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Jensen 2 Way Bookshelf Speakers

ahk26

ahk26

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I picked some Jensen 2 way bookshelf speakers with 8" woofers (green suurounds) up today for $7.50. They do not have a model number but appear to be from the early 80's. I am amazed at how good they sound and decent bass too. I cannot find much on the net about Jensen speakers other than their real early stuff. Sorry no pictures but does these sound familair to anyone?
 
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Sealed box and there are numbers stamped on the back of each speaker that I thought were serial numbers but both are the same, 2207935. The cabinets are 18" high and have Brown removable grills with vertical grooves in them. The more I listen to these the more I like them.
 
Could be Model 17's. Do they have a high frequency balance control on the back? Also if my memory serves me they have fiberglass over the tweeters held in place by wire mesh. Does any of this pertain to the speakers you have.
 
Might be the same as RSC NINA (RSC was sold to Jensen and they took on some of their production for a brief period....) Nina are known for great bass... Are the surrounds made of Novaprene? Grills were like u describe em ... Pics would help :thmbsp:
 
Well, the Jensen LS-2's are a sealed box, two-way with the following dimensions:

Height: 18 3/4
Width: 11
Depth: 9 7/8

Grills are brown, removable via velcro.

Tweeters have a wire mesh over them.

Hope this helps ...

Regards,
Jerry
 
Thanks to all for the responses, they do not have any type of controls on them and no mesh over the tweeter. Really a basic looking speaker without frills. Also where the speaker wire attaches they just have two screws and no spring loaded terminals (I know this sounds CHEAP).

The dimmensions are:

Height: 18 1/4
Width: 11
Depth: 8 1/4

The grills are not held on with velcro but just "squeeze" in if that makes sense.

I will try and get a picture.
 
Still can't get attachments to work but if you are interested in a couple of pictures please send me a private message and I can email them to you. Dave
 
The screw terminals do not indicate cheap, they indicate that the speakers are much older than mid 80's, more like early 70's or before.
 
Spring terminals, to me, indicate "cheap" - or at least that the bean counters interfered with the engineering process.
 
Sam Cogley said:
Spring terminals, to me, indicate "cheap" - or at least that the bean counters interfered with the engineering process.
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So... the Pioneer HPM-100 and its kin have spring terminals, as do some of the vintage ADS speakers.

About the only thing you can generally say about generalizations is that they're generally not utterly true...
(edit: the latter half of you statement might be true... hard to say... the spring terminals were a popular 'convenience feature' in the 1970s and early 80s... mostly because the screw terminals were felt to be difficult to use)
 
mhardy6647 said:
So... the Pioneer HPM-100 and its kin have spring terminals, as do some of the vintage ADS speakers.

About the only thing you can generally say about generalizations is that they're generally not utterly true...
(edit: the latter half of you statement might be true... hard to say... the spring terminals were a popular 'convenience feature' in the 1970s and early 80s... mostly because the screw terminals were felt to be difficult to use)
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Which is my point - they weren't used for their superior connection qualities, they were used for "convenience" (or because they're cheap). Admittedly, electrical-style screw connectors are a pain, and I have no idea why the RCA speaker cable idea didn't catch on more, as it's convenient, doesn't have any springs to get weak or break, and seems to work pretty well. Binding posts were around in the mid-70s, my big Marantz speakers have them.

I didn't necessarily mean that spring terminals are a pure sign of "cheapness," but I view them as a bit of a red flag when I'm examining something unfamiliar. If I see binding posts, it's a good indicator that the manufacturer was worried more about engineering than penny-pinching.
 
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