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In Reply to: RE: Altec Duplex /Tannoy posted by J. Phelan on April 19, 2014 at 10:23:19
If you are speaking of systems with cabinets, then the Model 17 would be what you are speaking of. Don't know if that was available in the 1950s, but I kind of doubt it.
Klipsch was making the LaScala and it is a non-corner horn.
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Aahh - I see the 17 on google-ebay - but it must have been a rare bird. Were these really bought by the public ? They seem to be more studio-type.
And the Lascalla - yes - but I thought the Cornwall was out first.
the Cornwall being a hybrid with only the squawker and tweeter being horn loaded. The La Scala is a true horn like the speakers that you mentioned.
I should have clarified. By "horn", I meant (at least) mids and highs -
In those days, speakers and enclosures were sold separately - such was the case (by and large) until the late 1950s/early 1960s.
I don't know when the Tannoy coaxes entered the market.
Lots of early (by which I mean post WWII era) home hifi used horns for sensitivity (given low amplifier power, at least at reasonable prices).
Peruse any and all of the following to see what was popular in hifi in the 1950s.
www.hifilit.com
www.alliedcatalogs.com
www.radioshackcatalogs.com
all the best,
mrh
Thank you for sharing. From scanning around - it looks like the Cornwall was the first "stereo horn" (not corner-based) intended for home use, in 1959. But I could be wrong -
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