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Jensen BL-220 Speaker: Help IDing Drivers+Value?

AlexHempel

AlexHempel

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Hello ,

Someone on my local CL is selling a bunch of gear, including a Klipschorn for $750 and two A5 Voice of the Theaters for $750 each. Obviously a collector cus I see tons of valuable looking stuff in the background of the pics.

I really wish I could buy the Voice of Theaters, but they're huge and I don't have a listening space that could do them justice. However, the same seller has also listed this cool speaker for $250. The cab is a Jensen BL-220, but I have no idea what the drivers are. They do look to be in fair condition. I'm interested in using this as a mono corner speaker for the orphan mono amps I love to buy, but I know literally nothing about vintage speakers. I am fully willing to do restoration work and recap the crossover if the end result is good. Wondering if anyone could give me a rough sense of what these drivers are and whether this is a decent purchase for $250. Also, if you're in the SF bay area and interested in the Altecs or the Khorn, I can send you the listing.

Cheers!

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In SF and on local CL! At sellers prices that stuff will all go quickly even during Covid surge. Seller will need no help moving his/her items. And I’d say that Jensen is worth 250.
 
The Jensen drivers look correct, at least from that dark photo. If the tweeter is of the RP 102 series, it is sublime. The woofers are no slouches, either. I'd be all over that.
 
bowtie427ss said:
But, perhaps from slightly different eras. Upper woofer being a P12 of some variety, lower a flex-air 12.

It looks like a 50's KT-22 load with a 60's flex-air woofer added, to me.
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Yes, the lower woofer is the one that really caught my eye. I had a pair of Flexairs teamed with EV tweeters back in the day, they were very nice.
 
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