good.

Fast forward about 6years. I saw a pair of LS-12's on ebay locally that I bought. Brought them home and something was wrong with the sound. None of the speakers are blown, there is no odd noise/distortion, however, I have to turn my treble down about 7-8db's (yes same 60w receiver)! It's the craziest thing ever and I can't figure it out. My one's I bought 6 or so years ago, still sound good though.

If you want to buy some new ones, I haven't heard anything about their current line, but enlight of my used pair I bought with some funky sound issues, I'd definatly want to go take a listen before buying instead of trusting.

[toecheese]

I pulled some NHTs out of my living room because I had been given a set of big ole Vegas. I had them re-baffled and sold the NHTs. Not because of quality of sound, mind you, but because of quantity .

A neighbor is using some for his HT and is satisfied with them, though he can't get a center to match them timbre-wise.