Hitachi hs-400 speakers

[Wess]

hi guys,

Anyone have an info or opinion on the hitachi hs-400?
Uncle gave me a pair in excellent condition.

 

[62vauxhall]

No first hand experience and I was compelled to look up that model.

What I read was those HS-400's were part of Hitachi's Lo-D series - an upmarket line from their regular consumer stuff. Was also not widely available in North America.

This is an excerpt from a site called Audio Database:

The 2 way speaker system which adopted the metal diaphragm.

The 20cm metal cone Woofer which sandwiched the foaming resin is carried in the middle of a cone low-pass.
Moreover, the sailor cap type 3.5cm titanium tweeter is carried in the high region.
The gathered edge is adopted as each unit.

Direct translation from Japanese so I've no idea what that last sentence means.

I'd almost think Hitachi borrowed the idea for that woofer cone from Leak's Sandwich series

For a Japanese speaker, they should be relatively good sounding. And scarce too which appeals to me. Not suggesting they're worth big bucks just that I have an affinity for the oddballs.

 

[gdmoore28]

For reference:

Hitachi HS-400, Lo-D Series

 

[Wess]

No first hand experience and I was compelled to look up that model.

What I read was those HS-400's were part of Hitachi's Lo-D series - an upmarket line from their regular consumer stuff. Was also not widely available in North America.

This is an excerpt from a site called Audio Database:

The 2 way speaker system which adopted the metal diaphragm.

The 20cm metal cone Woofer which sandwiched the foaming resin is carried in the middle of a cone low-pass.
Moreover, the sailor cap type 3.5cm titanium tweeter is carried in the high region.
The gathered edge is adopted as each unit.

Direct translation from Japanese so I've no idea what that last sentence means.

I'd almost think Hitachi borrowed the idea for that woofer cone from Leak's Sandwich series

For a Japanese speaker, they should be relatively good sounding. And scarce too which appeals to me. Not suggesting they're worth big bucks just that I have an affinity for the oddballs.

Thanks for the info...will be hooking them up to my kenwood ka-8300 to see how it sounds

 

[fredgarvin]

Sailor cap tweeter.

 

[Castor Troy]

Thanks for the info...will be hooking them up to my kenwood ka-8300 to see how it sounds

Hi there Wess! Do you still have those HS-400? I would give good money for them if you are interested. Thanks

JF