help with speaker ID please.

[Brian Wilson]

Hello everyone.
just picked these up at the thrift store with no identifying badge.
the sound is pretty good and they are heavy.
any ideas? thanks in advance.

 

[swechsler]

They look like "house" speakers, that is, speakers manufactured to be sold by a particular audio store or chain. Not necessarily bad, but difficult to get a lot of info on many of them, since most of those chains went out of business pre-internet.

 

[dc270]

American Acoustics?
DC

 

[crazy-in-az]

They look a lot like some GTE/Sylvania cabinets I had a few years ago. They seem to have decent components. Have you removed any of the drivers to look for serial numbers on the magnets?

 

[Brian Wilson]

They look a lot like some GTE/Sylvania cabinets I had a few years ago. They seem to have decent components. Have you removed any of the drivers to look for serial numbers on the magnets?

I am still digging around on the interweb with no luck. they may find a home in my workshop.

 

[Brian Wilson]

The tweets are one and the same as in my Marantz Imperial 7. Could they be early Marantz?

you are right about the tweets but I can't find a Marantz styled like these. the woofer ID starts with 201. coming up blank on that also.

I cleaned up the midrange and tweet pots last night and everything works fine. really nice bass response. my woodworking shop is a little over 700 sq.ft so they may have a permanent home.

 

[jobrewer1983]

Pull the woofers, and check for stamp marks... also check the back side of the controls, may have some info...

Good Luck, and Kind Regards,
John

 

[Lavane]

The tweets are one and the same as in my Marantz Imperial 7. Could they be early Marantz?

Marantz used those tweeters in the Imperial line. Other companies used these CTS tweeters as well.

 

[bluestime]

similar looking tweeters used on Altec 891 and Capri's

 

[swechsler]

Marantz used those tweeters in the Imperial line. Other companies used these CTS tweeters as well.

Probably half of the reasonably priced loudspeakers made in the 1970s had those tweeters (I may be exaggerating, but not by much)

 

[KingBubba]

MCS would be my guess. Does it have a red breaker button where the speaker inputs are?