Vintage Audio Advertising

[fpitas]

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Take THAT, Altec 604!

 

[Poman123]

Very likely AI

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but very awesome

 

[mhardy6647]

Take THAT, Altec 604!

I have heard nothing but good things about the G-610.
I have a hifi friend and fellow traveler (who does have a pair) who says that they may be the best sounding drivers he's ever encountered.
Given the arsenal of equipment he has on line, that's not a statement to be trifled with.

 

[fpitas]

I have heard nothing but good things about the G-610.
I have a hifi friend and fellow traveler (who does have a pair) who says that they may be the best sounding drivers he's ever encountered.
Given the arsenal of equipment he has on line, that's not a statement to be trifled with.

Using the woofer cone as the midrange horn has implications for Doppler distortion. But if you put them in a reflex cabinet, the cone shouldn't move too much. Or better yet go really old-school and use a transmission line...

 

[Pauli]

 

[Mart68]

 

[mhardy6647]

ooh, an Aston Martin Lagonda I'm givin' 'em a call...

PS I guess an enterprise called Rex Radio is better than one called Rex Aston Martin.
PPS I think it's an untrue rumor that IHeart Radio (formerly know Clear Channel) originally was going to rename itself Rex Radio.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[fpitas]

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For years, people were short-changed by having only 5 valves in their radios. When transistors came along, they could have 10, or even more transistors!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

For years, people were short-changed by having only 5 valves in their radios. When transistors came along, they could have 10, or even more transistors!

 

[mhardy6647]

For years, people were short-changed by having only 5 valves in their radios. When transistors came along, they could have 10, or even more transistors!

Thank heavens for EH Scott* -- in the depths of the depression, they didn't shortchange their customers vis-a-vis valve count.

colorized image of the EH Scott Quaranta radio exhibited at the 1936 World's Fair.

48-Tube E.H. Scott Quaranta by Jacques Dubois

Fabulous reconstruction of a 48-tube radio - the E.H. Scott Quaranta (1936)

www.campx.ca

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* Not to be confused with Hermon Hosmer Scott's HH Scott audio company of Maynard, Massachusetts (later, Woburn, MA). HH Scott is likely a little more familiar to folks here than EH Scott. The latter were sort of the Duesenberg of radios.

 

[fpitas]

Thank heavens for EH Scott* -- in the depths of the depression, they didn't shortchange their customers vis-a-vis valve count.

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colorized image of the EH Scott Quaranta radio exhibited at the 1936 World's Fair.

48-Tube E.H. Scott Quaranta by Jacques Dubois

Fabulous reconstruction of a 48-tube radio - the E.H. Scott Quaranta (1936)

www.campx.ca

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* Not to be confused with Hermon Hosmer Scott's HH Scott audio company of Maynard, Massachusetts (later, Woburn, MA). HH Scott is likely a little more familiar to folks here than EH Scott. The latter were sort of the Duesenberg of radios.

620 pounds lol

 

[mhardy6647]

620 pounds lol

I know, right?
They shoulda used a SMPS. That would have helped slim that bad boy down!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Mr. Widget]

 

[fpitas]

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I'm kind of shocked audiophiles haven't started using them, with the usual wild claims.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[respice finem]

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Looking at the people in the picture - "better than pizza" seems to work