Which Realistic speakers are these?

[hnash53]

Which Realistic (RadioShack?) speakers are these?

EDIT: Maybe they are not Realistic but just "Radio Shack," because I see no "Realistic" anywhere. Anyone with Radio Shack speaker experience???

I can read this much on the remaining sticker on the back:

28-430

...but then the last number(s) is/are not present.

I've tried to remove the grill but no success.

What make/model are these Realistics/RadioShacks?

FYI... I got them for about $10 today at an estate sale.

And they sound pretty darn good.

Thanks.

Hal

 

[Imme1956]

It would be helpful if you had the speaker's dimensions also

 

[hnash53]

It would be helpful if you had the speaker's dimensions also

22H x 14W x 9D

 

[highwaychile]

FWIW, vintage Radio Shack products often had a part number that would coincide with their catalog, along with the model number that was more commonly known/used. The number listed may well be the catalog number. This may not help much, but here's a link.

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/

 

[gkimeng]

This looks pretty close, but the part number prefix is off by one. I wonder if the 29 for Knight Kit was changed to 28 for Science Fair when Tandy completed the merging of RadioShack and Allied Radio-Electronics.

 

[hnash53]

Here are some pics of the inside...

From these interior pics, it does NOT look like a DIY or kit.

The kits shown in a previous post of this thread shows some Knight Speaker kits offered at RadioShack and the 29-4301 version has the exact same dimensions... 22x14x9... and the same drivers as described in the 29-4301 kit.

The speakers I have must be that same kit, but "factory made"... ???

Anyone else got any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[gkimeng]

The kit would probably have come with the crossover already soldered up. The customer would just have screwed everything together and then wiped the stain on the cabinet and glued the grill in. So it's possible. I can see from the photos that whoever put it together overtightened one of the screws and cracked the circuit board.

A factory-built Radio Shack speaker would have had a P/N starting in 40. A factory-built Allied, 20.

 

[hnash53]

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1974/

ver. 1

Page 145 shows an "Archer Kit" with catalog number 28-4301. That's probably it.

If anyone else has any info/corrections/additions, please let me know.

Thanks for the help.

 

[hnash53]

Were any of these parts in this kit used in other speakers?

Am wondering if these parts in this kit were used for any other RadioShack/Realistic speakers.

Anyone?

 

[gkimeng]

The EIA codes on the drivers indicate that they're Utah. The tweeter was made in the 19th week of a year ending in 2, most likely 1972, and the woofer and mid were made in the 25th week.

During their best years in the 60s, Allied speakers used mostly Utah drivers while Radio Shack used mostly Jensen. So these drivers support this being originally a Knight Kit that got rebranded to Archer.

 

[hnash53]

Thanks for the details on this set of speakers.

 

[Copa1934]

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1974/

ver. 1

Page 145 shows an "Archer Kit" with catalog number 28-4301. That's probably it.

If anyone else has any info/corrections/additions, please let me know.

Thanks for the help.

Going back you can just make out the tip of the "1" in the OP's image. Many of the Archer part numbers carried over till inventory was converted or sold off. Note the drivers don't have any R.S. part number, where were typically xx-xxxx. I'm not sure how accurate the "jensen" reference is since some drivers were Foster/Fostex. Most of their drivers were sourced from Japan. Some drivers, like the leaf tweeters and the Mach Two tweeters, turned up on other brands of speakers.