Question anyone familiar with these speakers? WHD BR 140 / MB QUART 290

[quadrupler]

Hello all, hopefully this is the right place to post this.
I came across a listing for these german-made speakers - WHD BR 140-1/8 - for 200 euro.
They seem to be in really good condition and the seller is reputable.
Info online for them is very sparse, but they do have a hifi wiki listing, and some additional specs from the seller, roughly translated:

System Configuration

• 3-way bass reflex system with front-firing port
• Reference WHD chassis components
• 25mm silk dome high-frequency tweeter
• 43mm silk dome mid-frequency tweeter
• 175mm grooved special paper woofer cone
• Removable metal protection grilles

Technical Specifications

• Nominal Power: 70W
• Musical Power: 140W
• Impedance: 8Ω
• Frequency Range: 35Hz - 25,000Hz
• Crossover Frequencies: 900Hz / 3,500Hz
• Color: Black
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 520 × 300 × 240 mm
• Weight: 9kg per speaker (18kg pair)

Has anyone came across the brand and/or model?
Assuming I'm able to test them out, would this be a good deal?

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

How much were they new, and how old are they? Warranty?

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

"Made in West Germany" frames the age question!

 

[quadrupler]

How much were they new, and how old are they? Warranty?

I'm pretty sure these are mid-late 80s! So info is pretty sparse even though the brand seems to have a bit of rep.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

OK - and well-observed by JW above!

Personally, I'd be very wary of buying speakers so old. If something goes wrong, you are far less likely to find spares, and I doubt the warranty offered will be long. In your shoes, I'd prefer a trip to a dealer to compare a few new ones.

 

[quadrupler]

Well this is a second hand private person type deal, so I'm not expecting any sort of warranty at all.
Just interested in the possibility of getting decent quality sound with an interesting character by buying cheaper vintage stuff. Maybe this is too expensive an investment for what it is?
I'll definitely take recommendations for better known and durable options.

 

[daytona600]

200Euros seems expensive
59euros / germany

Whd Br 140 1 - hifi-preise.com

Schallplattenspieler Dual CS 731 Q, Receiver ITT SRX 75 HiFi, Boxen WHD BR 140 / Gebraucht / nicht verkauft, 3 Wege Boxen WHD BR-140-1/8 W.Huber & S. / 80er /

hifi-preise.com

350 turntable/amp/speakers
Dual CS 731 Q, Receiver ITT SRX 75 HiFi, Speakers WHD BR 140

 

[Integralista]

Hello all, hopefully this is the right place to post this.
I came across a listing for these german-made speakers - WHD BR 140-1/8 - for 200 euro.
They seem to be in really good condition and the seller is reputable.
Info online for them is very sparse, but they do have a hifi wiki listing, and some additional specs from the seller, roughly translated:

System Configuration

• 3-way bass reflex system with front-firing port
• Reference WHD chassis components
• 25mm silk dome high-frequency tweeter
• 43mm silk dome mid-frequency tweeter
• 175mm grooved special paper woofer cone
• Removable metal protection grilles

Technical Specifications

• Nominal Power: 70W
• Musical Power: 140W
• Impedance: 8Ω
• Frequency Range: 35Hz - 25,000Hz
• Crossover Frequencies: 900Hz / 3,500Hz
• Color: Black
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 520 × 300 × 240 mm
• Weight: 9kg per speaker (18kg pair)

Has anyone came across the brand and/or model?
Assuming I'm able to test them out, would this be a good deal?

Hi, for me this brand is a new discovery. They look interesting, the brand WHD still exist! You may look on https://whd.de/
It is possible to switch web to the english. I think these speakers could have decent sound, pair them with some nice old receiver. Just wondering if the weight 9kg per speaker is correct. 9kg for such huge speaker will indicate thin walls, little damping, small magnet structure etc. But they are worth of investigation. BR.

 

[quadrupler]

Thanks for the feedback guys, elucidating. I'm starting to consider they might be overpriced... same seller also selling a pair of MB QUART 290 at about 200€, I'm also curious about them, but some ebay sellers are listing those at way cheaper prices, even accounting for international shipping.

If anyone has feedback on those I'd love to hear it!

 

[RJW232]

The price at the time was 298 DMark. Which is 152 Euro.

Version 1 had ferrite coils in the filter, but version 2 air coils, which wasnt' used that often in those days.

 

[Rui]

Hello all, hopefully this is the right place to post this.
I came across a listing for these german-made speakers - WHD BR 140-1/8 - for 200 euro.
They seem to be in really good condition and the seller is reputable.
Info online for them is very sparse, but they do have a hifi wiki listing, and some additional specs from the seller, roughly translated:

System Configuration

• 3-way bass reflex system with front-firing port
• Reference WHD chassis components
• 25mm silk dome high-frequency tweeter
• 43mm silk dome mid-frequency tweeter
• 175mm grooved special paper woofer cone
• Removable metal protection grilles

Technical Specifications

• Nominal Power: 70W
• Musical Power: 140W
• Impedance: 8Ω
• Frequency Range: 35Hz - 25,000Hz
• Crossover Frequencies: 900Hz / 3,500Hz
• Color: Black
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 520 × 300 × 240 mm
• Weight: 9kg per speaker (18kg pair)

Has anyone came across the brand and/or model?
Assuming I'm able to test them out, would this be a good deal?

they used to sound good and easy placement not so depending on the right spot as it as a litle box already, but i would check the drivers first, because i heard some sold for 140€ , and the drivers were done mids and high´s very low in volume . but you also need a minimum quality amplifier not much power but sound quality like they all used to sound in the past when components were more evolved.
Almost forget ,the seller it had a A-616mk II reference pioneer amplifiers ,some talk bad about them but there are several and not one is equal to other the A-616mk II and A-717mk II were the best built and the last was the best of all in sound, too many knobs? learn to operate them or loudness on and all other two tone controls in defeat, why i say it´s better the last one ,maybe because it as better and bigger capacitors and two extra capacitors to drive each channel... well i forget about it , was in early 90´s, but i still have them ,only some knobs are needing some work as all is built in metal not plastic like all others, except the two i refer.

Also if hearing records ,maybe one of the best phono stages after 1979, along with the TA-F590ES or 690, both surprised me for the better, how good they were , surprising at the time, in 1993

To end ,in specifications the most important one isn´t refered, sensitivety in db´s more than 100DB, good

 

[Rui]

Does anyone here knows what hapened to Hiwatt?