What would you do with these cabinets?

[Macaroonie]

I notice that there are 8 mounting holes. Later Tannoys had 4 mounting bolts BUT go back to Monitor Gold and there are 8

 

[Macaroonie]

So if the mounting hole diameter is correct for either a 12 or a 15 then you can think Tannoy almost 100 percent.
That would then tilt the balance towards Lockwood

 

[Dazaa]

Pic of the back, definitely meant to be wall mounted

 

[Swokie63]

Need to find out if they are genuine Lockwood cabinets. If so they are likely worth a fair bit unmolested.

Then don't molest them..

 

[Macaroonie]

Another thing I noticed is the wadding. I did an image search for Lockwood cabinets and you can see that same stuff in the boxes.
Dim and distant memory here but I think it was called BAF wadding.
Here's a gen L/W box with the period driver.
Same wadding IMO.

 

[Nyjblbob]

My Vote, a pair of Tannoy 12's Fly them up high in the corners,
add a sub or 2.

this was my post #11Gee

 

[Quadman2]

My money's on audio recording past use.

The overbuild on the inside, and the corner positioning eased up limited stage space.

Some older "Wharfes" might fit the bill.


Your call as to application and sense of need.


Q

 

[Nat]

I think the rolled up padding 'sausage' might be a clue, but where it fit, and what its purpose was is beyond me.

 

[tarior]

Pretty sure these once housed some very nice 15” Tannoys. What would you load these with?


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Some nice 15" Tannoys, of course.

 

[Macaroonie]

Here's a quiz for the brains trust here.
What do you think these are ? I built them. \there is aTannoy connection.
Imagine if thes boxes were empty , what would y,all be thinking , ?

 

[Mr Boochie]

Imagine if thes boxes were empty , what would y,all be thinking , ?

Nice looking empty cabinets?

 

[Macaroonie]

Boxes

 

[Nyjblbob]

A modern version of my 4343's with a MUCH higher WAF rating.
Less the horn Mids.
I can't tell if they are 12" woofers or 15"ers, so maybe 4315's???

 

[Macaroonie]

We have a winner. 4315a. I got a major score from the folks at Tannoy , they at one time had mutual distribution with JBL on the monitor market and had got 4343 4315 and 4312 from the US and had sent Tannoy equivalents over to LA.
The JBL's were all utility grey and not that pretty. and had sat all wrapped up for a handful of years. I got them all for a price that would make a bride blush.
I kept the 4315.s and made those boxes.
Anyway the main point is that without the drivers very few folks would be able to ID the boxes as having any heritage of note.
Thats the tricky part of this original post on this thread.
For example I left no ID markings or anything that would show heritage when I sold them on.
They sounded marvelous BTW , Imaged like crazy..

Our regular program resumes shortly.

 

[markkb]

Pic of the back, definitely meant to be wall mounted

Oh I had the orientation all wrong, looking at the mounts on the back, these hung with the long side horizontal to the ceiling and the baffle angling down. Cool.

 

[Dazaa]

Former CEO of Lockwood confirmed they did in fact make special order triangle shaped cabinets and these are very likely made by them. Time to find a pair of Tannoy reds!

 

[Nyjblbob]

The problem is the Reds are from the early 60's, so there's no way to know their health and history.

 

[KingBubba]

I am glad that this thread worked its way out of its difficulties. I now feel like I can make a post. Those cabinets are two parts. The external light wood structure is an add on to protect the original cabinet. My guess is that these were used as stage monitors and the extra wood was added to protect the cabinets from the crash and bash from moving this stuff. Remove the added wood and have a look at the original cabinet. The original cabinets are no longer need to be protected, unless you are going on the road. If they were originally used as monitors or corner speakers, the driver were most likely full range; as opposed to being used as a subwoofer. If my guesses are correct then you probably don't want to use these as subs; so you now should be doing a search for some full range drivers. Good luck on your search and have fun with your new corner speakers.