Consider yourself lucky. I know a verfy well respected speaker repair guy who dreads fixing walsh speakers. If these ply enjoy them.
Thrift shop find, Ohm Speakers
I found a pair of speakers at a local thrift shop today. They are a 2 way pair of bookshelf speakers. I couldn't find a model number, only the name Ohm on the back. The front of the speaker also says Ohm in the upper right hand corner. I didn't have my cell phone with me so I couldn't take a picture. The store owner didn't know if they worked but they are being sold for 20.00 a pair. Is it worth me buying these to play around with? Were their 2 way speakers any good? The only Ohm speaker I remember were the F with the large Walsh driver. These look to be just a pair of 2 way speakers. The cabinets were around 24 inches high, 10 inches wide and 12 inches deep
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Great find. You are very lucky. Whenever I go to the thrift stores I find cheap garbage. To try and find the Ohm speakers you now have check out this page. http://ohmspeaker.com/legacy-products/ |
07-18-13: MechansThe OP's original post explained that these are 2-way bookshelf speakers and therefore do not use Walsh drivers. The Ohm bookshelf speakers (with conventional woofer and tweeter) were pretty good. If they're functional at $20 of course they're worth buying. If the woofers have rotting foam surrounds, they're still worth buying because re-foaming is a cheap and easy fix. If the speakers are shot, talk 'em down to $5-10, in which case they're easily worth it for the enclosures. Then buy new drivers from PartsExpress, Madisound, or Zalytron. Note to the OP: Are the thrift shop speakers something like this? |