Eltax Vintage PWR 1959

[Joffy1780]

Just came across these on Audiophonics.
Retro styling, 15" woofer, 6" mid and 2 x 1" tweeters.
Looks like an absolute beast. Would love to see these tested by Amir, although they may break his back!

ELTAX VINTAGE PWR 1959 | Eltax

Product sold in pairsThe 1959 Eltax Vintage PWR loudspeaker takes a nostalgic look back of the imposing monitoring loudspeakers of the 1970s. It adopts a retro and endearing aesthetic code. But beyond its aesthetic appeal, the sound pleasure comes first. This 3-way bass reflex front loaded...

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[Zek]

Eltax MTR 1959: cheap 12 inch 3 way

I found this quite interesting 12 inch 3 way speaker: Eltax MTR 1959 12 dB Crossovers at 630 Hz and 3.5 kHz seems a little high, but how much can we expect for under 400 EUR per speaker? Might be interesting to activate with DSP.

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[Joffy1780]

Eltax MTR 1959: cheap 12 inch 3 way

I found this quite interesting 12 inch 3 way speaker: Eltax MTR 1959 12 dB Crossovers at 630 Hz and 3.5 kHz seems a little high, but how much can we expect for under 400 EUR per speaker? Might be interesting to activate with DSP.

www.audiosciencereview.com

That's a different speaker, I did do a quick search before posting.

 

[mhardy6647]

That's a different speaker, I did do a quick search before posting.

mentioned in the 2022 thread

Eltax MTR 1959: cheap 12 inch 3 way

I found this quite interesting 12 inch 3 way speaker: Eltax MTR 1959 12 dB Crossovers at 630 Hz and 3.5 kHz seems a little high, but how much can we expect for under 400 EUR per speaker? Might be interesting to activate with DSP.

www.audiosciencereview.com

Neither model's generated much chatter and they certainly look pretty arbitrarily slapped together to me. Frankly, though, it's kind of hard to get excited by something that looks like one of Utah's lower-end massmarket products (Utah itself being a pretty low-tier brand) from the late 1960s.

Joe's Utah Speaker Page

 

[Joffy1780]

mentioned in the 2022 thread

Eltax MTR 1959: cheap 12 inch 3 way

I found this quite interesting 12 inch 3 way speaker: Eltax MTR 1959 12 dB Crossovers at 630 Hz and 3.5 kHz seems a little high, but how much can we expect for under 400 EUR per speaker? Might be interesting to activate with DSP.

www.audiosciencereview.com

Neither model's generated much chatter and they certainly look pretty arbitrarily slapped together to me. Frankly, though, it's kind of hard to get excited by something that looks like one of Utah's lower-end massmarket products (Utah itself being a pretty low-tier brand) from the late 1960s.


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Joe's Utah Speaker Page

Mentioned, yes. Does that mean we can't have a separate thread? There aren't many speakers doing the rounds with a 15" woofer, a 6" mid and two tweeters and I think they look interesting, especially if you love your retro styling. Certainly a stark contrast from all the piano gloss black around at the minute.
They're obviously designed to look like speakers from that era, but apart from being rectangular with a big woofer, there aren't many similarities really. They look a lot less cluttered and more symmetrical.

 

[DBA ndreas]

What I am not happy with is the double tweeters. But for the price they are interesting as a second pair in the garage.