On 14 Feb 97, Bonnie Goodwin wrote to Scott Scheibe about: Re: Optimus Pro 

->> Anyone have an opinion on Rat Shack Optimus Pro LX5's? They are
->> having a speaker sale until the 22nd and I'm a little tempted. They
->> are half off, $75 each. This is a 2way bookshelf speaker with a
 BG> I've heard good things about them too, but the bottom line on speakers
 BG> is.... Do YOU like them. Go to a Rat Shack, let a salesman hover
 BG> all around you but tell them to shutup and let you listen.. if the
 BG> speaker sounds good to you, it will sell itself.
	Hi Bonnie,
	
	Thanks to you and the other two who replied last week (my computer died 
over the week end and that packet is on it..)
	I did as everyone suggested last week and listened to them, compared 
them to some of their bigger speakers. For such small speakers they have
incredible bass and the tweeters give them a very nice clean open sound, 
they actually sounded better on the high end than the bigger speaker with
a similar tweeter. He played a couple of different sources for me, but most 
familiar to me was the Rush tape and Red Barchetta, the cymbals sounded 
clear and crisp, unlike my Bose do.
	I put them on layaway yesterday but won't likely have them paid off soon,
between my computer dying and someone breaking in to my truck and making 
off with my tool box I am flat broke. 
	The only problem I see with the speakers is they can't be hung on the 
wall like my current Bose 201's are and the bracket Rat Shack  sales is
a shocking $40 and ugly too boot.
                                                Scott Scheibe
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