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Speaker ID $100 - Austin area

Mingo

Mingo

stranger in a strange land
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Here's what they say about 'em:

Two Vintage Speakers -- $100 -- These three-way speaker cabinets include a 15" woofer, as well as a 4" mid-range and a 1" tweeter.
o Passive three-way crossover network
o 15" woofer -- Eminence
o 4" Mid-range Driver
o 1" Tweeter
o Frequency response 30 Hz to 20 kHz
o Sensitivity 98 dB
o Nominal Impedance: 8 ohms
o 150 watts

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Look like Allen Organ Speakers. Probably the HC-14

I think the midrange is a Peerless driver

They may have been made in PA (At least the crossovers were)

That bottom photo can be found elsewhere online. Maybe from the same seller... maybe not
 
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enzoazul said:
Look like Allen Organ Speakers. Probably the HC-14

I think the midrange is a Peerless driver

They may have been made in PA (At least the crossovers were)

That bottom photo can be found elsewhere online. Maybe from the same seller... maybe not
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I was just about to say Allen organ, but wouldn't have known a model number. There's a guy on our local CL who's had some Allen organ speakers pictured without their grills and that's exactly what they look like.
 
Well, since nobody else jumped on these, I was forced to grab them :)

Haven't yet had a chance to hook them up or listen to them.
 
enzoazul said:
Well, since nobody else jumped on these, I was forced to grab them :)

Haven't yet had a chance to hook them up or listen to them.
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Enzo!!! :tresbon: :banana: :tresbon:

That looks like the identical woofer to the Klipsch Chorus ....

Way to go that should be interesting ... What are you going to use on them! whats delivering the power for your testing!
 
Well.... scratch all that :tears:

What's the opposite of a scroe?

Looks like I just got myself a pair of large, hacked speaker cabinets.

What was advertised:

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What I got:

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The woofer in one (pictured above) is a Radio Shack Realistic woofer that had no dust cap at all (voice coil was completely exposed) I glued on an extra one I happened to have.

The woofer in the other one is some no name deal with a tiny magnet. I doubt either of them can handle anything close to the advertised specs.

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And the midranges on both were also replaced with some crap that doesn't even fit the enclosure (as you can see on the photo)


This is the first bad dealing I've had with audio gear. And the thing that really pisses me off, is that I was actually pretty excited to hear how they sounded.


I guess it serves me right for:

1. Traveling outside my area
2. Buying speakers in the dark
3. Not bothering to audition them or even take off the grills to look at them since they were only $50 and figured it wasn't worth the effort.
4. Not being more suspicious that the photo used of the speakers with the grills off was taken from somewhere else online.


So I guess the seller is either a mental case, a liar/scammer or picked them up at a GW for $15 and was too lazy to even bother taking the grills off or listen to them?

Needless to say, I've learned (perhaps re-learned) some valuable lessons, and it's unfortunately not worth messing with over $50.


Anyone have any cool ideas on what drivers/mods might be interesting to try with these cabinets? :dunno:
 
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Hmmm...I drove to Leander for some Wharfedales a few years ago- the guy had caulked in some generic domes where the purple donut tweets had been. Hack-city. Wonder if it's the same guy. Scary unlabeled driveway leading to a house on a hilltop? I'm not even crazy about driving in Williamson Cty, to be honest...
 
Not on a hilltop. Ditto on Williamson Cty. Not to bash anybody's town, but I don't think I'll make another trip there for the rest of my life. It's like a different (Police State) country.

I'm gonna try to call the guy tomorrow and get some idea of what the hell he was thinking, or what might have led to such utter nonsense (just out of curiosity really, since there's no way I'm having any further dealings with him) Just kind of unbelievable really. I'd almost rather have gotten empty cabinets instead of this weird, low budget, Frankenstein job.
 
At least the cabinets are cool and the crossover network looks to be of high quality. It sucks that the drivers weren't original.
 
Try not to get down too much. Its happened to all of us. The loser has to look at himself in the mirror every day..that is much more punishment then the $50 he got.
 
Mcenroe7 said:
Try not to get down too much. Its happened to all of us. The loser has to look at himself in the mirror every day..that is much more punishment then the $50 he got.
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Thanks. It's no biggie really. I'm already looking at possible options as far as what to do with the cabinets. :)

From a Mod perspective, It's actually kinda cool to have the crossovers on the front for easy access.
 
I've had a couple duds that turned into quite rewarding projects. Did you pay $70 for them? I've sold empty cabs for $40 without a problem. You have at least $40-$50 worth of cab there. Those chokes are big, so they'd cost another ten or twenty to buy at partsexpress... You are looking good, price wise.
 
janikphoto said:
I've had a couple duds that turned into quite rewarding projects. Did you pay $70 for them? I've sold empty cabs for $40 without a problem. You have at least $40-$50 worth of cab there. Those chokes are big, so they'd cost another ten or twenty to buy at partsexpress... You are looking good, price wise.
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I paid $50 for them. (If you factor in the gas, maybe closer to $70)
 
I looked at the ad again late last week and contemplated making an offer, but I had neither the time nor gumption to make a trip to Cedar Park. I guess sometimes inertia is a good thing. Sorry that it didn't work out for you.
 
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