[AMRadio] Hallicrafters R-12 speaker

[John Coleman]

Yes indeed Bob, 
	That is exactly what I meant about using a modern replacement.  Those 8 inch coaxial speakers will far out perform the old 12" speaker.  There was at one time some nice 12" coaxial speakers around but I don't see them anymore except in ovals for cars.  But, again, a guy could build a mounting plate adapter, are use the grill, to make these fit into the old cabinet, and have a very nice speaker system.

As far as great sound at low levels, there are a number of computer speaker sets made by Altec Lansing, Bose, and others that will just blow you away for under $50.00. They have power ratings that are very inflated in most cases, but they still sound great.  

Now for ham radio listening with QRM and noise, I prefer a narrower bandwidth speaker.  I have some small 4 inch speakers in little wooden boxes, which can hardly be called HIFI.  I can put one right in front of my face and it is a lot like headphone presence.

The Devil is the culprit of old age I'm sure.  Don't believe in all that golden years stuff.
73,John, WA5BXO

-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Bob Peters
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Hallicrafters R-12 speaker

That is great John but look at the freq response
of that speaker...Great low end but only goes to 4
K on the high side... Some of these SW Stations
are going out to 12 and 15 K...Great for AM
Amateur Voice use..Check out this 8 inch at
http://www.penton-usa.com/finalpdf/LCS8XT72.pdf
... It goes out to 16K and cost is $18.
Wholesale...Pro Net is $32...Take off the grill
and transformer...The tranny is great as a 500 ohm
to 8 ohm conversion. Throw the grill away  LOL...
Like I said to Brian use a pair of these and they
will rock from a push pull amp or even a single
ended amp...

Bob W1PE