New Game... Name this speaker.

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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    If I am right which I am pretty sure I am than how about these.

    Company and Model please.

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    Did anyone guess Design Acoustics D12, yet?
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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited August 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Yep, from my pal Bruce Thigpen.

    A whole lotta good sound below too, wish this company was still in business.

    I'm gonna say Hales Transcendence 8.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2011
    T-Man, you are correct. Lob one up for us to swing at.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited August 2011
    Recent vintage.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2011
    A very 'Euro' finish, the top tweeters I haven't seen like that.

    Hmmm.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited August 2011
    Gettin' warmer. That's from England, but I have seen them in the US.

    Aw, fudge. I just discovered these things are no longer distributed here. Unfair playing field. I'll just go sit in the penalty box.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2011
    That doesn't matter, give the crew a few.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Titanium Man, Those speakers are made by Neat Acoustics. I had to locate the model on there website so that was cheating but they are Ultimatum MF9's.

    I heard a pair of there bookies with the upward firing tweeters and they sounded pretty darn good.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    How about these dipoles?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Titanium Man, Those speakers are made by Neat Acoustics...

    Interesting. Strictly FYI, here's a pair I have; I think these were a product of Sloppy Acoustics. Not asking anyone to ID this fine specimen.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Interesting. Strictly FYI, here's a pair I have; I think these were a product of Sloppy Acoustics. Not asking anyone to ID this fine specimen.

    Holy Crap that was funny. :biggrin:
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Interesting. Strictly FYI, here's a pair I have; I think these were a product of Sloppy Acoustics. Not asking anyone to ID this fine specimen.

    Dang Mark, I have a set made by them as well! :tongue:

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    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    All I have to say is I hope they sound better than they look. :biggrin::cool:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    Dang Mark, I have a set made by them as well! :tongue:

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    That's remarkable...

    :-)

    On topic - I cannot identify any of the three or so "real" loudspeaker speaker systems currently in play in this thread :-(
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    How about these dipoles?

    paradigm_ADP-390_dipole_speakers_N.jpg

    Is this a Dipole from the Paradigm Monitor series?

    How about this:

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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Yes Sir it is a Paradigm Monitor Series. Good Job,:smile:
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Yes Sir it is a Paradigm Monitor Series. Good Job,:smile:

    The white midrange driver gives them away every time.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    The Drivers look like Hawthorne's and the horn actually looks like a ESS Heil tweeter.
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  • dcmartinpc
    dcmartinpc Posts: 844
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    The Drivers look like Hawthorne's and the horn actually looks like a ESS Heil tweeter.

    I know that is where I am stuck. It looked like some variant of a Hawthorne, but I haven't been able to find anything that matches it!

    Don
    Living Room: Adcom GFP-750 (Upgraded), Squeezebox Touch, Oppo BDP-83, Pioneer DV-79AVi, Parasound HCA-3500 (Upgraded), SDA SRS 2 P/B (Gimpod, Sonicaps, & Mills)

    Theater: Denon 4311ci, Oppo BDP-93, Parasound HCA-2205+HCA-2200II, Polk LSi9, LSiC, LSiFX, LSi7, Custom 18" TC Sounds sub with 2 18" PR, Sharp XV-Z12000, Pioneer Kuro KRP-500M (isf Enabled)

    Bedroom: HK AVR354, Pioneer DV-47a, Parasound HCA-1500a, Polk LSi9
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Yeah, these speakers have me openly baffled. Sorry had to do it.
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  • dcmartinpc
    dcmartinpc Posts: 844
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Yeah, these speakers have me openly baffled. Sorry had to do it.

    It is definitely Friday afternoon!!!!!

    Don
    Living Room: Adcom GFP-750 (Upgraded), Squeezebox Touch, Oppo BDP-83, Pioneer DV-79AVi, Parasound HCA-3500 (Upgraded), SDA SRS 2 P/B (Gimpod, Sonicaps, & Mills)

    Theater: Denon 4311ci, Oppo BDP-93, Parasound HCA-2205+HCA-2200II, Polk LSi9, LSiC, LSiFX, LSi7, Custom 18" TC Sounds sub with 2 18" PR, Sharp XV-Z12000, Pioneer Kuro KRP-500M (isf Enabled)

    Bedroom: HK AVR354, Pioneer DV-47a, Parasound HCA-1500a, Polk LSi9
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    The Drivers look like Hawthorne's and the horn actually looks like a ESS Heil tweeter.

    Those are in fact Hawthorne Audio's new Ranier speaker. The top and bottom drivers are the Hawthorne Augies and the tweeter is a custom version of the ESS Heil as you guessed. The tweeter is bad ****.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    does that mean we can do another one now?
    Here's an odd one... this is a loudspeaker system made and sold by a major hifi manufacturer of its time (1960s). It is quite large (nearly as big as an Altec Valencia. It was named for a (still) well known New England venue... but it is not a product of any of the famed New England hifi companies.
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  • TitaniumMan
    TitaniumMan Posts: 93
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Titanium Man, Those speakers are made by Neat Acoustics. I had to locate the model on there website so that was cheating but they are Ultimatum MF9's.

    I heard a pair of there bookies with the upward firing tweeters and they sounded pretty darn good.

    You are correct, sir! Most of the speakers from Neat sound pretty good.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    does that mean we can do another one now?
    Here's an odd one... this is a loudspeaker system made and sold by a major hifi manufacturer of its time (1960s). It is quite large (nearly as big as an Altec Valencia. It was named for a (still) well known New England venue... but it is not a product of any of the famed New England hifi companies.

    They look kinda like a Bozak or Stephens I saw once. I think I am wrong on that though.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    They look kinda like a Bozak or Stephens I saw once. I think I am wrong on that though.

    You are correct that you are wrong. ;-)

    I will agree that they're quite generic looking - I'd never seen a pair of those myself until I found them at... well... my favorite local vintage hifi emporium.

    Two more photos attached - that black cylinder visible in the interior shot turned out to be the core of a choke from the XO :-p
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited August 2011
    Those are a little too vintage for me! :tongue:
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    Those are a little too vintage for me! :tongue:

    They're (slightly) newer than my daily drivers :-)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2011
    The inputs are on the front?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2011
    Consolidated?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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