Another ... what the heck are these?

[Van_Isle]

Any ideas?

Real oak veneer.
Width: 16 inches
Height: 25 inches
Depth: 12 inches

3 inch tweeter
4.5 inch mid-range
12 inch bass

 

[avguytx]

Maybe a house brand speaker of some sorts? Homemade maybe? Those "Audio Level" emblems around the knobs remind me of the ones Radio Shack sold back in the day.

 

[Van_Isle]

I was thinking homebuilt. The mid doesn't really match the "style" of the woofer or tweeter and there appears to be a fair bit of paint / goop around both of them.

.... actually it looks like that mid (and maybe the tweeter) may be held in with silicone ... and the woofer is rear-mounted?

 

[PioneerGuy75]

RatShack mids? :scratch2:

 

[Sam Cogley]

I'm getting a "Pioneer" vibe off of that beige woofer cone, and I know they made some of those phenolic-ring tweeters, too.

 

[stickman]

Could these be some of those Pioneer made "Sonic" brand speakers that US servicemen brought back from Japan? Pioneer did indeed make clone style copies of the CTS phenolic ring tweeter and the woofers do look Pioneer. The mids look like generic low cost Japanese drivers and the use of silicone glue to hold them in seems a bit odd.

 

[thelandlord]

I'm getting a "Pioneer" vibe off of that beige woofer cone, and I know they made some of those phenolic-ring tweeters, too.

I tend to agree, but the ratshack controls and mastic suggest otherwise.

I'm coming around to the idea they maybe started life as a low-end Pioneer model, and they've been repaired or 'improved' later keeping only the original cabinet & woofer?

 

[clydeselsor]

The cutout for the controls look a little uneven, like someone cut it out freehand with a sabre saw, so I'm guessing homemade or home modified. The cabinet carcasses look really nice!