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Posted 9 years ago
Pagagee
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Found this last Saturday .It in an accessory for a Conn electric organ from the 70's there are also two half speakers that went with this.I think this is a center channel speaker .I hooked it up to a vintage fisher tube amp that had a center channel and put on a pipe organ record ,sounded otherworldly !!!
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I haven't seen one of these for awhile?!! Pagagee is absolutely correct about what it IS, there could indeed have been one or two smaller 'side cabinets' that were shorter in length used on either end of this one, when a wider display was desired -- there also should have been a larger cabinet or two hidden somewhere for bass, to make up the 'full compliment' of speakers for a CONN. These cabinets contain a row of 6" x 9" midrange speaker drivers firing 'up' through the tubes which are fitted in holes in the box top, so all sound coming out really does (only) come out of the tops of the tubes, pointed at the ceiling. The tubes do not 'whistle' or 'resonate' or produce any sound whatsoever themselves -- they *only* disperse sound, albeit in a unique way.
As far as speaker systems go in general, they are actually most notable for how POOR (inefficient) they are at actually reproducing sound. Their frequency response is severely limited only to a narrow 'midrange' band, and their decibel output is badly low vs. power consumed, because of the simple fact that most sound produced can't ever actually get itself out of the box.
They are a brief and indeed unique relic of a time when an electronic organ was somewhat of a novelty, but they are certainly also a product designed nearly wholly "for show", instead of for actual function.