Finally in the house and playing is this later pair of Sound Dynamics R85 speakers. I picked these up a while ago and have finally gotten around to hearing them.
Not the Sound Dynamics of the 80's that were loud rockers that competed with Cerwin Vega's, these are far more refined and polite.
A nice cherry nivyl veneer with an 8 inch woofer and a 3/4 dome tweeter that looks like a Vifa tweeter but has a light metal coating.
Picked up a pair at a pawnshop for $100. The cabinets have a couple small chips at the edges that I filled in with a Sharpie but the drivers are pristine, I don't think the grills have ever been off. Sturdy and heavy for their size. Deep rich bass and smooth highs, responded well to a recap using Solen Fast Caps and Ohmite Wirewound resistor, really opened up the soundstage but didn't give as much air as I would have liked. They do dynamics very well but I wouldn't call them Rockers, they don't care for the noisy DIY Punk in my collection, it has to be well produced. When I show them off I play Donald Fagen-Morph the Cat or Dire Straights-Six Blade Knife. So tight.
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