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Philips Vintage Speakers??

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512dude

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I have some Philips speakers and would like some opinions on them. They are in excellent condition and quite heavy.

Serial #AD 7066/W8
2422 257 47002
DD 04 810 122

and

Serial #AD 0162/T8
2422 257 33312
DD 05 811 112

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I don't have the specs on these,but remember reading about them in the old McGee's speaker parts catalogs.They'll make a fine pair of 2ways.I'd run a sealed cabinet and a second order crossover at 3K to 3.5K on the tweeter.

edit- I think the tweeters ran about 15 to 20 bucks each and the woofers ran 25 or so in late 70's dollars.
A 7/8 to 1 cu ft cabinet oughta get you 89-90 db sensitivity.
 
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Here in The Netherlands (NL) you can pick up plenty of Philips speakers (from the era your drivers are from 512guy) in thrift shops for 10/30 Euro's per set.

These are not exotic or legendary drivers, so value is a matter of demand, at least in NL.

Ps, the MFB series do fetch a nice amount of money.
Pps, I like the Philips RH series, got a set of 22RH427 at home.
 
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Phillips full range drivers, seem to be quite popular among the single driver/SET tube amp crowd......for good reason too.

Steve
 
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Have to agree with voltcontrol: good, but not exotic.
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Same here.Good "entry level" parts-IMO.I think they're heftier than components you find in a lot of budget speakers these days.They'd make a neat pair of PC speakers.
I'd glue up a pair of cabinets and have a little fun with them.
 
These were used very successfully by a number of US speaker makers in some very good designns. The larger if it is what I think it is makes for an excellent midrange and was used in the Dahlquist DQ10. The tweeter was used in a large number of speakers back in the '70s. No, not exotic but very good need not be.
 
I agree, I know the tweeters are really nice. I ran across a pair a while ago, bought them and stored them away for future use.
 
Yup,the tweeter was used in a lot of good designs,and by do-it-yourselfer's,too.
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terryblulite said:
Yup,the tweeter was used in a lot of good designs,and by do-it-yourselfer's,too.
Look familiar?
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That is the set of speaker I had in mind when I responded to this post. Back in the '70's when I was in college I bought a pair of Infinity Monitor Jr. I was really impressed with them and so were all my friends. I was the man. Then my brother bought a set of Philips speakers just like those. We invited our friends over for the comparison. Unfortunately for me the Philips came out on top and my 15 minutes of fame were over. I've been wanting a set of those ever since.
 
I had 'em back in the day,too.I just found these in wonderful shape a few months ago-couldn't resist.I've always thought,like other comments here,nothing exotic,but good solid stuff.
 
The 7066/w woofer is a very good one. The 0142/T is a good unit too. I have many sistems with philips units from the 70s, two and three way systems. I have the T-S parameters if you need them. Suitable for acoustic suspension in a 7 to 10 lts enclosure. Later I will post a pic of my two way ( with a 7066/W8 and a 0160/W8 tweeter) self made speakers
 
I will chime in as well and agree here, those are respectable drivers! I have used that tweeter in several designs, most recently in a 15" 3 way and it sounds very good. I have seen that 7" driver used in nice two way designs as well- had a neutral clean sound. Not real efficient as I recall but was quite neutral. I think B&O used the Phill[ps stuff a lot and they always sounded good. The best driver Phillips made, I think, was an 2" dome mid in an inverted cup. Hope you can make good use of these drivers!!
DC
 
Philips 544 Motional Feedback

The Philips 544 MFB is a 3-way biamplified monitor speaker from the mid seventies. Every once and awhile I fire them up to make sure nothing's amiss with the amplification...they keep on "tickin'" after all these years with very powerful clean zounds.
 
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There goes some pictures with Philips stuff. The cabinet is a Philips modified box with double wall thicknes and a hand doped 7066 woofer. The dome squaker in the othr pics is the AD0211sq/8 one of the best I ·ve heard
 

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The Philips 544 MFB is a 3-way biamplified monitor speaker from the mid seventies. Every once and awhile I fire them up to make sure nothing's amiss with the amplification...they keep on "tickin'" after all these years with very powerful clean zounds.
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Loving that Philips 544 MFB. One of the top items on my perpetual wish list. If I ever come across a set I would buy them in a heart beat.
 
You might want to try this crossover from Philips System 11.When using a box with only 7 lit volume,the resonance is 69Hz,but if enlarged to 25 lit it is lowered to 45Hz.
 

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