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Equasound Speakers

Thank you well it's not like I expect the rest of the world to care about this trash. This is the humble legacy that we have and he posted outright falsehoods.. Whatever it's the internet what can you do.
You'd be surprised. Any factual info you provide might be helpful now or in the future to AK members.
I always keep the future in mind when I post. Hopefully AK will be here well into the future. Someone could be seeking info about Equasound and be steered here by Google (I think that's how many of us ended up here). Or a registered member could be contemplating an Equasound purchase and come across this thread.
 
I'll repost some trivia I put in my RIP post since you're a fan of these old home-brew companies:

He (Mike Petroff) was savante-ish and struggled with relationships and balancing other areas of life. We were pretty strapped during all these business ventures so it's more of a matter of pride for me. He was obsessed with quality and would replay the same clip of a certain song over and over again on repeat for weeks at a time at deafening volumes (would shake every window in the house). So he ruined Paul Simon's Graceland and many other albums for me lol. Yes he did have offices earlier on but mid 80s and onward he was garage-based. I was habituated to the noise. One neighbor reported us and an inspector came by and said it was a violation that the garage door was drywalled and wood paneled over on the inside. So dad cut the drywall around it (with the drywall still adhered to the garage door), which made for an 80-some-pound garage door to lift (no motor) because he put all kinds of sound deadening material between the drywall and the paneling. Which I pushed open with my brother's help all the time as a kid and could easily have been squished, but that's what we got up to in the 80s.

So popular on this forum from what I see are the old Equasound cabinets (my uncle on my mom's side did the woodworking on those), and the Petroff Labs cabinets. I haven't see anything on Integral Audio, which had a 'Sound Cylinders' product. Like a pole with a cylinder that pointed at you, front covered with a screen. Midrange and tweeter was in each unit with a sub floor unit. He was going for more the space-age look in the 80's vs the wood paneled look from the 70's. Anyway I don't think those ever took off. After that he did Magnitude acoustics which were car subwoofers. I know he sourced drivers from Atomic for some of those later companies, Atomic is still around I believe.
I wonder if that might be the same Atomic(hifi and TV) that is the go to source for some Snell products. Located in Ashland, MA
 
I purchased,and still own Equasound screen array speakers at the sound center in the seventies.They are two large screens(51in by 22 in),each screen has 8 mid range and two high frequency drivers.One of the high frequency drivers faces rearward.The third speaker is a 15in woofer in a 18in by 19in by 22in matching cabinet.They are in excellent condition.Through the years I have only had to replace the 15in woofer.I still love them.
A buddy of mine has these same speakers. He has been trying to just about give them to me but not sure i have the time or space to get them cleaned up and running again. He also has the passive subwoofer that came with them. How do yourd sound and is there a speaker they kind of sound similar to? Im just trying to get an idea if they are worth the resurrection or not.
 
I have a pair of these I just acquired and I’m trying to restore them. I’m looking for specifications on the 15 inch woofer. The one I have is shot and I need to find a replacement. I’m looking for any information and pictures I can get. Thank you!
 
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