Vintage Speakers- The Unique, Rare and just plain Odd.

[bowtie427ss]

Gauss 7840 studio monitor.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Altec 6041.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Altec 9861.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Altec 9862.

 

[swechsler]

Shahinian Cosmostatic.

Heard these at the Hifi show in NYC around when they were released. They were ear-opening, the clearest reproduced music I had ever heard up to that point.

 

[JoeESP9]

How about this.

 

[Funky54]

How about this.

Looks like a vibrating pantry shelf.

 

[twiiii]

I heard the Altec 9862 at an Altec seminar at the factory one year. That was one great speaker for a small space. My favorite unique speaker to hate is the JBL Paragon. EV Patricians 800 are another model I choose not to like. I'm not very fond of Mcintosh's XRT 1k or 2k either, but loved the XR290 and could tolerate the XRT 28, all line arrays.

 

[BillWojo]

That pic of a speaker being handled by 2 guys is a clever photoshop job. Could you imagine what something like that would weigh if it were real?

BillWojo

 

[71CNY]

That pic of a speaker being handled by 2 guys is a clever photoshop job. Could you imagine what something like that would weigh if it were real?

BillWojo

I'd say it would roll right right over top of that guy.

 

[swechsler]

That pic of a speaker being handled by 2 guys is a clever photoshop job.

I'd say that ad was produced years before Photoshop even existed. It was done the old-fashioned way, with glue and razor blade.

 

[centsless]

 

[saabracer23]

I'd say KEF 105s are quite rare and odd looking.





Dan

 

[boza]

Don't see many of these anymore.

 

[ChopperChas]

I just found this thread, and I think it deserves to be resurrected. Come on, show us the weird stuff from the past!

Charles.

 

[JB1962]

How about a thread of unique, not found very often speakers from the past?

Remember when you first discovered Planar or some derivative?

Maybe the first time you saw Lincoln Walsh ohm F?

Post the pic's! Vintage, Rare, Unusual....

I could get lost in that room for days, nice stuff!

 

[JB1962]

I have been contemplating adding some Planar tweeters to an existing speaker system, I am considering building separate boxes to set on top like these. I can't help but wonder how important placement would be though, if they are not in line with the woofer, wouldn't that affect the phase of the speakers as a whole?

 

[JB1962]

Altec 9862.

If you need a second opinion on how all those sound, I would be willing to sacrifice days/months of my life listening to them

Very nice collection of speakers for sure!

 

[JB1962]

I'd say that ad was produced years before Photoshop even existed. It was done the old-fashioned way, with glue and razor blade.

Could of been dodging and burning in the darkroom too

 

[Funky54]

I have been contemplating adding some Planar tweeters to an existing speaker system, I am considering building separate boxes to set on top like these. I can't help but wonder how important placement would be though, if they are not in line with the woofer, wouldn't that affect the phase of the speakers as a whole?

I would assume so.