Can anyone tell me where the progress in audio went?

roxy54:

Thanks for the insight (thought I was listening to rumble from the TT).

DeKay

tannoy:

The sound of the speakers you linked on YouTube video is not very good (and that's putting it mildly).

I went the extra step and played it (the video) through my mini-system via the iMac  and the sound was even worse.

I have a small vinyl collection of Maori tribal music and it sounds a LOT BETTER on my vintage single driver speakers than it does on the speakers in that video.

Whether the problem is with the video/recording quality, or not I do not know, but I do know that it (the video) sounds awful.

DeKay

tannoy56:

Here's (see link) a YT video of a FC setup that sounds fantastic.

I do find some YT videos useful (especially when I'm familiar with the speakers being played).

DeKay

tannoy:

Not that one...

The bottom portion looked like a basin that would have been used for washing metal parts in a machinist’s shop 80 years ago.

It was tall and maybe 36" (or less) wide.

Appeared to be metal.

I’ll see if I can come up with a pic of the WE look-a-like later, unless johnk did do the build and can offer info in the meantime.

DeKay

Not field coil speaker rated, but one of the best videos/sound I've heard on YT (in regard to a vintage horn speaker) may have been done by "johnk" who has posted in this thread.

I think it was an RCA design (not Western Electric) and I'm not certain if it was a rebuild or a reproduction.

Been searching for the video for a few years without any luck.

The speaker/horn looked like an early WE design, but again I think/recall that it was of RCA manufacture.

Audioamp:

I know nothing of the design of the speaker/video I posted, but I do see gaps on the back sides of the horn.

They do not look even/symmetrical to me, but this may be due to the camera angle(s).

DeKay 

I named my Turkey Bolognese recipe after Cindymeat.

DeKay

tannoy:

Think the RCA' horns looked something like the 2-part WE units (top portion hanging from the ceiling) in this video.

My visual memory is not very good, but the upturned horn on the bottom seems familiar as does the top (hanging) horn.

DeKay