Download an 8pp catalog/poster with specs on every Fostex cone, compression, and super-tweeter driver, and their cast and wooden radial horns, circa 1981:
DOWNLOAD: Fostex_Comps_1981
I’d get carpal tunnel syndrome re-typing every model # in this thing, but trust me there’s a lot of info here… of use to whom, that’s another question i suppose.
Got a pretty odd one for y’all today… download the 1981 Fostex “Professional Sound Reinforcement Components” catalog/guide:
DOWNLOAD: Fostex_SR_1981
Featuring: Fostex speaker systems GS3001, GS3003, SV22, SV30, BS1502, G700, SP104F, SP102, SP109, SP89, SP109F, SP109, SP104, SP82S, SP84S, and many more enclosures. I can’t recall ever having seen ANY of these; were they even sold in the US?
Download the 6pp catalog introducing the KEF Model 101 of 1979:
DOWNLOAD: KEF_101_speakers
Tiny speakers with high-performance, the 101 remains coveted 35 years after its introduction.
Download the 6pp catalog introducing the iconic B&W model 801 speaker system:
One of the few speakers that has seen extensive use in both pro-studio and audiophile environments, the 801 is high on my personal wish-list… someday I’ll replace my Dahlquist DQ-12s with these…
Download a rather lengthy brochure introducing the KEF model 105 Hi-Fi speaker system:
DOWNLOAD: KEF_105_speakers
Download the original 4pp catalog for the Technics SB-10 “R&B Series” Honeycomb Disc Speaker System:
DOWNLOAD: Technics_SB-10_spkrs
We’ve featured a ton of late-70’s Technics materials here at PS dot com, but I think this is the first of their period speakers we’ve described… and wow these things are unusual. The woofer and midrange use rigid flat diaphragms, and the tweeter is a “Leaf” design; check the download for deets on that. Anyone ever listen to these? Thoughts?
How y’all doing. Sitting here on the (what feels like) first day of fall, listening to a pile of weirdo 70’s UK punk LPs: The 999, Steve Harley, The Stranglers, and The Doctors Of Madness. What better match than some musty old paper describing some oddball British speakers of the era: Jordan Watts. This is the first of what will be many uploads of late-70s speaker ephemera, both HiFi and pro-audio. I have 100s of pieces of this stuff to go thru, and finally a free minute to do it. So get ready… and remember to check if Orange County Speakers has re-edge kits available for any foam-edged 35 year-old-speaker yr thinking of buying. Anyhow, download a complete late-1970s JORDAN WATTS hi-fi speaker catalog:
DOWNLOAD: Jordan_Watts_spkrs
On offer: the Jordan Watts models Juno, Juliet, Jumbo, GT, Jodrell, Jupiter, TLS, Jericho, Centurion, Qubique, and Flagon.
The Jordan-Watts speakers used a very unusual 4″ metal-coned driver unit that came in its own integral mini-enclosure. Even stranger tho are their Arabesque and Romanesque “Qubiqe” and “Flagon” models:
70’s months at P S DOT COM continues with a fresh scan of the complete 1976 Altec pro audio catalog, complete with pricelist. Presented in two parts due to file size.
DOWNLOAD PART 1: Altec_1976_part1
DOWNLOAD PART 2: Altec_1976_part2
Above: Altec’s classic Cinema loudspeakers, including (LR) the 1,300lb A2 speaker.
Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Altec 1240B, 1208B, and 1218A ‘Voice of the Theatre’ speaker systems; 1221A stage monitor, 1219B speaker and 1224A Bi Amplifier, Altec A2, A4, A4X, A5X, A7-8, A7-500-8, and A-8 VOTT; Altec 9845A, 9844A, 814A, 849A, 210, 211A, 612C, 614D, 815A, 816A, and 828B speakers; 604-8G, 620-A, 9844, 9845A, 9849-8A, 9849-8D studio speakers, Altec 203B, 311-60, 311-90, 803B, 805B, 1003B, 1005B, 1505B, 32B, 511A, 511E, 31A, 511B, AND 811B horns; Altec 1211A and 1217A column loudspeakers; 417, 418, 421, and 425 musical instrument speaker; plus many many more speakers and speaker components. We also see the Altec 1220AC mono console, 351C, 1590C, 159B, 1594B, 9440A, 1224A, 1609A amplifiers and 1606A, 1607A, 1608A, and 1611A mixer/amps; Altec 1628A, 1592B, 1599A, and 1589A mixer/preamps; 1603 coupler, 1605A expander, 1612A compressor, 1650 EQ, 9430A digital delay (looks like a lexicon-made unit) and 9880A filter; a load of other bits and bobs, and microphones including the Altec 650, 654, 656, 655, 677, 676, 668, 699, M53, M54, 624, 626, and 687.
The Western Electric 755A speaker
In a previous post, we looked at some early Western Electric cinema-sound equipment and the cult that surrounds this early kit. Here’s a series of print ads from 1948 that describe some of the last-ever pro audio offerings from Western Electric. WE was soon to be broken up by the government, and many of these products would then re-surface as Altec-branded components.
The Western Electric 756A speaker
The Western Electric 25B mixing console
The Western Electric 141, 142, and 143 audio amplifiers
The Western Electric speaker line up, featuring the 757A
Download the four-page circa 1975 ‘Bozak Compact Speakers’ Catalog:
DOWNLOAD: BozakCompactSpks
Catalog contains photos and specs for the Bozak Rhapsody, Tempo II (Tempo 2), and Sonora speaker units.
Bozak is another important chapter in Connecticut audio history. The famous manufacturer of legendarily large home hi-fi speakers was based in Connecticut for the entirety of their 30-year heyday. Pennsylvania native Rudy Bozak set up shop in Stamford in 1951, later moving to South Norwalk and Darien, with operations in several other towns. Wikipedia has an excellent and thorough treatment of Bozak, the man, his myriad technical innovations, and the long history of the company. No need to re-tread those waters; I will add this though: growing up in Connecticut, enormous 225-lb Bozak Concert Grand loudspeakers were a memorable site in the homes of some of my friends; a room-dominating testament to the intensity of a largely lost culture of audiophiles.