DSJR
Major Contributor
Shows my ageing memories from 1999 era... They were the top model from the 80's I recall, so maybe OA6s then? I could swear they had four tweeters and th ebox was taller than the 5, which seemed to be very popular among afficionados of the brand.Now I don't really know which model you mean. Here are the ones produced:
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The homepage has English text, but if you select it, you miss the pictures of the speakers:
Anyway, Stig Carlsson more or less abandoned the omni idea, you could say. New times, new ideals of sound or what it was due to, I don't know. His last model OA 52.2 was not omni in the slightest. This one:
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In an interview in the 1990s, Stig Carlsson said that of all the 1970s models, he was most satisfied with his OA12.
OA12 is still popular.There are upgrade kits for them, drivers, crossovers and so on. Same box and placement of drivers as the original. Then they look like this:
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A bit omni with them you could say. Or rather, a little different than a traditional two-way speaker.
Right now, the latest kit with SB Acoustics SB17NRX2C35-8 bass drivers them. They would be fun to listen to.![]()
(Shuffles off, meaning well but getting old with increasingly useless memories)