Speaker info, yet again

[Kent Dance]

They are labeled, Muntz m-380. My first thought was cheap department store speakers. But because they are in exceptionally good condition, I brought them home for closer inspection. Have them hooked up to my AU-D7, and been enjoying them for a couple of months now.

So I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on these.

As far as I know, Muntz didn't have their own manufacturing facilities, so who made these?

Also wondering about their vintage, 80's I'm guessing.

And also their sensitivity, but any info is welcome, thanks in advance.

 

[RVT1K]

I am not familiar with Muntz speakers.

This is the only Muntz I know:

 

[swechsler]

Probably from a company owned (or formerly owned) by this guy. Based on the input terminals, I'm guessing 1970s.

 

[RVT1K]

Probably from a company owned (or formerly owned) by this guy.

The inspiration for Crazy Eddie??!!

 

[Dswankey]

They are labeled, Muntz m-380. My first thought was cheap department store speakers.

As far as I know, Muntz didn't have their own manufacturing facilities, so who made these?

Also wondering about their vintage, 80's I'm guessing.

Can anyone identify the logo/maker on this speaker?

Local seller has a 60s/70s console that has these speakers mounted. Looks to be a little pirate logo, Japanese. Anyone know who makes these speakers? Decent at all? Thanks so much!

audiokarma.org

 

[Dswankey]

Google Earl "Madman" Muntz and all will become clear.
Muntz invented "value engineering" - their TVs were the absolute bare minimum of circuitry to produce sound and a picture (sometimes, that is). His name was even "verbed"; the highest homage imaginable! The verb "to Muntz" means to eliminate all the frills (and then some).

 

[swechsler]

Never seen those tweeters before. The thread linked by @Dswankey notes that a lot of Muntz drivers were made by Foster, but an image search didn't yield anything similar.

 

[Kent Dance]

I was thinking, Philips fish eye tweeters?

 

[swechsler]

They look like they could be copies of the Philips AD0168 tweeter, without the protective screen. Radio Shack used to sell a similar model (presumably made by Foster), but with 3 screws holding the front on instead of four.

 

[GordonW]

There is a 3-screw version of the Philips clear-dome tweeter- the early AD0163. They later went to a black plastic dome, but the earlier ones had a transparent dome.

The one in the OP doesn't look like either the Philips, or the common Matsushita/Panasonic EAS9KH05 "clone" either. Neither of them had the ribs on the front face.

I also don't think this is the Radio Shack version either. To my recollection- and to all the pictures I've seen, when I looked- the Radio Shack version did have three screws holding on the magnet- but it didn't have the ribs on the face, AND it had a screen. Like this:



Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Many manufacturers private label products for large volume purchasers for their ‘house brand’ or special editions. Who exactly made them is unclear.