[Hallicrafters] Communications Receivers - why speakers separate?

[Peter VK6PM]

Thanks for all the feedback on this one.
I reckon I have a few good answers in here!
I know how big some speakers could get, I have an R46B on my SX101.
Certainly a lot of reasons why the old receivers had separate speakers.
It's funny that the practice continued on into the solid state era when 
there was so much spare room under the hood (like the 
Lafayette/Hallicrafters/Trio) and speakers had become quite cheap.

Regards

Peter VK6PM
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From: "Howard Weeks" <weeksh at att.net>
To: "Peter VK6PM" <peter_may at optusnet.com.au>; 
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Communications Receivers - why 
speakersseparate?


> Peter,
>
> Some thoughts on the subject:
> * It saved a lot of space on the front panels. Some put small speakers on 
> the end or top of the radio.
> * A bigger and better speaker could be put in an external enclosure.
> * For some, it saved a few coins for both the builder and the consumer.
> * In the 20's, speakers were either horns or big heavy albatrosses. Just 
> wouldn't fit in a table top cabinet easily.
> * People buying communication receivers were more apt to understand the 
> issue of separate speakers than someone buying a radio for the kitchen 
> table.
> * Some combination of the above thoughts.
>
> Howard K5JCP
>
>
> On 5/30/2014 10:54 PM, Peter VK6PM wrote:
>> I've been chatting with some younger amateurs on a local net, and the 
>> question of why communications receivers did not come supplied with 
>> built-in loudspeakers emerged.
>>
>> Some of the younger guys reckon that  it appears to be at the outmost 
>> extremity of "stinginess" that you would have to buy the speaker 
>> separately.
>>
>> Historically, broadcast receivers from the crystal set era onwards came 
>> with a built in loudspeaker.
>>
>> I shot down the argument that it was just USA companies (which was the 
>> original beef, aimed at the Lafayette HA-600), pointing out that 
>> Eddystone (UK) STC and Kingsley (Aust) also followed the practice.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas on this one? I don't have any sensible answers 
>> for the young blokes.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Peter VK6PM
>>
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