Rare and Seldom Seen Speakers

[ehoove]

How about my Green Mountain Audio Continuum 1's. They were very nice speakers Morel Drivers, and ist order crossovers. I probably should have held on to them. :^(
Regards,
Jim

 

[relaximus]

My Kenwood LS-X9's which I believe were non-export models available only in Japan.

• 2 x 6-1/4" woofers in a modified Helmholtz band-pass type sub-enclosure
• 1 x 6-1/4" carbon-fiber/composite mid-bass/midrange with a rectangular, pure aluminum voice coil and alnico magnet
• 1 x 3/4" hard-dome diamond plasma deposited tweeter, alnico magnet
• Crossover 150Hz and 9kHz
• 6Ω Nominal
• 36"h x 9"w x 15"d
• 59.5 lbs. ea.
• 52,000 yen/ea. in 1989

Dave

 

[AweDeOh]

Where do you guys find the room to put all this gear? I've got to get a bigger house!

Mark B...

 

[Audio Fan]

Although rare as hen's teeth, there is another AKer with a set of these Beveridge Model 5 speakers. Beveridge was a very low volume manufacturer, so much so, finding any set is rare. This model has a stat in the upper 2/3 section and a woofer in the bottom 1/3. To be specific, they are the tall round speakers, the smaller speakers are AR3a.

I have actually seen more references to owners of the larger/earlier Model 2 and 3 series than of Model 5's.

 

[halo71]

Big Tuna, you need a pair of HD88's now! My Dad had those when I was a kid. I remember them being awesome speakers!:yes:

 

[solidjackson]

My Fisher ST-550's are pretty uncommon, although the drivers aren't. The unusual aspect is the way they are implemented. Two sets of mirrored United orange-dome mids and upper-mids complemented by Peerless tweeters and a big honking CTS 15" (think Klipsch Cornwalls) in the middle of it all. All in all, there are 7 sets of drivers in a single cabinet.

 

[Rome]

Wow!

You guys just make an old man like me sloober all over himself.

Great speakers & listening spaces I must say!

Rome

 

[jwrauch]

Great pics guys. Thanks, JOHN

 

[tubed]

Acoustic Research Classic 30

 

[jwrauch]

Some of you have seen these before when I had them listed on BT.Speakerlab K's w EVHR90s & Atlas Mid drivers & EV ST350A tweeter horns.Decided I couldn't part w them. They occupy corners in my 12X12 man cave.Sorry for the crappy pics. JOHN

 

[kbott]

a 3-fer from left to right MB Quart 390 MCS, Revox Symbol B's and RDL F1's While the RDL are essentially a newer Allison CD-7 you don't see too many of the RDL version

on top of the MB Quart's are Slafta Audio bookshelfs these were a custom build for a client according to the builder they use polydax drivers and sound really nice

 

[SmitterDave]

I may have mistaken two of the other postings and have removed mine.

 

[SmitterDave]

How about another omnidirectional favorite from the past? Sonab OA116.

 

[kbott]

smitter nice speakers :thmbsp:

 

[hatrack71]

ESS SuperQuads. ESL Quads and planar tweet array with KEF sub towers and ESS crossovers.

One of these days.... I'm gonna get those ESS Quads from you. Might as well just do it now and get it over with.

 

[leguerrier]

i like those klh 1's,ive been watching for a long time for those.ive got the matching JansZen electro-states that were originally sold with them.

 

[luddite]

The Pioneer CS 51 is a fairly rare speaker as well. Its got the PE 12 fullranger in it with a tweeter. Its got a huge magnet to cone size ratio.

Love 'em... tiny speakers but that Alnico 5" woofer WILL deliver with the loudness on and bass set full on. They have the BEST high end ever. Amazing little puppies.

 

[Big Tuna]

Big Tuna, you need a pair of HD88's now! My Dad had those when I was a kid. I remember them being awesome speakers!:yes:

Yeah, I had my claws on a pair of HD88's a while back, but I deferred them to my friend, Cody, and now he loves them. They are his first pair of Marantz's. He found a 2500 to power them with, too. He doesn't have it yet, but he will soon. I've got some HD880's and I love those. Any of the Ed May Designed Marantz's are among my favorites.

 

[jimbo2k]

Anyone remember these

I think they were made in Bufalo. Not widely distributed, and were not around long. I swear they had a six db rise from 30hz down. Jim

 

[Bostown]

These have all been posted in various threads, but since they qualify as lesser seen models.. here they are again. Still have quite a few of these... For now anyway.

RDL Acoustics S-1 ( The latest re-vision of the Allison 6 / CD 6 Cube speaker)

Realistic Electrostat 2 ( mated with a Stereo40a EL84 Tube Integrated)

Tangent Acoustics SPL- 5 ( Short lived British brand - w/Audax drivers)

Acoustic Research AR302

Miller & Kreisel Bookshelf 75 ( sleeper model, they sound great)

AudioAnalyst Phase Matrix M2 ( finally found parts for these )

Got a few more ( mostly sold now) that I'll add later.