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Mystery speakers...help!

albiewan

albiewan

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Can anyone help me identify these speakers? They are 42" tall, well-braced enclosures weighing about 35-40 lbs...each has twin 3" drivers, single 1" dome tweeter, one side-firing woofer, maple side panels, piano gloss black front/rear panels, bi-wired, interesting crossover and NO markings I can find anywhere except for patches on the rear (above terminals) where adhesive stickers may have been. I have not removed the woofers at this point but that is my last hope. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
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first order crossover
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bi-wired
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twin 3" drivers, single dome tweeter
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maple side panels, piano black front/rear panels, rear ports, one side firing woofer (each)
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I did some poking, and I would start looking at Polk towers to see if you can narrow it down. It seems like there is a lot of similar design queues from a lot of their speaker lines.
 
I have exhausted Google images...I tried almost every major speaker brand using various keywords and the closest I could find in design (size, design, etc) was Sonus Faber tower but it wasn't quite right...very close though.
 
Oh yeh, I forgot to mention...they sound absolutely wonderful. Tight bass, crystal clear highs and smooth mids...very efficient as well.
 
SecondSpin said:
Possibly something from Fluance or Vivid.
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Does not appear to be in any of their line-ups. Actually, in all my years of experience, I've never seen a pair of speakers this thin...ever! Upon closer inspection, the side panels are solid maple with finely beveled edges on top...very well made. The search continues. Thanks.
 
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https://www.audiophile.org/archive/loudspeaker/advertisement/12537/jamo-77-floorstanding-speakers/

The Jamo guess looks like a good one. I wouldn't guarantee these are the same but at the very least they're from the same line.
 
Generally a speaker manufacturer put their name and model on the speaker. When it's not it's white van these could be some TOTL white van...

Lookinig closer at the photos not TOTL white van:no: just white van.
 
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Why is it every time a speaker can't be immediately identified, some folks just assume it's "white van", or must be DIY. I've sen several VERY good quality speakers that are badged with little more than a sticker on the back... Maston Audio,& Fried come to mind, as well as my early SoundLab Dynastats - they do have a reasonable label on the back, but no serial numbers because they were printed on stickers, like the grill badges, that fell off! As a matter of fact, it almost seems many of the very high end "boutique" brands often don't have very good badging. Perhaps it's a cost issue, but really snazzy badges are almost an indicator of a more high volume company.

I'm afraid I don't recognize the speakers in question here (though, as mentioned, they DO look like something Jamo might have made), but I don't see any indication they are cheap, or DIY speakers, other than the lack of badging and the fact no one here has yet identified them.
 
Albievan, I'm afraid you're going to have to pull the drivers.

Anyone: Does Jamo generally make their own or do they purchase from other manufacturers?
 
frommerstop said:
As a matter of fact, it almost seems many of the very high end "boutique" brands often don't have very good badging.
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frommerstop said:
Why is it every time a speaker can't be immediately identified, some folks just assume it's "white van", or must be DIY.
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Because reputable companies need to ID their product, if for nothing else for inventory, and sales information to pay taxes on.

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Maston Audio,& Fried come to mind, as well as my early SoundLab Dynastats - they do have a reasonable label on the back
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They have ID
 
I never claimed those brands didn't ID their speakers, only that they didn't do it in a very flashy, or durable way. If, for example, you do a google image search for Spica TC-50s, you'll see a good example of a brand that used only a cheap foil sticker on the back for identification. I can attest to how easy it is to loose those, as one of mine was lost before I traded the speakers away. Also, the aforementioned early Fried speakers only had a simple label on the back... only later did they start to use terminal plates with some info on them, and even those usually didn't say "Fried", but only the model - such as "R", or "Q", etc.
 
They look mighty similar to a Definitive Technology model I saw in a Best Buy Magnolia Theater room. That must have been about ten years or so ago.
 
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