CTC drivers in Pro-Linear

[krimney]

anyone know anything about the quality of these drivers? I don't think Pro-linear have much (any) reputation and I've seen some really cheap ones. These are well built 3/4 inch cabinets. a 6" woofer with doped cloth surrounds and a 3 inch tweeter. Both are CTC. the tweeter is a model 2T2 code 7403, the woofer model 6W10C code 7321. Between the neg terminals is a 8mfd 50v cap. crossover is 1100. freq resp is 38-20000. 30 watts . speakers are model stage 2.

 

[krimney]

sorry CTS drivers

no wonder nothing came up in my searches for

her is a pic of the front, gonna do some a/b testing now.

 

[Don McR]

CTS was a mass market driver manufacturer that was used as an OEM for a number of speaker firms. For a time, they supplied the bass drivers used in the Klipschorn (Klipsch has always had a reputation of seeking out economical drivers). They seem to have been somewhat analagous to Eminience, in that they were considered cheap, but competent given the price point.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply) eventually became Eminence after a bit of personal and ownership shuffling.

 

[Don McR]

Of course I knew that all along when I made the "analogy". Yeah.......that's the ticket

 

[krimney]

finally listening to them..

I know it's been a few years, but for a while they were packed away and then for a few years they were in use on the computer.
well, tonight I hooked them up to a "real" stereo....6l6 tubes ..and they sound very nice, well balanced with a top end that sounds a little like a horn?
Should have listened to them sooner............

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Daymn...talk about a blast from the past! BTW: My statement about CTS and Eminence isn't exactly right. I can't remember how it went, but they both co-existed for a short time. RayW explained the lineage recently. Oh, cool deal Krimney!