UTAH Speakers

[Timithme]

Hello friends today at an estate sale i bought a set of Utah speakers. On the front ( no grill covers ) on the speakers IMPERIAL is in nice factory ? Stickers. Tha numbers on the speakers and the original boxes ar...HS12AX . I cannot find any info on these. Are they a good UTAH set? The woffers need refoam bet the rest of the speakers and cabinets look awesome. Any info would help. And some covers would be sweet, thanks.

 

[dzkfraser]

They look pretty similar to these

 

[Timithme]

Iagree, and that is the only picture i could find also, but that add says they are a dx series

 

[macgolf]

Welcome to AK! The important thing with speakers is how they sound to you, with your equipment in your listening environment. Those Utahs have have a lot of drivers and it also looks like controls for tweeter and mid range adjustments.

If you're looking for speakers to make a good profit on, these may not be them. If you are looking to gain experience in re-foaming, restoring and learning about speaker design these may work for you. The number of individual drivers and the control pots can make this a bit more complicated but I wouldn't let that stop me. Controls get dirty and oxidize regardless of how they were stored and foam disintegrates with age. Wires can come loose etc.

I learned to rehab speakers on similar models. It was great learning experience. Many threads here to guide you.

Mark

 

[rider33]

Utah never gained the prominence of EV or Altec but they made some solid speakers back in the day. I'm not familiar with that model but I will admit a fondness for the WD-90, particularly on pop even tho I know accuracy was not there thing. 'Certainly worth playing with & once done they might surprise you. Here's they thing: this music bit is about enjoyment and engagement. There is no one answer on that, likely why there are so many different types of speakers out there.

 

[Timithme]

Welcome to AK! The important thing with speakers is how they sound to you, with your equipment in your listening environment. Those Utahs have have a lot of drivers and it also looks like controls for tweeter and mid range adjustments.

If you're looking for speakers to make a good profit on, these may not be them. If you are looking to gain experience in re-foaming, restoring and learning about speaker design these may work for you. The number of individual drivers and the control pots can make this a bit more complicated but I wouldn't let that stop me. Controls get dirty and oxidize regardless of how they were stored and foam disintegrates with age. Wires can come loose etc.

I learned to rehab speakers on similar models. It was great learning experience. Many threads here to guide you.

Mark

Some of both, i have re-foamed a few speakers. also want to hear how they sound. And would like to flip them eventually. just looking for someone that knows anything about the model

 

[AnalogBrad]

Fender used Utah in some of their amplifier cabinets. The drivers can sell for more $ than you'd expect on the auction site.

 

[alteclipsch]

I think Seeburg jukeboxes had Utah woofers sometimes.