What is it?
Jstas
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Now for that wonderful game we all like to play call "What the hell is it?"
I have a pair of these:
I have no idea what they are. There are no markings on them at all save for polarity markings on the back where the leads are.
Some info I do know. The woofers are about 15 inches. The mid-ranges are about 5 inches, maybe 6 tops and the tweeter in about 3 inches. All drivers are paper cones and the midrange and tweeter have treated paper surrounds. The woofers have inverted foam surrounds and it's in bad shape. The laminate is a vinyl picture of wood and it's old because the glue has leeched through and makes it sticky to the touch. The enclosure is sealed. The only venting is the ratty surround. The grilles are low ddensity, pressed fiberboard with acoustic cloth wrapped and staple over them. No branding on them and a generic pattern to the cloth. Nothing identifiable like a KLH tweed or old RCA herringbone or anything. The enclosure material is likely particle board. At least that's what it looks like from the back.
I would date these around the very late 70's to the early 80's. They don't handle much power I don't think. They were being driven by a Harmon Kardon HK395i. I have that too and it's in great condition with original packaging and manual. I've seen those go for anywhere from $30-$110.
But the speakers, I don't know what they are. But if they are something worth while, I'll get a surround kit from PartsExpress and refoam the woofers. I'm thinking they are just no-name Kabuki but I'm hoping someone here recognizes them. I have more shots of teh rest but they are very non-descript. The leads are just screws with star washers in a metal strip that looks rived to the back panel.
Anybody got a clue?
Oh, I also have a set of old Pioneer SE-305 headphones. Pretty snazzy!
I have a pair of these:
I have no idea what they are. There are no markings on them at all save for polarity markings on the back where the leads are.
Some info I do know. The woofers are about 15 inches. The mid-ranges are about 5 inches, maybe 6 tops and the tweeter in about 3 inches. All drivers are paper cones and the midrange and tweeter have treated paper surrounds. The woofers have inverted foam surrounds and it's in bad shape. The laminate is a vinyl picture of wood and it's old because the glue has leeched through and makes it sticky to the touch. The enclosure is sealed. The only venting is the ratty surround. The grilles are low ddensity, pressed fiberboard with acoustic cloth wrapped and staple over them. No branding on them and a generic pattern to the cloth. Nothing identifiable like a KLH tweed or old RCA herringbone or anything. The enclosure material is likely particle board. At least that's what it looks like from the back.
I would date these around the very late 70's to the early 80's. They don't handle much power I don't think. They were being driven by a Harmon Kardon HK395i. I have that too and it's in great condition with original packaging and manual. I've seen those go for anywhere from $30-$110.
But the speakers, I don't know what they are. But if they are something worth while, I'll get a surround kit from PartsExpress and refoam the woofers. I'm thinking they are just no-name Kabuki but I'm hoping someone here recognizes them. I have more shots of teh rest but they are very non-descript. The leads are just screws with star washers in a metal strip that looks rived to the back panel.
Anybody got a clue?
Oh, I also have a set of old Pioneer SE-305 headphones. Pretty snazzy!
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They look like Sansui's.
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I was going to say Pioneer but not sure. I have seen that tweeter used in some Realistic models. RS used to sell the tweeter as a separate driver. I used it in my first design (low budget).Stan
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Might there be a way to identify them from any info on the drivers themselves? (meaning on the inside)____________________
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