New Game... Name this speaker.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    wayne3burk wrote: »
    i dunno - the woofer looks like a KLH / Utah thingy with that inverted cloth surround.

    and the face of the woodwork looks very KLH too - but I haven't a clue what model it is if it's KLH.

    heh-heh-heh... the purveyors of the loudspeaker in question wanted it to look like a Henry Kloss product, that's for sure.

    In fact, the woofer is very well made, with a cast basket - physically speaking, better than the KLH products. The speaker's retailer was, and still is, in a manner of speaking, a very large player in consumer electronics.
    wayne3burk wrote: »
    I know it's not my turn but i got an even easier one here....

    It can be your turn, too :-) Looks like an Original (Large) Utility Advent to me... the Advents are tricky, though... many of them look alike and the names are sort of arbitrary. Nonetheless, Original Large Advent Utility is my official guess.

    Advent.jpg
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    oh, fug - I already know my guess is wrong! :-( The OLA had the masonite rimmed woofer... so I don't know what flavor of Advent that is! Heck, maybe it's the "Advent/2" mentioned in the scan I posted, for all that I know!

    There is a nice thread at audiokarma on identifying classic Advent speaker models... Identifying Advents in the field is a little like identifying warblers in the field. Any birders here will catch my drift :-)
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2011
    The serial number on the back starts with U3 - so maybe that stands for Utility 3.

    but it's the utility for sure based on the basic MDF veneered enclosure.

    I just got the pair yesterday and it's the first time i've heard this speaker (since 1975). I'm pleasently surprised by how nice they sound - I think definitely better than the Dynaco A25s, IMHO.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    I've got three of 'em taking up space at my house :-P
    I prefer the Dynacos myself... but the Advent, like its other New England cousins, has a way with bass.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Hey Mhardy, those speakers you posted are Realistic Optimus 1's.

    They look a lot like KLH 6's, 17's and 23's. Yes I looked up all three looking for a match.

    Then I remembered why I knew them. The story goes KLH sent Realistic or Tandy or whoever a cease and desist on making that speaker so Realistic changed the look and made the Optimus 1B. Picture of 1B below.

    !CDo1(MQB2k~$(KGrHqQOKjwEzm9B1-qIBNPO)g581g~~_35.JPG
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Now you can't tell me you don't know what these speakers are.

    3.jpg
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Hey Mhardy, those speakers you posted are Realistic Optimus 1's.

    They look a lot like KLH 6's, 17's and 23's. Yes I looked up all three looking for a match.

    Then I remembered why I knew them. The story goes KLH sent Realistic or Tandy or whoever a cease and desist on making that speaker so Realistic changed the look and made the Optimus 1B. Picture of 1B below.

    !CDo1(MQB2k~$(KGrHqQOKjwEzm9B1-qIBNPO)g581g~~_35.JPG

    Ding, ding, ding! Big winner here, folks! :-)
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Thanks, I love this game.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    For the record - I don't know what the thing with lots of drivers in post #158 is - but I'll bet their designer is intimately familiar with the term comb filtering.

    I know there were some Polk "towers" with lots of drivers in them... but I don't think the speaker in question is one of them.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    For the record - I don't know what the thing with lots of drivers in post #158 is - but I'll bet their designer is intimately familiar with the term comb filtering.

    I know there were some Polk "towers" with lots of drivers in them... but I don't think the speaker in question is one of them.

    Is no Polk speaker. Is German Company.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    ach du lieber. Is good. Is good.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    Anyone from Ohio know the manufacturer of these speakers?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    Anyone from Ohio know the manufacturer of these speakers?

    Is that a clue? That's a clue, isn't it?!

    Ohio... or maybe China, or East Baltimore. near the Horrible Tunnel? :-)

    I am thinking Canton, mebbie? :-)
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Is that a clue? That's a clue, isn't it?!

    Ohio... or maybe China, or East Baltimore. near the Horrible Tunnel? :-)

    I am thinking Canton, mebbie? :-)

    It was a clue and you have solved the riddle. They are Canton A-30's. They were the cream of the crop a bunch of years ago.

    Heard them once and was floored by the impact. Such a solid sound from so many drivers is so cool.

    Put up another one!!!!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited August 2011
    Hard to stump Mark!:biggrin:
    --Gary--
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    Hard to stump Mark!:biggrin:

    yeah... :-P
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    How about this one? Probably too easy... but I am running out of handy photos...
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2011
    KLH 5s i think
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    ding! ding! ding! too easy...

    :-)

    We need a new challenge; c'mon, folks!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2011
    Not sure myself what these are. Anyone?
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,426
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There is a nice thread at audiokarma on identifying classic Advent speaker models... Identifying Advents in the field is a little like identifying warblers in the field. Any birders here will catch my drift :-)

    This made me laugh, Mark. A few years ago during the spring migration my parents ID'd about 15 warbler species in one day, in one tree in their front yard.

    Don't think Mom and Dad would be too much help with Advent-identification however.

    Jay
    Jay
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,724
    edited August 2011
    agfrost wrote: »
    This made me laugh, Mark. A few years ago during the spring migration my parents ID'd about 15 warbler species in one day, in one tree in their front yard.

    Don't think Mom and Dad would be too much help with Advent-identification however.

    Jay

    I knew there'd be someone!

    As to your parents... ahh, they can be trained ;-)

    Mrs. H is into the birding thing, big time. ID'ing warblers and sparrows is not for tyros (i.e., like me)!
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    Not sure myself what these are. Anyone?

    That took some research, they are Manolis' Speakers called Anima's. They are built in Athens. They are no longer produced.

    Unique take on horn speakers.

    Here are some other pics of them.
    1_tuneaudio.jpg
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,367
    edited August 2011
    I was going to guess a Wooferwizzerwus ala Dr. Seuss.
    Stan

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    HT:
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    Other stuff:
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited August 2011
    They look pretty high on the WAF scale :tongue:
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    Those wood horns for the mids on those Manolis' are just awesome I bet :cool:
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited August 2011
    If you click on the pic he posted. It says "Anima-Opener" on the bottom of the pic. :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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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,426
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    If you click on the pic he posted. It says "Anima-Opener" on the bottom of the pic. :tongue:

    Good catch.

    I bet there'd be some hellacious slap-echo in that concrete-walled room too!
    Jay
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    If you click on the pic he posted. It says "Anima-Opener" on the bottom of the pic. :tongue:

    That's funny I never noticed that before. That would have made finding them much easier. :biggrin:
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    I guess it's my turn again.

    How about these guys.

    TOWERSM1.jpg
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