Speaker Identification?

BinKY188_5
BinKY188_5 Posts: 134
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Any ideas on what speakers these are?

https://louisville.craigslist.org/ele/d/louisville-80s-retro-estate-sale-this/7073287893.html
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    Need more information. Ask the seller. They look very similar to the Bozak 302a. But the ones shown have a horn at the top where the Bozak had a conventional cone driver.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    Short answer -- no idea. :/
    They do look interesting -- wonder what kind of drivers they're loaded with :)

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    The style of the cabinet, with integrated legs, wasn't very common (AFAIK) in the late 50s/early 60s (which, I reckon, is the era from which these date).

    Pretty sure they're not Bozaks (i.e., I don't know of a specific Bozak cabinet that looks like these).

    The Jensen CN-100 looks cosmetically similar, but the driver configuration was very different.

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    I would think (and I do suspect) they're third-party cabinets, designed to be stuffed with one's own choice of drivers... but the one on the left appears to have an emblem on it (which suggests, to me, a loudspeaker system).

    Here's a similar looking Knight (Allied) enclosure... but this was for a 12" woofer, and I am definitely gettin' a 15" vibe from the CL photos.

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    source: www.alliedcatalogs.com (1961)

    Maybe do some searches for Cabinart, Barzilay, maybe even Heathkit speaker cabinets.

    I'll keep lookin' and thinkin' :)

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    I saw that you posted this question Someplace Else. :)
    If you do get them, by all means let us know what they are and/or what's inside of them!

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  • BinKY188_5
    BinKY188_5 Posts: 134
    Someone else must be interested in them as I have not posted elsewhere. I did send an email to the seller asking for more info on them but have not heard back.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    Oh, then you've got competition :p One of the same photos was posted at AK. I'll PM you a link -- there may be some more info there, too.

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,111
    BinKY188_5 wrote: »
    Any ideas on what speakers these are?

    https://louisville.craigslist.org/ele/d/louisville-80s-retro-estate-sale-this/7073287893.html

    I don't know, but that tape deck looks just like my Technics RS-M205 I bought in 1982. :p

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  • BinKY188_5
    BinKY188_5 Posts: 134
    KN-1266K enclosure from 1961 Allied catalog?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    I was close :)
    I shoulda looked a little bit harder.

    Pretty cabinets, aren't they?


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  • classic carl
    classic carl Posts: 652
    Why do people post links to CL without copying and pasting the text and photos to the thread for posterity? CL ads don't last forever. In other words, this thread is now useless.
    Main System:
    Proton AA-1150 ~ Yamaha C-4 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Sennheiser HD600 ~ Monitor Audio Silver RS8 & FB210 ~ Martin Logan Dynamo ~ Teac R-919X ~ Marantz CD5003 ~ Squeezebox Classic ~ Music Hall dac25.2 ~ Dual 1229/Acutex M312 III STR ~ Music Hall mmf-5.1/Goldring 1012GX ~ Music Hall Cruise Control 2.0

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    Yamaha RX-V800 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Marantz DV6001 ~ EPI M90 ~ Polk Audio RT35i ~ CS400i ~ (2) Polk Audio PSW450
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  • BinKY188_5
    BinKY188_5 Posts: 134
    Good point Carl. I'll remember that next time. The first picture that mhardy posted were the speakers in question.
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