Electro Voice E-V Four

66chevyIISS

Sorry these aren't polks.

These were my parents and they got em in the late 70's I believe. They still work great, but I don't know much about em. Are they worth hanging on to? I don't even know what size speakers are inside them. Are they worth anything to collectors?

Here is a couple pics:
Front side

Back side

RuSsMaN

Pull the back off of one, and let's see what's inside. Some EV drivers will bring a fair amount of coin, some aren't worth messing with.

Cheers,
Russ

66chevyIISS

Here is a picture of the inside.

Inside pic

woofer

RuSsMaN

The horn might be a T-20, worth maybe $30 each. The mid - no guesses here. The woofs are SP12's, and in good condition, as yours appear to be, can bring between $100 and $200 a pair.

Cheers,
Russ

66chevyIISS

wow!!! my mom almost sold these at a Garage sale for $25 a couple years ago! They really sounded good so I grabbed them thinking I would use them some day. The wife thinks they are ugly so I never used them. I might have to part ways and use the money towards some new polks.

Thanks for the info!

mhardy6647

Well it's not really an SP12B (which is what Russ probably meant), but it's the same (cast) basket. Not bad drivers, but not the top-end EV drivers. FWIW, the SP12B is a fullrange driver, and the massive SP12 was also a fullrange with a huge AlNiCo magnet. The earlier version of the 12" woofer was called the EV 12BW (used, e.g., in the Esquire three-way); I am not sure what the one in your Fours was called.

You can download the original product documentation ofr the EV Four from the Telex/Electrovoice website, but the site is down at this moment so I cannot post the specific link to the PDF. I'll add it later if you want.

EDIT: Crud, it looks like they only have the data for the later EV4A. Here's the main link to their legacy documentation, if you wish to hunt around yourself.
http://archives.telex.com/archives/EV/


BTW, here's a photo of the SP12 (from Oak Tree Enterprises):



Here is the later version of the SP12B. You'll notice the similarity of the basket to the woofers in your Fours.



EDIT: FWIW, here's the original version of the EV SP-12B basket. I have this one in a Karlson kabinet :-)
The basket of the EV 12BW was identical to this one.

66chevyIISS

Thanks for the link. I will see what I can dig up.

My drivers look the same as these that just sold today on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/EV-ELECTRO-VOICE-12-INCH-WOOFERS-12BW-FROM-EV-FOUR-PR_W0QQitemZ280097132907QQcategoryZ50597QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Do you think these speakers are worth more as a set? or should I canabilize them to part em out?

ArchieType

66chevyIISS wrote: »

Thanks for the link. I will see what I can dig up.

My drivers look the same as these that just sold today on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/EV-ELECTRO-VOICE-12-INCH-WOOFERS-12BW-FROM-EV-FOUR-PR_W0QQitemZ280097132907QQcategoryZ50597QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Do you think these speakers are worth more as a set? or should I canabilize them to part em out?

Hi All,

I realize this is a three year old post, and as you can see, I have just joined this forum.:redface:Hope you don't think me rude for barging in.

You see, I have a pair of these same speakers that I bought to restore - and just found one of the midrange drivers is blown.

I am wondering if you still have these - and if you still want to part them out. I'd be interested in one or both mids if you do.

Oh yeah - you might notice that my woofers have different baskets than yours.

Thanks

Arch

mhardy6647

Pretty sure that the midrange is the horn and the cone driver is the tweeter - which of yours is out?

Either way, there were auctions for one of each on... well... a popular on-line auction site... that just started a couple of days ago.

I "sold" the pair of Fours that I (briefly) had for the price of the two cheap-jack replacement MR horn/drivers I'd put in (one had been missing in the pair that passed through my house)... $15.