RTR001 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) SOLD Item: RTR 280DRs Location: Price: $1200 $1100 Item Condition: 7/10 - awesome for their age Reason for selling: Dad has upgraded Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Hi all, I’m selling these beautiful and rare old RTR 280DRs on behalf of my Dad (not to be confused with the cheap RTRs after BIC bought the company in the 80’s). Matching serial numbers 3838 and 3839. The story goes that as an 18 year old, dad had a choice to make – a new car or a stereo system. Needless to say that he choose correctly and they’ve been in the family since new in 1977. It’s actually quite a sad day for both of us really as these were my first introduction to the glorious world of hifi as well – in fact the couple of dinted dust caps were at my own hands as a 5 year old – apologies! Anyway, here they are in all their Teak clad glory (real Teak, not plastic veneer). They pack in 10 drivers per tower. 5 paper mids/tweeters, a front facing piezo horn, 3 front/side facing 10” woofers and a downward firing 10” woofer. I’ve checked all drivers and they are in good working order. The rear of the crossovers have pots for treble and mid range as well as an protection override reset button. One speaker will on occasion cut out but a reset is all it needs. The switch probably just needs a clean. The cloth grills look loose in the photos, that’s just due to the screws being removed for me to take photos of the drivers. The crossovers have recently been recapped with Jantzen MKTs from Speakerbug.com.au. Dad reckons they now sound exactly like he remembered back in 77’ as they had lost a lot of sparkle and bottom end prior to the recap. Sensitivity wise, I can’t find the original specs but they’re clearly pretty sensitive when compared to my -89dB Martin Logans. Easily over 91-92dB. They’re not in perfect condition being 41 years old but overall present very well. There has been some loose veneer over the years which has been reglued. One tower has a chip to the bottom rear corner. I’ve tried to show all of this in the photos. A few of the tiny dust caps on the paper tweeters have been pushed in but they’re such shallow caps, I hardly noticed until dad pointed them out. I’m not sure what else to say about these but please feel free to ask questions. Dad is asking $1200 for them and I realise that’s on the higher end but given their rarity here is Australia it’s probably a fair price Pictures: Edited January 9, 2019 by RTR001 Withdrawn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audionutz Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I’ve got the RTR DR-1 & can confirm the models from this era are a far superior build than the later, cheaper offerings. At the price offered, these are extremely good value imho. GLWTS Cheers ’Nutz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnostereo Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) I've got this one. RTR DAC1 Rhombus Subwoofer. Probably go quite well together. Edited July 23, 2018 by dnostereo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTR001 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Price drop. $1100 Edited January 9, 2019 by RTR001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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