Driver ID please ... 80s PA Midrange 8"

[Dynacophil]

Hi

maybe anyone can tell which manufacturer this driver is made by...

Only info: on market ~ 1980. Possibly american make.
Thanks in advance,

 

[toxcrusadr]

No numbers on it whatsoever?

 

[bowtie427ss]

Is the basket plastic or metal(aluminum)?

 

[Dynacophil]

massive aluminium, sprayed with a greenish primer on the rear side.
nothing visible, label on both pulled off. No stamp, no nothing. The are combined with a McFarlow woofer 30/100

 

[janikphoto]

It's a good-looking mid! How does it sound?

 

[turboyam]

Yeah, looks like a quality unit.

 

[jblsansui]

Jbl le8? Or some later version of that driver?

 

[turboyam]

Jbl le8? Or some later version of that driver?

No. It has a Electro voice and Beyma look... I Know it's not but ?

 

[Mr. Soundman]

My ex-girlfriends mom used to work for Fostex and it looks like one. I could be wrong but just saying...

 

[Dynacophil]

Fostex ... had that on my screen, but no success on google. EV either.

the speakers are in rough condition, and I still don't have an adequate tweeter for it, but it sounds very well driven by my st-70. And very loud, must be very efficient.

this today's Beyma looks pretty close except the terminal
http://www.usspeaker.com/beyma 8m70n-1.htm

 

[Dynacophil]

Success!
looked up the discontinued Beyma section... BEYMA 8M60/N
cant upload the pdf, too large

 

[Dynacophil]

it IS a Beyma 8M60/N - there is no doubt.

 

[valvenator]

http://www.usspeaker.com/beyma 8m60n-1.htm
Some really nice specs on that:
Handles 70 watts RMS
Designed for Studio & Hi-Fi midrange applications
95 db sensitivity
Got any plans for it yet?

 

[turboyam]

it IS a Beyma 8M60/N - there is no doubt.

Then, you owe me a hahahaha!

 

[Dynacophil]

 

[Dynacophil]

http://www.usspeaker.com/beyma 8m60n-1.htm
Some really nice specs on that:
Handles 70 watts RMS
Designed for Studio & Hi-Fi midrange applications
95 db sensitivity
Got any plans for it yet?

I think of rebuilding those speakers. The material (particle board) is in several areas in bad condition, like an old cookie.
They sound really nice, they were built early 80s for a local small club to fire the dancefloor. Somehow a mix of PA/Hifi...

The piezo is already replaced by some Isophon kk10 temporarily. They sound really nice on my st70...
They have several damages also. So, I think of building new housings out of lighter material compared to particle boards - maybe blockboard (if usable for this) would make them 15Kilo less heavy and easier to handle. They are now 40Kilo each.
For now I let them play and think about. I also still have a Party-Speaker I used in the 80s with all Isophon drivers (PSL 300/100, DKT110 and DKMT 1226) wich could work out dor a similar Hornspeaker.
Here is a pic of the original kit wich was a bass-reflex. http://lup-berlin.de/archiv/Bausatz/img/b320.jpg

I tried to figure out the horn without x-ray and think it could be somehow like that..


The brand (a local Berlin manufacturer) was EXA (Charlie Duffing). I found out that the logo was one of the first works of a fellow graphic designer I was on art school with

 

[Dynacophil]

Got the (broken) original Tweeters yesterday ... EV T35
Ordered new diaphragms at simplyspeakers.

 

[Dynacophil]

 

[Dynacophil]

the diaphragms from St Petersburg arrived - SimplySpeakers!

 

[Dynacophil]

Wow... took less then 30min for both... nice.