When (hifi) Bad Ideas are "innovated", they'll turn up on the Internet

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
in Vintage Speakers
Here's a Bad Idea* -- at least in terms of its execution. :(

https://www.ebay.com/i/RCA-LC1A-clone-15-AlNiCo-speaker-FRESH-recently-Fabricated-at-PMR-WOWWEEE/182817377222?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

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The RCA LC-1A was/is a loudspeaker for the ages.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/listening-116-page-2
(scroll down to near the bottom of the page for the LC-1[A])

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This current "clone" (which, other than bumps on the woofer cone, differs from the Real Thing in nearly every respect) -- I' m guessin' -- is not.
The number of bumps on the cone isn't even right :/

Heck, the LC-1A was Elvis Grade :)

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source: http://www.scottymoore.net/RCASpkr.html

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* as seen at: http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/anyone-ever-hear-these-reproduction-rca-lc1a-speakers.826221/
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    You know -- even the cork gasket on that abomination is cheezy.

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,929
    This says it all....

    HEMP-O LOUDspeakers.... Need I say more
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    edited June 2018
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    This says it all....

    HEMP-O LOUDspeakers.... Need I say more

    Yeah, I noticed that... like, wow, man...

    I mean, there are legitimate hemp-based loudspeaker products, but I don't think this be one of them.

    https://www.tonetubby.com/

    Eminence has some too :)

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    Then there were those white-cone woofers from JBL in the '70s... hard to tell what those were made from ;)


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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    This says it all....

    HEMP-O LOUDspeakers.... Need I say more

    Yeah, I noticed that... like, wow, man...

    I mean, there are legitimate hemp-based loudspeaker products, but I don't think this be one of them.

    https://www.tonetubby.com/

    Eminence has some too :)

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    Then there were those white-cone woofers from JBL in the '70s... hard to tell what those were made from ;)


    Whatever it was made of..they were the mainstay of their L100 and Century 100 line for years...JBL sold a ton of those speakers,many of which are still out there crankin...
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    edited June 2018
    Hartley speakers had a white woofer that was engineered thick in the center and thinner towards the outer rim. It was a secret design, and still is, I think. B)
    They're highly sought after around the globe. ;):p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    it was a feeble attempt at humor of the pharmaceutical kind -- white cone -- '70s -- cocaine... :|

    Yeah, I am painfully familiar with the L-100 and its studio monitor kin.

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    http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/l100.htm
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,984
    Tony M wrote: »
    Hartley speakers had a white woofer that was engineered thick in the center and thinner towards the outer rim. It was a secret design, and still is, I think. B)
    They're highly sought after around the globe. ;):p

    A guy I work with owns a bunch of them..
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    Use to go through Salem Ohio when I was a kid, visiting relatives. They had a Dairy Queen, and not much else.

    That may very well be high end audio in that village.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
    edited June 2018
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    it was a feeble attempt at humor of the pharmaceutical kind -- white cone -- '70s -- cocaine... :|

    Yeah, I am painfully familiar with the L-100 and its studio monitor kin.

    l100-431x_small.jpg

    http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/l100.htm

    How did I miss that one. :s:p
    They would've matched some peoples room decor for sure. Tony Montana's ( Scar Face ) for one. B)

    And these DLK speakers from the same era would've matched others decor too. I had a pair or two over the years BUT they didn't match anything in my room at the time though. :'(
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Doc, if I may ask, what is the purpose of the bumps on the cone? To strengthen the cone? To increase the high frequency performance? To look cool?
    Micah
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    Per the Radio Corporation of America itself:

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    source: http://www.itishifi.com/2011/02/rca-lc-1a.html

    The LC-1A is a superb sounding coaxial driver. I'd love to own a pair if I had the wherewithal.

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