Has anyone heard of Fried speakers? (1 Viewer)

[Ed Four]

About 7 years ago I bought a pair of Fried(brand name, not fried as in ruined) A5 speakers from an audio store. Since then, I haven't heard anything about them and cannot find them on the Internet. I believe the mfr was based out of PA. If anyone knows any info I would appreciate it. I want to get the specs on them. I'd also be interested if anyone has listened to them, what they thought.

 

[Saurav]

Yes. Go to www.audioasylum.com and you'll see a fair amount fo discussion on the Fried A/6, since someone was selling them on Audiogon for $300/pr recently (I believe they list for over $1K). AFAIK, Fried speakers were known for the series crossover that they used. I don't know much about this stuff, but I know my current speakers also use a series crossover, and I think they sound great
Check Audio Asylum, you shound find plenty of discussions in the Speaker forum.

 

[Bob Marker]

I believe Fried has been out of business for several years now. I own a pair of Fried Betas purchased about 12 years ago and have also owned several other speakers in the $400/pair price range including Norh, Mission, and Signet. Overall, I perfer the Frieds over all of these more recent products.
While I only briefly auditioned the A5 model you own several years ago I thought they were very competitive with other speakers in their price range. Also, for whatever its worth, Frieds generally received high ratings from the audio press.

Bob

 

[Ted Kim]

Bud Fried is out of the business (retired). The current owner of his former company is now Shayne Tennace, who posts under the user name of shaynet at audioasylum.com -- look specifically at the speaker asylum. He is putting up a website and is in general very helpful. He is in the process of introducing a new line of speakers. I bought a pair of the Fried A/6 from him. They sound good for the $$$ spent.