Look what followed Mrs. Divotdog home!

[RadShak1251]

Nice! Like the styling a lot.

Looks like there is some kind of bass-reflex system operating in that enclosure, but the "ducts" look really large for that kind of system. Whatever, as long as it sounds good that's all that matters.

The midrange: I wonder why so many manufacturers back then (like this one) allowed that driver to share the same air space as the woofer i.e. like a passive radiator, which could really cause the mid's cone to move more than it seems like it should.

Wonder in what shape the mids' and tweeters' crossover capacitors are in after all these years......

 

[Sandy G]

And the feet just scream 50's Jet Age!

I was thinkin', "Gee, Mr Wizard, it's 1960 !"....Not that there's anything wrong w/THAT, of course...(grin)

 

["ItsTooLoud"]

Sweet! I like it A LOT!

So, that's a 15'' woofer, a mid, a big mid, and a small horn?

 

[HomeBody]

I smell a Pre-Corn-Scala

 

[Gang-Twanger]

At first I thought those were old Bozaks, but now I'm not sure. EV's? They're beautiful, whatever they are.

 

[bigstereo]

Wow Mel those are huge. Wolverine on that compression driver. Thats an EV model is it not? Maybe equal to T-35?

 

[Gang-Twanger]

Wow Mel those are huge. Wolverine on that compression driver. Thats an EV model is it not? Maybe equal to T-35?

I want to find a pair of speakers like this in the future (Preferably Bozaks, but you never know) - Something strictly for classical and old jazz. My main speakers right now are great all-arounders, but I've really been listening to a lot of classical lately, and I can totally-understand the need for having multiple pairs of speakers on-duty for certain types of music (and I'm serious about my music - I listen A LOT).

 

[Naptown Rob]

Wow Mel those are huge. Wolverine on that compression driver. Thats an EV model is it not? Maybe equal to T-35?

Looks like - althought the magnet is different than my Wolverine t35's. EV/Wolverine crossovers it looks like, too.

 

[dc270]

Very Retro- I likes dem! Seal off that open mid driver and I would bet they would sound better. Have fun!
DC

 

[tensleep]

Nice! Like the styling a lot.

Looks like there is some kind of bass-reflex system operating in that enclosure, but the "ducts" look really large for that kind of system. Whatever, as long as it sounds good that's all that matters.

The midrange: I wonder why so many manufacturers back then (like this one) allowed that driver to share the same air space as the woofer i.e. like a passive radiator, which could really cause the mid's cone to move more than it seems like it should.

Wonder in what shape the mids' and tweeters' crossover capacitors are in after all these years......

Those ports remind me of the modified Helmholtz resonators that Frazier used extensively in their cabinet designs. I have a pair of Fraziers and so does my cousin; they both sound excellent and the ports are very effective at reinforcing the bass performance.

Very nice speakers! The scale is epic.

 

[Big Tuna]

VERY cool, Mel!
So lemme see if I get this straight, they followed your wifee home? Now THAT'S what I call love, brother!

Are the woofs 12's or 15's? Yeah, I am with Doug on sealing the back of the midrange, but OTOH, maybe those sounded better colored so that's why they did that. Not sure if the enclosed midrange was even a thought back then. :scratch2:

 

[Divotdog]

Wow Mel those are huge. Wolverine on that compression driver. Thats an EV model is it not? Maybe equal to T-35?

RJ wins the kewpi doll, as far as I can tell it is an older T35

Looks like - althought the magnet is different than my Wolverine t35's. EV/Wolverine crossovers it looks like, too.

You are correct sir, EV/Wolverine crossovers with pots.

 

[Divotdog]

VERY cool, Mel!
So lemme see if I get this straight, they followed your wifee home? Now THAT'S what I call love, brother!

Are the woofs 12's or 15's? Yeah, I am with Doug on sealing the back of the midrange, but OTOH, maybe those sounded better colored so that's why they did that. Not sure if the enclosed midrange was even a thought back then. :scratch2:

Yes sir, Mrs Divotdog is a keeper!

The woofers are 15 Cletron coaxials, I'm not finding a lot of info on them yet.

 

[kfa888]

And mirror imaged too!!!!

 

[bigstereo]

RJ wins the kewpi doll,

YAY!!!!
The dog ate my old kewpi doll. :tears:

 

[superdog]

The woofers are 15 Cletron coaxials, I'm not finding a lot of info on them yet.[/QUOTE]

Never heard of Cletron.15s are good.I really like them!:thmbsp:

 

[Phototone]

Nice! Like the styling a lot.


The midrange: I wonder why so many manufacturers back then (like this one) allowed that driver to share the same air space as the woofer i.e. like a passive radiator, which could really cause the mid's cone to move more than it seems like it should.

The coaxial mounting used to be quite common. The small mid-range/tweeter speaker would have a solid back on it, so the woofer excursion would not cause the small cone to move in sympathy. The Coaxial mounting was thought to approximate the "ideal" of point source imaging, where all the sound comes from a central point. Since low frequencies are mostly non-directional, having a small speaker in the middle of the woofer does not adversely affect the woofer imaging. Many, many manufacturers used a variation of this concept, from the Classic Altec and Electrovoice units that had Horn tweeters in the middle, to Bozak who had small cone type tweeters, generally 2 of them in the middle. Some manufacturers even had 2 different small speakers in the middle of the woofer..a midrange and a small tweeter.

 

[voltcontrol]

Super-nice cabs, love the cute legs on them.

Ps Coax is still used succesfully nowadays btw

(ME Geithain RL901K for instance)

 

[lowbrow1]

Newbie here. I recently picked up a set of acousti-craft cabinets that had a set of the 15' cletron voice of the cathedral speakers in them. My speakers had no crossovers or mid. The cabinets had to be completely refinished, but the speaker condition was near mint. I think they sound great. I am running them in conjunction with a mixed set, one utah and one university. Please let me know if you find out more information on these beauties. I have found very little. I'll try and post some pictures soon.

 

[Isotonic]

Just beautiful, and I bet they sound great.