Not manufactured any more.

The Jensen System 400 and 500....value for money and fantastic sound. 

@audioguy85 The Jensen System 400 and 500....value for money and fantastic sound. 

Indeed...and a few pics of the Jensen System 500..., and hey what's that rear firing thing-ma-bob tweet on the top back side? 😆

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone remember the unique wood SS-M speakers Sony made for a while. SS-M3, M7, M9?. Sounded pretty nice as I recall. I preferred the mid level model SS-M7 3-way quite a bit. Higher quality appeal to them in person when they came out.

 

 

 

 

@oldhvymech "BUT I found these I don’t know if they are duped on this thread or not.."

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oldhvymech, ahhh,  Sansui SP-5500 speakers. Fairly rare, more info here.

https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/sansui/sp-5500.shtml

4-way, 8ohms, 98db, pretty unique. Full specs here:

 

Specifications:

Type: 4 way, 6 driver loudspeaker system

Frequency Response: 40Hz to 20kHz

Power Handling: 120W

Crossover Frequency: 700, 1000, 6500Hz

Impedance: 8Ω

Sensitivity: 98dB

Bass: 1 x 380mm cone

Midbass: 2 x 125mm cones

Midrange: 1 x horn

Tweeter: 2 x horn

Finish: open pore walnut

Dimensions: 532 x 850 x 430mm

Weight: 46.2kg

 

 

 

Thanks decooney I'll clean mine up.. 

Pioneer S2-EX

 

Not sure about desirability, or sound, some other odd and unique speakers from the past of Pioneer too. Made in Japan.  Pioneer CS-T7300

 

 

 

Thumbs up on the Heil AMT-1's.  I owned four of them .... used them in a quad system in the mid-70's and then sold/gave them to musician friends of mine (classical) .... one of them uses a pair of them today powered by a Citation 11 preamp and an Amber ST-70 power amp.  I taught her how to position them for best sound (not the way HP recommended in The Abso!ute Sound,) and she gets it.  So folks visiting her can hear her 9 ft Steinway live and through her audio system, if they want to.  She gets lots of compliments on the sound even today.

elliotbnewcomb - AR-2Ax, my first decent speakers while in college. Got em with wedding gift money. Anyone remember the AR sound booth at Grand Central Station, NYC? Sam Goodys?

I was just of of B-School and working in White Plains, NY at the time.  Got into Manhattan on business about once per week.  Spent many hours in that sound room.  Eventually led to 2AX's followed by 3A's.

 

For the "AR" fans here. These AR90s were fairly unique. There were some larger ones I recall that I cannot locate yet. Looking...

 

 

 

 

Here they are, AR MGC-1

 

decooney, I wonder what those Bohemoths weigh? Mercy I like um!! I know they sounded good, probably still do. :-)

 

Snell.

This Snell gave me an idea to try. Is the rear lower driver active or passive? Does anyone know? I have never used or heard them..

Regards

The rare B Minor.

Spica TC-50

Celection SL700

Allison One

Why not absolute simplicity ?

I made a blunder when i sold the 2 pair of Tannoy i ever own for 40 years...

Tannoy Mallorcan dual concentric monitor gold....

Great thread! i am stunned by some design....

Thanks to our OP....

Sorry i could not post the image only the address...

 

https://i.imgur.com/U02R65s.jpg

 

Thankd to the old grumping big heart mechanic for his help...

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There you go Master M.

Tannoy are some wonderfully designed speakers. I love the cabinet design on a few of their models. They didn't cheap out on quite a few. Master cabinet makers blush at some of the custom Tannoys.. Stunning cabinet and finish work. Not to mention they image like a razor if you want, and super low distortion. The crossover works too. There is a lot of TECH in Tannoy.

Regards

The Pioneer S-1ex.   Love them .  Looking for a pair of Pioneer S2-ex’s

 

[@oldhvymech] decooney, I wonder what those Bohemoths weigh? Mercy I like um!! I know they sounded good, probably still do. :-)

re: AR MGC-1, old article specs show they weigh 150lbs each...heavy!

re: Snell B, shows two active 10" woofers on the spec per speaker. One 10" on  front and there is one more [rear-firing] woofer plus another alloy Vifa tweeter on the rear of the speaker too...,pic below of rear of Snell B. Fwiw, I’ve used those exact same Vifa small 5-6" woofers and same Vifa aluminum tweeter in a custom MTM configuration I did years ago. IMO, It still needed other woofers and/or sub to fill in the bottom end a bit more.

Snell B, rear:

 

 

 

One last photo of the AR-9 from audio-database, and just because its a cool photo.

https://audio-database.com/AR/amp_speaker/ar-9-e.html

 

decooney, what are the 3 round gizmos below the third driver on the front baffle? 

You got all kinds of goodies..