[Vintage-Audio] Vanishing Speakers?

Wed Jul 31 16:05:59 2002

The vast majority of the older, high quality speakers, such as the
Electrovoices that you refer to, have been snatched up by either collectors,
or those pursuing "vintage" audio sound. There has also been a trend in the
last few years toward home-brew construction of low power single ended
triode amps based around tube types such as the 45, 50, 2A3, 300-B etc. The
fact that many of these old speaker designs were super efficient makes them
a natural choice for these rigs. These speakers were also produced before
the days of mass market audio, so they are few in numbers. Another problem
that you may encounter is due to the fact that the vast majority of these
speakers spanned the era in which mono was turning into stereo. The result
is that one may fine one example of some given model, and search in  vain
for a twin. I have a beautiful EV Aristocrat enclosure, loaded up with the
best 3- way components offered at that time. Odds of finding a make are
pretty slim. I plan to use it for a vintage mono system.
Chuck N1LNH
-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Vanishing Speakers?


>
>
>I would mud wrestle Godzilla for a pair of Electro-Voice three way with
either a
>twelve or fifteen inch woofer or the James B. Lansing Century L-300. But I
can
>not find either, at least not thus far. If anybody knows of some in
Michigan, or
>not too far from MI, I would certainly be interested.
>
>I have put together a vintage system as theraphy, as I have had ongoing
health
>issues now for three months. The prospects are looking real promising down
the
>road either. So I really want to get my dream system from 1963 put back
together
>again and enjoy it. But so far, can not find the speakers. I wish I knew
where
>that truck was dumping them out, I would go load up and attempt to salvage
a
>good pair.
>
>Duane W8DBF
>
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