Unmarked speaker ID?

[Trolly90]

Just seeing if anyone can help ID this speaker I've run across? Maybe it's a homebuilt or is it branded but someone removed the badges? Thoughts on sound quality based on driver and cab construction? Thanks!!!

 

[bakes]

That Jensen driver is not a bad sounding unit. Likely a local brand cabinet maker with a Jensen load. Nice find IMO

 

[Trolly90]

bakes, thanks for your thoughts on this thing! I was really impressed with how pristine it seems to be....about to bite on it if I can get them to lower the price a bit.

 

[rmeade]

Back in the day speaker drivers, motor board and cross-over were sold to be integrated into a cabinet local to the customer. I have such a pair of cabinets from that era. My guess is that is what you have, as well.

 

[Trolly90]

rmeade, I'm pretty sure you're right about this thing, it shows all the indications of being built (assembled) Ended up getting it for 15 bucks, so I think I did alright. If anything, I'll sell that Jensen driver and buy something with the proceeds

 

[CopperWizard]

That's a Jensen CX120.
"CX" Series speakers are a combination of compression driver supertweeter and a 2-element direct radiator woofer-mid-channel. Electrical crossover is at 4000 cycles. Small diffusion radiator disperses and balances radiation from 2000 to 4000 cycles. Three terminals for easy wiring of KTX-3 Step Up Kit for later conversion to full 3-way system with compression driver mid-channel. A "best buy" for performance intermediate between D AS and "H" series coaxial.
Put some low wattage mono tube unit on that and you'll be very pleased.

 

[Trolly90]

Thanks for that very detailed summary on my speaker, CopperWizard! I was wondering about the three terminals on it...I've hooked my Luxman 1050 ss to listen to it and sounds pretty decent, but my purpose for buying it was for a mono tube system, so I'm on the hunt for one and have several candidates in mind, the best being a Pilot Ensemble console amp. Only problem is the cabinet and turntable are in great shape and I haven't decided whether to gut or not. Tough decision, so I'll probably wait for something else to turn up.