Cerwin vega oddity....

[jhinkel]

Hey everyone,
Everything I've read on Cerwin Vega's speakers said that their residential line started with the model 24 speakers.

However, and here's the "oddity" part from my title, I definitely own model 23 speakers that were made by Cerwin Vega. I haven't been able to find any reference material whatsoever on the internet, and was wondering if any Cerwin vega guys (or anyone else for that matter :thmbsp: ) had any information about them. there's only one other person on AK i've found that owns a pair, and I tried calling Cerwin vega a while ago, but they said that when the company changed ownership, all the documentation from that era was lost .

Thanks,
jhinkel

 

[Big Tuna]

I used to have R-24's. They were great speakers after I had to repair the original woofers a bit and put new diaphragms in the Heppner Dhorns. Boy did they sound good after I was done. :yes:

I know for a fact they had residential speakers well before the 24's.

I found this neat little history story on CV site:

http://www.cerwinvega.com/history-cerwin-vega-pro-audio-home-audio-speakers-subwoofers.html

Now theres something in that story I did not know, in 1957 CV introduced the worlds first Solid State amplifier with an output of 125 WPC, which was monsterous power for that time.

 

[jhinkel]

Wow that is pretty interesting, Charlie. Yeah, these model 23's are just about the best sounding speakers I own. That's why I wanted to find out about them .