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Can anyone identify these vintage stereo speakers?

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mhmailman

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This is an excellent pair of vintage wooden stereo speakers with great sound, great condition, brand unknown but I suspect Fisher. They've been in my family for over 50 years. Both speakers are covered wood with a nice brown mesh front cover making them two-tone brown. Each speaker is 23 ½ inches tall, 10 ¾ inches wide, 9 inches deep. Each speaker has two tweeters (6 inch) and one woofer (10 inch). Can anyone confirm the make/model of these speakers and possible value? Thank you!
 

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If you take the back off one of them, you might see a brand name. 10 screws and the mystery might be solved.
 
mhmailman said:
This is an excellent pair of vintage wooden stereo speakers with great sound, great condition, brand unknown but I suspect Fisher. They've been in my family for over 50 years. Both speakers are covered wood with a nice brown mesh front cover making them two-tone brown. Each speaker is 23 ½ inches tall, 10 ¾ inches wide, 9 inches deep. Each speaker has two tweeters (6 inch) and one woofer (10 inch). Can anyone confirm the make/model of these speakers and a reasonable value should I wish to sell them? Thank you!
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The rear panel says home made to me. Who makes the drivers? A pic of the internals, drivers, crossover, etc, would help a lot.

bs
 
I moved the thread to Dollars and Sense since there was a Q about Value of them. That said -
you provided pictures of wooden box that look home made, and provided no pictures of the contents, if there even is any.
With no idea of what might brand of parts be inside them - what driver(s), crossover (?), vents or stuffing?
Frankly, what you provided pix of have minimal value at best.
 
hjames said:
I moved the thread to Dollars and Sense since there was a Q about Value of them. That said -
you provided pictures of wooden box that look home made, and provided no pictures of the contents, if there even is any.
With no idea of what might be inside them - one or more driver(s), crossover (?), vents or stuffing?
Frankly, what you provided pix of have minimal value at best.
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Looks like the OP edited the post to remove the value question. But I agree with your assessment.
 
Anybody wanna take a shot at whether this is a DIY or factory cabinet?

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FWIW, i don't believe for a second that the speakers in the OP are DIY.
 
If the speakers in the OP are factory, then they had terrible quality control. I was basing my assessment on the uneven gap shown in the rear view picture, top of the left speaker pictured. If that's factory, I stand corrected, but I've never seen gaps like that in any factory product.

bs
 
bshorey said:
If the speakers in the OP are factory, then they had terrible quality control. I was basing my assessment on the uneven gap shown in the rear view picture, top of the left speaker pictured. If that's factory, I stand corrected, but I've never seen gaps like that in any factory product.

bs
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Not a gap. A shadow.
 
Has anyone noticed that mhmailman hasn't said a word after the initial post?
It would be easy to decide if its DIY or factory by taking the back off the cabinet and showing us the inside - that would help figuring the driver load as well!
[what brand drivers & what quality of parts - Say, is there a crossover inside?]

mhmailman said:
Each speaker is 23 ½ inches tall, 10 ¾ inches wide, 9 inches deep. Each speaker has two tweeters (6 inch) and one woofer (10 inch).
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markshan said:
Not a gap. A shadow.
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It's not a high res picture, so it's tough to zoom in very much, but it looks like a gap to me. And if it's a shadow, that's still an indication that the rear panel is not flush with the sides..

When you do zoom in, you can see some remnants of a label above where the speaker terminals are, very much like what was pictured by bowtie.

I'm just guessing based on what I see, and happy to be wrong. I'd still like to see pictures of the internals.

bs
 
The spacing and material makes me think kit speakers so I'm going with a pair of knight brands - prolly EV drivers and/or Knight re-branded EV
 
hjames said:
Has anyone noticed that mhmailman hasn't said a word after the initial post?
It would be easy to decide if its DIY or factory by taking the back off the cabinet and showing us the inside - that would help figuring the driver load as well!
[what brand drivers & what quality of parts - Say, is there a crossover inside?]
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He probably posted the pics from a CL ad and has no way (at least currently) to get any more info.

Edit: I just re-read the OP. Sorry.
 
MannyE said:
Looks like the OP edited the post to remove the value question.
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New member as of today, doubt they have figured out the edit option or even knows that it's a faux pas to ask of value outside of D&S OP hasn't been back since he/she posted so no edit.

mhmailman said:
This is an excellent pair of vintage wooden stereo speakers with great sound, great condition, brand unknown but I suspect Fisher. They've been in my family for over 50 years. Both speakers are covered wood with a nice brown mesh front cover making them two-tone brown. Each speaker is 23 ½ inches tall, 10 ¾ inches wide, 9 inches deep. Each speaker has two tweeters (6 inch) and one woofer (10 inch). Can anyone confirm the make/model of these speakers and possible value? Thank you!
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