Can anyone identify these speakers?

[Spkerjunkie]

For sale locally, for $50. 10" woofer. Tweeter looks familiar maybe Altec? Owner has no idea, and neither do I. Speakers measure approximately 22" tall, 14-3/4" wide by 8-3/4" deep.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Philips AD0160 tweeters. The tweeters alone are probably worth the entry fee if working.

 

[NAD80]

Would love a close up of the rear label. I've seen those speakers here somewhere. Spkerjunkie welcome to AK.

 

[Spkerjunkie]

Would love a close up of the rear label. I've seen those speakers here somewhere. Spkerjunkie welcome to AK.

Thanks NAD 80, glad to be here. I wish I could see that label better too. They look familiar to me too, especially since there is a dedicated right and left speaker.

 

[stickman]

With those accordion surround woofers at least you wouldn't have to deal with re-foaming. The drivers used and construction quality all look okay but I wouldn't expect high end sound from such a speaker and especially with the manugscturer using cheesy binding posts on the rear. They do seem worth the $ 50 asking price to me.

 

[bowtie427ss]

using cheesy binding posts

They're not any cheesier than what Altec and JBL used on everything thru the 70's.

 

[Katalyst]

Mirror imaged is usually a good sign. A crossover refresh and you should be good. Let us know how they sound.

 

[Spkerjunkie]

Mirror imaged is usually a good sign. A crossover refresh and you should be good. Let us know how they sound.

I was thinking that too, but they could be a in store knock off too, with inferior parts made to look like a brand name speaker. I already have about 40 speakers, and running out of room. I am hoping if someone here may know them and have had experience with them.

 

[Katalyst]

I am hoping if someone here may know them and have had experience with them.

Remove a woofer and check the speaker code. You should see the crossover then. Post the pictures here.< Sorry thought you already had them.

 

[Justgotohm]

Hartley Zodiacs made in Wilmington NC. They should have a coil in parallel, a resistor in series and a cap in series glued to the back of the tweeter only, the CTS woofer runs free. These came in mirrored pairs, the Philips tweeter is not an off the shelf unit it was built to Hartley specs.

 

[Spkerjunkie]

Hartley Zodiacs made in Wilmington NC. They should have a coil in parallel, a resistor in series and a cap in series glued to the back of the tweeter only, the CTS woofer runs free. These came in mirrored pairs, the Philips tweeter is not an off the shelf unit it was built to Hartley specs.

Thank you, so much! Have ever you heard them?
Now that I know what they are, I did find some info on them on AK.
https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/hartley-zodiac-1a-speakers.391079/#post-5830516

 

[Justgotohm]

Yes I have a pair, I think they are a fun little speaker especially given the low price. Grills would be easy enough to build. Hartley is still in business with parts and support available.
http://www.hartleyloudspeakers.com/

 

[Spkerjunkie]

Yes I have a pair, I think they are a fun little speaker especially given the low price. Grills would be easy enough to build. Hartley is still in business with parts and support available.
http://www.hartleyloudspeakers.com/

Thank's again for your help! It's been a pleasure!

 

[Guido57]

Hartley Zodiacs made in Wilmington NC. They should have a coil in parallel, a resistor in series and a cap in series glued to the back of the tweeter only, the CTS woofer runs free. These came in mirrored pairs, the Philips tweeter is not an off the shelf unit it was built to Hartley specs.

Picked up a pair of Zodiac 74's and there are two codes on the woofers: 72 039 and 24 7421, so I guess my woofers are either Beckers made in 1974 (24 7421) or something else made in 1970 (72 039). Any ideas? BTW they sound pretty good.

 

[Justgotohm]

Not a clue. I replaced the Phillips tweeters that were mismatched with some large Dayton softdomes, crossed the woofer and tweeter at 2000hz. It really sounds very good especially for there size. The cabs are nice and build quality is not terrible. I’ve had a lot of fun listening to them.

 

[toxcrusadr]

I had those woofers (in the OP's pic) pegged as CTS too, with the accordion surrounds, but that should be 137. Certainly a period look for early 70s CTS.

72 is "AVX Tantalum" and I have no entry for 24 - neither of my EIA code lists ('61 and '94) have it. Becker you say?

 

[Guido57]

Some of the lists I've found had the entry for 24 as Becker, thus was my logic, but I got a response from an email:
"Hi Gary,
Hartley made the woofer, but purchased the frames from different companies. We stopped making drivers 3 years ago, but we are in the process of talking to various companies to continue the manufacturing of our world-famous speakers.
Richard
The Audio Lab"
Justgoytohm, did you change anything on the crossover for the woofers?

 

[rogerfederer]

here is my hartley zodiac thread:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/who-can-tell-me-about-hartley-zodiac-74s.805121/
finally got around to recapping them; sound really nice!

 

[Justgotohm]

The woofers in mine ran free and rolled off naturally. I used a 12db coil and cap crossover on the woofer and tweeter. With the Dayton tweeters they sound very good. I am impressed at how low the accordion 10 goes in a small sealed cabinet.

 

[Guido57]

The woofers in mine ran free and rolled off naturally. I used a 12db coil and cap crossover on the woofer and tweeter. With the Dayton tweeters they sound very good. I am impressed at how low the accordion 10 goes in a small sealed cabinet.

So did you add a 12dB low pass on the woofer or use the original setup with a cap and coil on the tweeter only?