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Realistic - No Model # - Triangle shaped...

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MTaylor

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I just got back from the Salvation Army and they had a tall pair of triangular speakers. They each had a weird tweeter and 2 midranges/woofers (one on each side)... and they had no model #. They were very heavy and made of light wood. $40 for the pair but they need new surrounds so I didn't get them.

Anyone know what they were? :scratch2:
 
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Let me rephrase the question. Does anyone know of a website with a database on realistic speakers or anything like that?
 
Whew. Needle in a hay stack, there.

These speakers were about 4 feet tall and triangular in shape (obviously to help fill the room with sound). The tweeter looked like a fake ribbon/emit tweeter or something. It looked like clear plastic was on the outside to make it look like glass. It could have been glass but I think it was plastic, really strange.

I'd love to find out what the heck they were.
 
Things that would help identify these......

* was the styling indicating something maybe from the 70s or 80s?

* the woofers: an estimate of how large they were. Also, any distinguishing characteristics like odd color, weird shaped dust cap, etc.

* grill color
 
JBL made a truncated triangular-shaped speaker similar to the one you are describing, with the the tweeter mounted open air on top. The cabinet strictly speaking, was more of a truncated pyramid split down the middle, top-to-bottom.
 
This is embarrassing. I made the picture in paint, but it's a rough design of what they looked like. Don't laugh!

They looked 80's and the foam was bad so I'm guessing a good 20 years old at least. Woofers were like 4-5" so they were pretty small.
 

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(No biggie on the drawing - doesn't need to be DaVinci-quality!) I know this doesn't help you much but that pic does ring a bell. Unfortunately by around '85 or so not all of Radio Shack's speakers were what they used to be, so I was visiting a lot less. I figured their up-n-coming computer division was sucking the $$ away from the audio division. :(

They still might sound good though, and could be a fun little project to fix them up. BTW, a lot of true ribbon tweeters have used a piece of clear plastic to protect the ribbon itself.
 
Leonardo DiPicasso

MTaylor- your drawing works! At least we have an idea of what the speakers looked like. Unfortunately,I can't help with either era or model or other details.

Somebody around here should know something.... have faith....willhowl:scratch2:
 
These are the only triangular shaped speakers in the 1971 ~ 1993 RS catalogs that I have. If these are not the speakers that you saw they may have been from after 1993. (Please don't blame me for what Radio Shack has become. :no:)
 

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900 dollars a pair?! And that's 1990 dollars! I like 401s but IMO they definitely ain't worth THAT much. Sheesh they don't even have real wood veneer.
 
They are still at the SA, so I went back to check them out and I still can't justify getting them. They look very similar to those in the picture but must be after 1993 because there is no mention of Bose or anything like that. I doubt I could even find replacement foams for them.

Shrug.
 
I worked for radio shack from 93-95, and I don't remember any triangle speakers. So they might be homemade.
 
sealy said:
JBL made a truncated triangular-shaped speaker similar to the one you are describing, with the the tweeter mounted open air on top. The cabinet strictly speaking, was more of a truncated pyramid split down the middle, top-to-bottom.
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If you're thinking of the L250, I would say it's hardly mistakable for RS speakers.

More like half of an isosceles trapezoid. What isn't evident from the pic is that the front slants back at the top as well. 52" tall. 22" wide at the base. 14" deep at the bottom, 9" at the top.

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brutal said:
If you're thinking of the L250, I would say it's hardly mistakable for RS speakers.

More like half of an isosceles trapezoid. What isn't evident from the pic is that the front slants back at the top as well. 52" tall. 22" wide at the base. 14" deep at the bottom, 9" at the top.

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How would ya like to try and build those babies!?! Definitely not Shack speakers! I knew I had them right in my head. Isosceles trapezoid, eh? How 'bout a quasi-oblique trapezoid?
 
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