Hi guys and gals!
I'm kind of new to the world of vintage audio and very new to the forums. Got these old tower speakers together with a toasted Kenwood KR9600 (both packs gone) quite a while ago.
To this date I've been through the paces with the Kenny, and with the difficulty and cost of getting hold of the elusive TA-200 Darlington packs that project has been put on indefinite hold. Time to move on to the speakers then...
Thing is, I don't really know much about them, other than that they were bought in Maryland sometime in the late 70s...Acoustic Concepts is not really a very google optimized company name, but I guess they can be forgiven
The speakers are fairly big towers with a somewhat unconventional design - the tweeter and midrange are mounted in an open enclosure, open baffle-style, with the bass in a separate enclosure in the bottom.
Kind of remind me of a pair of speakers a friend bought on the cheap through an ad in the paper about 15 years ago, Vandersteens of some kind if I remember correctly.
There's a lot of sentimental value in these, my wife grew up with them and found her love of music using these, so I've already decided to do a full restoration on them (have not been able to do an in-depth inspection yet, but foam surrounds on the bass drivers are totally gone and at least one cap has gone bust, but I'll be replacing them all.)
But I'd very much like to know more about them - who made them, who sold them, are they common or oddball speakers? (I live in Sweden and I've never come across the manufacturer Audio Concepts...)
Do you think they're worth the efforts of a full resto, not taking sentimental values in account?
Some images (taken in a rush, with my phone):
The label reads (If anyone's interested):
"Ex-Closure" - Acoustic Concepts has developed an exclusive design for the mounting of the midrange and tweeter drivers and has incorporated this "Ex-Closure" design concept into this fine speaker system. The resulting sound is very transparent and open. Thus the "boxy" sound has been eliminated.
Any information on these speakers and the manufacturer would be greatly appreciated!
I'm kind of new to the world of vintage audio and very new to the forums. Got these old tower speakers together with a toasted Kenwood KR9600 (both packs gone) quite a while ago.
To this date I've been through the paces with the Kenny, and with the difficulty and cost of getting hold of the elusive TA-200 Darlington packs that project has been put on indefinite hold. Time to move on to the speakers then...
Thing is, I don't really know much about them, other than that they were bought in Maryland sometime in the late 70s...Acoustic Concepts is not really a very google optimized company name, but I guess they can be forgiven
The speakers are fairly big towers with a somewhat unconventional design - the tweeter and midrange are mounted in an open enclosure, open baffle-style, with the bass in a separate enclosure in the bottom.
Kind of remind me of a pair of speakers a friend bought on the cheap through an ad in the paper about 15 years ago, Vandersteens of some kind if I remember correctly.
There's a lot of sentimental value in these, my wife grew up with them and found her love of music using these, so I've already decided to do a full restoration on them (have not been able to do an in-depth inspection yet, but foam surrounds on the bass drivers are totally gone and at least one cap has gone bust, but I'll be replacing them all.)
But I'd very much like to know more about them - who made them, who sold them, are they common or oddball speakers? (I live in Sweden and I've never come across the manufacturer Audio Concepts...)
Do you think they're worth the efforts of a full resto, not taking sentimental values in account?
Some images (taken in a rush, with my phone):
The label reads (If anyone's interested):
"Ex-Closure" - Acoustic Concepts has developed an exclusive design for the mounting of the midrange and tweeter drivers and has incorporated this "Ex-Closure" design concept into this fine speaker system. The resulting sound is very transparent and open. Thus the "boxy" sound has been eliminated.
Any information on these speakers and the manufacturer would be greatly appreciated!