fpitas
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Back then, brick-and-mortar audio stores were a reality. They weren't without their problems though, from what I was told: the salesmen would crank the bass tone control as needed to sell speakers.
The speakers easily get loud enough to wake the users up for sure.The speaker of choice for Qualude dealers.
I had a pair of those home wreckers when I was 16 years old. Super efficient.I retailed Cerwin Vega for a couple of years. It sold well to the intended customers it was designed for. Loud and Proud!The D9 sold very well for a ~$1200 speaker of the day.
Frequency Response 29Hz-20kHz Power Handling (RMS/Peak) 350 watts Sensitivity (1W/1M) 101 dB Nominal Impedance (ohms) 4Ω ![]()
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Neither were the Cerwin-Vegas.I was not aware of room placememnt, imaging, etc.
Probably because the "private home models" got slightly worse and more plastic styled for each generation after the famous Cerwin-Vega AT100 (that I have) and the model that came directly after, with the same superiour tweeter...Why Doesn't anybody remember Cerwin Vega?View attachment 256346
Your AT-15 can be the simple version (with the same elements) of the AT-100 model I have (see photos just above) which got finer box'es and filters made by Dali in Denmark!I have a pair of AT-15s that I found abandoned under an apartment building around 2006. The cabinets are a wee bit rough, but they are fine for my shop. I had the woofers refoamed shortly after I found them and then redid them myself a few years ago. I'm currently driving them with a Denon receiver, but will eventually change to the HK670 with DAC we discussed.
Restorer John, I fixed a bunch of Big Cerwin Vegas back near 30 years ago. I finally got up from my workbench and went to the counter and talked to a few guys who had blown CVs. These were the big 12 and 15 inch models. They all said to a man, that they hooked up the speakers outside for a lawn party. I asked, what kind of amp do you have and they used plain jane 75 or 100 watt receivers (90s era) and turned them up all way and left them that way. Well our old friend (for repair guys!) constant clipping came and burned and melted the voice coils. I then told them to get a lot more power and don't turn them up to the max and they would last a lot longer. Those were the days. those speakers could play loud and long with enough power. Just no clipping. I also asked out of curiosity, how long did they play before they quit? They lasted from 30 minutes to an hour. But, I did enjoy putting brand new CV drivers back in. Easy money.CVs were awesome for that. I don't think I ever saw blown drivers (plenty of blown fuses). A few chewed up foam woofer surrounds from mice and small dogs. Great value party speakers.