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

mhardy6647

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






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])



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



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/

mhardy6647

You know -- even the cork gasket on that abomination is cheezy.

pitdogg2

This says it all....

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

mhardy6647

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






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

Msabot1

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






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...

Tony M

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.
They're highly sought after around the globe.

mhardy6647

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.



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

Toolfan66

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.
They're highly sought after around the globe.

A guy I work with owns a bunch of them..

rpf65

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.

Tony M

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.



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

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

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.

mlistens03

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

mhardy6647

Per the Radio Corporation of America itself:





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.