Something interesting happened last week, I was perusing an audiophile site that specializes in really good equipment, not quite at the "Audiogon" level but close enough for me, and it's a Canadian site which makes it easy to buy and sell your equipment.
Someone in Edmonton posted an ad that he was looking for "IMF RSPM MK IV's", he already had a pair of the IMF TLS 50's, sold those when he found a pair of the TLS 80's and after finding he loved the sound of the transmission line speakers IMF specialized in decided to look for a pair of their top of the line models, the MK IV's which are the ones I own.
I answered his ad, if nothing else to give him the chance to listen to them in person considering he'd never done that and they are rare out here, down in Ontario you might find a few pairs at any one time available but not in Western Canada. Anyway he came over and was completely impressed, he made me an offer that was more than fair, in fact I had considered selling them last spring, mainly because I don't listen to them as much as I used to and certainly not at the volume level when I was young.
I've owned them since 1979 and still have my original receipt. I told him I would sleep on it and yesterday decided I would sell them to him. He will keep them for a long time, they simply don't make quality speakers like this anymore, certainly not for less than $10,000.00 It was his genuine enthusiasm for IMF's that decided it for me, more than the money I am glad to find a good home for them and hope he enjoys them as much as I have over the years.
It is like giving up part of yourself though, and was a lot harder to let them go than I ever imagined but I finally came to the conclusion that it's time to give them to someone like myself, who will treat them with TLC and enjoy them for another 20 years.
Sigh...going to miss them towering in the main room though, they are works of art as much as working speakers.
End of an era for me, but I'll get over the loss eventually and I wasn't sure I would be able to take them with me when I do move again anyway.
I'll post some pictures of them later, before I pack them up for the last time.
Someone in Edmonton posted an ad that he was looking for "IMF RSPM MK IV's", he already had a pair of the IMF TLS 50's, sold those when he found a pair of the TLS 80's and after finding he loved the sound of the transmission line speakers IMF specialized in decided to look for a pair of their top of the line models, the MK IV's which are the ones I own.
I answered his ad, if nothing else to give him the chance to listen to them in person considering he'd never done that and they are rare out here, down in Ontario you might find a few pairs at any one time available but not in Western Canada. Anyway he came over and was completely impressed, he made me an offer that was more than fair, in fact I had considered selling them last spring, mainly because I don't listen to them as much as I used to and certainly not at the volume level when I was young.
I've owned them since 1979 and still have my original receipt. I told him I would sleep on it and yesterday decided I would sell them to him. He will keep them for a long time, they simply don't make quality speakers like this anymore, certainly not for less than $10,000.00 It was his genuine enthusiasm for IMF's that decided it for me, more than the money I am glad to find a good home for them and hope he enjoys them as much as I have over the years.
It is like giving up part of yourself though, and was a lot harder to let them go than I ever imagined but I finally came to the conclusion that it's time to give them to someone like myself, who will treat them with TLC and enjoy them for another 20 years.
Sigh...going to miss them towering in the main room though, they are works of art as much as working speakers.
End of an era for me, but I'll get over the loss eventually and I wasn't sure I would be able to take them with me when I do move again anyway.
I'll post some pictures of them later, before I pack them up for the last time.
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