Speaker identification twofor!

[tdwpgtp]

Hello everyone, does anyone know what brand/model these 2 speakers could be? The seller hasn't provided any more information.

All tips are appreciated. Thanks!

 

[epifanatic]

Looks interesting but, I haven’t a clue. Someone will.

 

[swechsler]

The speaker on top is obviously coaxial. This is the closest I could find, it's a Knight/Allied KN600. No guarantee it's a match, though.

 

[tdwpgtp]

The speaker on top is obviously coaxial. This is the closest I could find, it's a Knight/Allied KN600. No guarantee it's a match, though.

Definitely coax, but I'm wondering about the top slot in the box. That knight allied is a rebranded EV TRX, right? If so, those are triaxial, so I'm not sure they'd need that big horn up top, too. But hey, I'm totally speculating.

The box itself is pretty nice looking, and that bottom enclosure is very interesting to me.

 

[mhardy6647]

Yes the Knight are EV OEM.
To call those drivers triaxial is to give the midrange whizzer a lot of credit

FWIW, the coax horn looks to me to be skinnier than the 'standard' T-35 family diffraction horn -- but early TRX coaxes had a skinnier horn on the treble driver, e.g., the 15TRXB photo posted below the one borrowed from the OP.

15TRXBfront by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

My guess would be that the bottom cutout in the top cabinet was meant to be a vent and the top one was meant for a treble horn -- which might or might not be present (anymore?) given the presence of a coaxial driver.

I have no idea about the bottom cabinet, FWIW -- were it me, I'd start leafing through catalogs at www.alliedcatalogs.com starting in the mid 50s into the early 60s. I'd also peruse similar vintages of Audio, Stereo Review and High Fidelity at www.americanradiohistory.com Their databases are searchable, but I am not sure what I'd search for, so it would pretty much be a needle in a haystack sort of quest.

 

[NH-MAN]

Yes the Knight are EV OEM.
To call those drivers triaxial is to give the midrange whizzer a lot of credit

FWIW, the coax horn looks to me to be skinnier than the 'standard' T-35 family diffraction horn -- but early TRX coaxes had a skinnier horn on the treble driver, e.g., the 15TRXB photo posted below the one borrowed from the OP.

15TRXBfront by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

My guess would be that the bottom cutout in the top cabinet was meant to be a vent and the top one was meant for a treble horn -- which might or might not be present (anymore?) given the presence of a coaxial driver.

I have no idea about the bottom cabinet, FWIW -- were it me, I'd start leafing through catalogs at www.alliedcatalogs.com starting in the mid 50s into the early 60s. I'd also peruse similar vintages of Audio, Stereo Review and High Fidelity at www.americanradiohistory.com Their databases are searchable, but I am not sure what I'd search for, so it would pretty much be a needle in a haystack sort of quest.

Think you got it.

 

[Nat]

I have a feeling that the bottom one is a Jensen. The knobs right on the front seem to recall a couple of their products.

 

[mhardy6647]

I have a feeling that the bottom one is a Jensen. The knobs right on the front seem to recall a couple of their products.

Boy howdy, you are good, Nat!

From the 1951 Allied catalog... (e.g.)


source: http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1951-126/hr013.html

 

[tdwpgtp]

Boy howdy, you are good, Nat!

From the 1951 Allied catalog... (e.g.)

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source: http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1951-126/hr013.html

Man, you guys never cease to amaze me! I'm assuming, then, that, providing there is actually a Jensen driver in that cabinet, that it is from the desirable Era of Jensen products. I'm thinking I will take the drive to grab them

 

[mhardy6647]

Man, you guys never cease to amaze me! I'm assuming, then, that, providing there is actually a Jensen driver in that cabinet, that it is from the desirable Era of Jensen products. I'm thinking I will take the drive to grab them

To quote (albeit a wee bit out of context) Donald Sutherland ("Jennings") from Animal House:

It's a distinct possibility

Best case, a 15 inch Jensen coax.
Worst case, the most generic 15 inch driver imaginable (which actually ain't too awful)

 

[Nat]

Yay - finally identified an old speaker before Mark did! That's an accomplishment, given his knowledge and comprehensive collection of old catalogues.