Quasar Loudspeakers

[icehockeyboy]

Anybody heard of these? Not to be confused with the P.A company.

There’s a pair up for sale locally, the person is expecting £200 unless advised they’re not worth that.

[VanDerGraaf]

German?

Any pictures?

[spendorman]

I have a vague recollection that they were cheaper JBL under a new name, could be wrong.

[Macca]

I have a vague recollection that they were cheaper JBL under a new name, could be wrong.

I think you are thinking of Bolivar.

The only Quasar I can find (other than the pro stuff) are some open baffle kits. http://www.bd-design.nl/contents/en-us/d40.html

[spendorman]

I think you're right. Quasar still rings a bell, can't remember which bell though. Perhaps I've seen Quasar speakers in an old speaker comparison in a Hi Fi magazine

[Macca]

Coud be Quasar is the name not the brand - check out these weird JVC Quasar https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jvc-quasar

[jandl100]

An image of a squiggly 'q' badge came immediately to mind, from back in the late 70s or 80s??!

I defo seem to recall Quasar speakers from back then. Moderate sized standmounts. They were quite well thought of??

Maybe. Perhaps.

[spendorman]

Well my memory was sort of working. Popular Hi Fi 1976

Speaker test Popular Hi Fi 1976_Page_13 by A60man, on Flickr

Speaker test Popular Hi Fi 1976_Page_01 by A60man, on Flickr

[Macca]

The good old days when mags did proper reviews with measurements with a decent graph and on and off axis response measured. Nowadays it's just two pages of waffle about the emotion from the singer's voice

Anyway, three-way with a 12 inch bass driver, what's not to like?

[jandl100]

He he - rated higher that the Quad 57.