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Wow, I have no idea why I did not open this thread earlier. Shocking!

I am also on their emailing list and do pretty much the same as you, hit delete and am also amused at how hard they are trying to garner some sales. Some of those sale prices are almost hard to resist till I think about who I would be supporting.

You would get killed with shipping and brokerage costs anyways. For what? To get an unreliable product and probably no warranty coverage over the entire term. I wouldn't buy that stuff even if they were giving it away.

Just always wanted to hear what Rockets sound like.

Jay, why not make your own 'Rockets'? didn't the "Ninja" do crossovers for this speaker? get a couple of crossovers from him and get all the drivers from parts express(HiVi) probably be a lot cheaper than buying them from 123....

The Ninja makes 'upgraded' crossovers, he didn't have anything to do with the original stuff and I do not know the exact interior dimensions of, say the RS850, so for me to make a set would be rather difficult and to get that same rosewood finish they had would take me along time, much easier to look for a used set now or even better and owner nearby so I don't have to spend any more money

I priced out the drivers for the RS850 at PE and it come out to about $166 USD per speaker, the most expensive driver is the Vifa ring rad tweet at around $45. Roughly $330 total for a pair plus crossovers and cabinet materials.

But without the cossovers and dimensions, which I would imagine could be found if I looked reasonably hard, getting the drivers is somewhat pointless. But that is not a bad starting point, hmmmmmm.....

Hmmm. I wonder what would happen if someone built a variable crossover with an adjustment knob on the back of the speaker. Can you imagine the drama from folks who can already barely decide if their speakers sound better with 10 degrees of toe in or 15? Hmmm maybe it's just a bad idea.

I wondered that reg a few makers of speakers with active crossovers. I'm sure the manufacturer would recommend certain proximities on the driver crossovers but you just know somebody is going to TRY something silly....I wonder how high I can cross this woofer at before it...OH!! DANG IT!!