we have a pair of Olsen acoustic suspension speaker system 069B are they worth anything now
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Speakers: Polk Lsim, ATC SCM19 v2, NHT SuperzeroSpeaker Cables: DH Labs, Transparent, Wireworld, Canare, Monster: Beer budget, Bose ears -
is there any value to these vintage speakers? The speakers are Olson acoustic suspension speaker system 069B from Olson electronics in Akron Ohio
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UM, something rebranded to the Olson name.
You could open them up and see what the drivers are...Speakers: Polk Lsim, ATC SCM19 v2, NHT SuperzeroSpeaker Cables: DH Labs, Transparent, Wireworld, Canare, Monster: Beer budget, Bose ears -
They were bought in 1970’s, so I don’t think they are rebranded.
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Thank you.
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PICS?? Very hard for anyone to help you in here with very little to go on..
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Chances are they're pretty low-end.
Olson's loudspeakers were typically generic "monkey coffins", loaded with either inexpensive and unremarkable Japanese or low-end US (Utah, Oaktron) drivers. There were exceptions, but they're not the norm.
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OK, here's the deal.
Source: https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Consumer/Olson Radio-1974-Catalog.pdf
Now, here is the one interesting thing
The name given this speaker ("Tanglewood") and the next model down in the series ("Ravina") were both used by Sherwood in the 1960s for some fairly good loudspeakers.
source: http://www.hifilit.com/Sherwood/1962-6.jpg
This Tanglewood, however, is not Sherwood's Tanglewood.
It's more similar to Sherwood's "Ravina" (which, ahem, was actually called Ravinia!) model, in fact (and FWIW). The Sherwood Tanglewood was a much (much!) bigger and more sophisticated beast.
I... umm... actually had a pair of Tanglewoods some years back... but that's another story for another time...
