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These speakers look different...

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janikphoto

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For sale:

Very rare vintage pair of Chrysler CE-530 speakers. Made in Japan. Speakers are perhaps from the 60's early 70's.

Speakers are in excellent working order and consist of a 10" woofers - 4" midranges - 2" tweeters with a lower passive opening.

Speakers are rated at 30 watts.

Cabinets are in great shape still and constructed of quality real wood veneers with some noticeable ware and scratches from age and prior handling. Would refinish very nicely

Front grills are unique and are constructed of verticle wood lattice strips with name badges intact. Grills are held on by 4 small screws that secure on metal posts behind the grill.

Speaker size 10" woofers - 4" midranges - 2" tweeters.

Cabinet size 14" wide x 12" deep x 24" tall rated at 30 watts

Sold in *AS IS* condition with no service plans, warranties or guarantees!

If still posted it is still available!


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mhardy6647 said:
oh, and if you wanna get your Google on, the name of the brand is "Crysler" (not to be confused with the Mopar/Daimler/Fiat folks):
http://www.audio-heritage.jp/CRYSLER/index.html
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I figured he was wrong about the car company connection. It didn't sound right to me. You know much about it? I'm on my phone up here visiting, and all I saw in your link was a bunch of Japanese text. Any idea what the value - sonically and/or financially - is for these things?
 
They have noticeable ware :-( I guess that's better than hard ware, although of course not as good as soft ware.

ahem.
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I was thinking this was an extra politically correct reference to Victoria's Secret.:D
 
I dunno, they kind of look like a Chrysler to me.

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They are good speakers and there are some old threads on them. I don't know if I would buy them without a warranty though.
 
janikphoto said:
I figured he was wrong about the car company connection. It didn't sound right to me. You know much about it? I'm on my phone up here visiting, and all I saw in your link was a bunch of Japanese text. Any idea what the value - sonically and/or financially - is for these things?
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There should've been pictures, too - they're not in Japanese (or maybe I can read Japanese pictures).

Generally the Crysler speakers - at least the ones that are typically seen in the US - are pretty forgettable. The value of www.audio-heritage.jp is it lets us see some of the stuff that the Japanese manufacturers didn't deign to share with us in the US (probably because of the cost of shipping plus a perceived small market potential at a time when "everyone" in the US seemed to want a JBL L-100 clone based on market research).
 
Crysler made some of the best speakers in Japan, back in it's heyday in the sixties. I've owned two pair, and seen a few more. The company was set up and run by a serious audiophile with some technical expertise, although not the best of businessmen. One set of speakers were small bookshelf speakers with solid cabinets and aluminum front baffles (from almost fifty years ago!) and a very clean, detailed sound and a pot to adjust the tweeter levels. Another pair were almost Frankenspeakers, fancy European-style furniture (cabriole legs, patterned veneer inlay) with speakers sort of just stuck in them, behind cloth-and-metal-mesh grills. I THINK they were original that way, but they might have been a special-order or a collaboration between a furniture company and the speaker company. I also owned a small Crysler radio, which was a good performer for its size, but a pain in the a$$ to work on, with everything crammed together into a small box. The company was primarily known for its speakers, though.

Those ones in that ad are not going to be among their better/best ones, judging from the appearance. Interesting that they have the older style with the drivers mounted behind holes cut in the (thick) baffle. I recently saw a (mono) Royal Sweden speaker that looked very much like that (but made in Sweden, no relation to the Cryslers). Sort of tells you that they are OLD. That kind of mounting typically yielded nice separation, but made them more rolled-off and a bit less detailed, which is why nearly all speakers today use mountings at/near/above the surface of the baffle.

Incidentally, a LOT of people confuse "Crysler" with "Chrysler"! :yes: Makes you ask if it was entirely an accidental choice of name (:scratch2:... :no:).
 
What I notice right off the hop:

Nice, thick 3/4" cabinets. Great woodworking on these!

The grills are likely getting in the way of the sound and should be remade.

They use a paper cone tweeter.. sometimes this isn't a bad thing but, in most cases I think it is. These speakers would be a great set to replace drivers with and turn it into something of your own, those cabinets are awesome.
 
Not knocking Cryslers, I know nothing about them.
But when I look at them I see Econowave written all over them. Nice thick cabinets, and the position of the big driver below with a great space for a waveguide above.
Just sayin'
 

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